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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Tiny Tavern
This was a decent wildcard after a full days PG crawl thanks to Mrs A's south Lincoln tour. As Tris says below it's a sure sign that you have some beer tourists at your micro door, when I tried the wrong door. However one of the locals let us in and even more embarrassing, a couple of us thought he was the governor.
Once we got a few ales normality was resumed, the beer quality and choice in here was sublime and Tony P is still talking about it. Six beers Beermats Cremated, Milestone Pacific Islander, 8 Sail Fenman Bitter, Nailmaker Chocolate Safari, Little Critters Blonde Bear and Pheasantry Pale. Prices were all around the £4 a pint mark.
On 14th November 2024
- rating: 8
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Tris C left this review about The Tiny Tavern
Like Old Boots, one of my drinking companions made the same mistake when trying to effect entry, though I shall spare their blushes; you do though have to ring a bell to get in which was new to me, giving the place a speakeasy feel.
Otherwise, it’s as described and quite large for a micropub. Though there were six pumps, I didn’t have a drink but had a sip of my drinking partners’ quaffs and all tasted good; I could quite easily spend time here, eschewing the nearby Imp & Angel.
Rated 7.5.
On 13th November 2024
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about The Tiny Tavern
I was forewarned by the previous reviews so I read the notices on the doors and didn’t look like a numpty trying the apparent main door. The entrance procedure is a hangover from covid that still works for the owners, keeping out riffraff and allowing a check on numbers on busy days. Entry is via the “cellar” and then through the servery. Inside is a long, thin ex tattoo parlour, the counter is halfway down on the right. Six pulls all beers from small fairly local breweries in excellent condition served by an enthusiastic landlady. Low seating at the front, taller at the back. Outside at the rear is a nice beer garden with an intregal smoking area.
On 21st July 2024
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Tiny Tavern
Narrow, but not as tiny as some micro-pubs, with seating areas front and back of the compact central counter area. The former has the exit door, with the entrance being in the adjacent former shop unit with a buzzer needed to gain entry. Basic furniture and limited decoration in all parts. Five interesting real ales on handpump, including the Tyto Alba from Great Newsome (£4.10).
On 30th July 2023
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Tiny Tavern
Micropub spread over 2 old cottages.
Arriving quite late into Lincoln, I was concerned that this micropub may not be open. I rushed down the High Street and tried the door to the left, without reading the notices to enter press a bell to gain entry through the door on the right. Locals looked on in amusement as I tugged at the door without any success. Still not reading the notices, I assumed they were already closed, especially when I saw the barmaid head to the other door. I thought she would tell me that they were closed. Instead, she welcomed me in, bemoaning (in a friendly way) everybody that fails to take heed to the notices!
All of the action appears to take place in the left of the cottages. There is a bar towards the rear, with a limited amount of seating. Most seating is nearer the front window. Nevertheless, customers were either congregated around the bar, playing darts against the real wall or in the garden at the rear.
The 5 real ales were 3 Brewers Copper, White Rose Mosaic, Welbeck Abbey Rapunzel, Brewster's Hophead & 8 Sail Victorian Porter. Ciders were Thatcher's Stan's Big Apple & Broadoak Mango Cider & Purple Haze.
The best of 6 new pubs I visited on Saturday evening in Lincoln.
On 12th June 2023
- rating: 8
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Strongers . left this review about The Tiny Tavern
The Tiny Tavern is a micropub that is found in two shop units at the end of a terrace. The entrance is on the right-hand side where a bell must be pressed for entry. The friendly barmaid let me in and whilst walking through an area full of kegs to the left-hand bar side she confirmed that the door is locked to keep the riff-raff out. The thin wood floor bar area has seating at the front and a counter on the right wall that faces a beer shelf up the left. There’s some more seating at the rear and a dartboard sits on the wall to the left of the rear door. This leads to a back garden with space for up to 30 people.
The counter supports five hand pumps which were drawing Milestone’s Cromwell Best, Salamander Brewing’s Bringer of Light, Bowland’s Boxer Blonde and Abbeydale’s Salvation. The fifth pump was also in operation but I couldn’t read the clip. For lovers of the apple there were cider boxes on the bar. There was some background music playing, so is this truly a micropub, does anyone care? I thought it was friendly in here and would pop back in for another pint.
On 15th May 2023
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about The Tiny Tavern
Our last pub of the day, and we were just sober enough to agree that this was the best pub - not saying the best in Lincoln, but the best we did today. The woman serving who served us was very friendly and welcoming, the beer was in excellent condition and we enjoyed the all-too-brief time we had before our train. Five beers on the bar, and I went for Milestone Sherwood Plum Mild 4.9%, which was much too sweet, and Heritage Classic Bitter 4.1%, which was my beer of the day. We discussed the name - Tiny Tavern - when we had just come from the much smaller Imp & Angel just up the road, and were told that they felt they had been a bit cheeky calling it this, with the decent sized seating area at the front, as well as the standing area near the bar and a further narrow area at the rear, and apparently there's a beer garden too! My only problem with this pub is that it's quite a long way from the station, but I could get over it.
On 6th April 2022
- rating: 8
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ROB Camra left this review about The Tiny Tavern
Unusually for a micropub, this one isn't converted from a shop. This one used to be two 17th century cottages that have been broken through. There's still a kind of one way system going on here which seemed pretty pointless. You enter into a room that looks like a storeroom and where the stillages are which obviously used to be one of the cottages. You then turn left into the cottage next door which has a lounge area to the left and a bar to the right. Five handpumps on the bar and two real ciders in boxes. The beers were mainly from local micros, I had a pint of Newby Wyke Pirate which was in good nick. It's an interesting place and we'll definitely call in again.
On 10th March 2022
- rating: 7
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