The Anglers, Lincoln

Busy village pub with multiple rooms. The front bar is carpeted with a TV showing golf and some Six Nations buntings. With the TV on mute, some 80's music was being played instead. A second room reached by a corridor was very busy with no tables free. There is also a games room with a pool table, another TV, a sweets machine and a rather large fish in a cabinet. To the rear of the pub are some outdoor areas, along with a boules piste and a pizza van whilst I was there. At the bar, Theakston Best Bitter is the regular cask ale. Guest beers were St Austell Proper Job, Beermats Diplomat & Pheasantry Try Time. The pub also hosts various events, such as live music every third Friday, a quiz night, as well as comedy and bingo nights. Children are allowed in. A lively and decent village local.

Welcoming village pub - nothing fancy, but pleasing traditional and well ordered in the front room housing the main bar and seating area. Another room with a smaller counter in visible beyond the central servery. All four handpumps in use, dispensing Butcombe Bitter, Theakston Best, Oldershaw Heavenly Blonde and Harley from Welbeck Abbey (£3.75).

Official site of The Anglers - www.anglerspublichouse.com

Official site of The Anglers - www.anglerspublichouse.com

Standard village pub with door to front leading into the main room with bar to the right. Two further rooms, one to the left with a pool table and a snug which I couldn't work out how to get into. Four hand pumps - nothing particularly strong but as I was driving I only had a lemonade.

A comfortable village boozer which is clearly popular judging by the small crowd in on our Tuesday lunchtime visit. There's a sporting theme here with an interesting, wide-angled photo of Lincoln City's ground, Sincil Bank, by the bar, various trophies around the place and an impressive wooden board detailing the Golf clubs achievements. There's also a dart board and pool table for pub sporting participation. Other pictures around the place make reference to the angling theme of the name. All conspiring to create a comfortable atmosphere. Four handpumps have on two regulars: Theakstons Best and Deuchars IPA and two guests: Titanic Rule Britannia and Hobgoblin on our visit. The Rule Britannia was excellent and well kept but you are clearly taking something of a gamble on the guests if you want to avoid the ubiquitous nationals. The various pumpclips from previous guests around the place and my own visit suggests that's probably a gamble worth taking.