The White Horse (JD Wetherspoon), Brigg

An attractive small-town Spoons in a presumably much-extended old pub with a fairly typical format of high tables and stools round the bar and a low-tabled eating area behind. There is also a nice outdoor space to the rear. The guest ale selection was four from Brewsters along with Oakham JHB; condition seemed good. A nice relaxed feel and pretty good as Spoons go.

The White Horse is a Wetherspoons located at the end of Brigg’s high street. The long bar counter is found along the right-hand wall where it faces high tables that run up the centre from front to rear. There is seating in the front windows and booths run up the left-hand wall. At the rear is an open plan seating area where the kitchen hatch is also found. Out the back is a large patio with lots of seating. Standard keg is available alongside San Miguel and there are two duplicate banks of six hand pumps. These were drawing the usual Ruddles, Sharp’s Doom Bar and GK Abbot Ale alongside Stone Henge Ales Great Bustard, Theakston’s Crowning Glory and Brains SA. My visit was not long after midday on a recent Thursday so it was busy with a mix of pensioners and students. It’s always handy to know where the local Spoons is, but there are better options along this stretch.

Attractive former farmhouse, later converted to an inn, but in more recent times taken over by Wetherspoon (although you would never know, just looking at the frontage). Much extended to the rear, with semi-modern furniture and decor throughout, and benefiting from a reasonable patio beer garden at the back. Nothing very special on the real ale front, though with a duplicated selection from the two banks of six handpumps, with only Ringwood Forty Niner, Oakham JHB and Nethergate Suffolk County (£2.15) of any real note.