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The Strugglers Inn, Lincoln
Lincoln
LN1 3BG
Reviews of The Strugglers Inn (Average Rating: 9 of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Strugglers Inn
Excellent beer-drinkers pub with a heritage inventory interior, located on the west side of the castle and close to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life if you are interested in other aspects of the local history. The bar is dominated by the splendid selection of real ales in a range of styles and strengths from up to 11 handpumps and a vast array of clips on the walls and ceiling, but the Lincoln Snug of to one side is a real treasure of a room. That said, it was full on a Friday afternoon on my latest visit, and we had to resort to the patio area down a few steps at the back, but my Tollgate Ashby Pale (£2.30, half) was in good shape.
On 16th November 2024
- rating: 9
[User has posted 8508 recommendations about 8508 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Strugglers Inn
With a pub sign that recalls a time when participants to a hanging employed family and friends to pull on their legs to speed up the inevitable, this place requires a little effort to reach but is certainly worth it, one of the highlights of our crawl.
I went for a half of the Vocation Turning Point with no annotations to my notes, so must have been good.
A must-visit Lincoln pub.
On 8th November 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2159 recommendations about 2121 pubs]
Steve of N21 left this review about The Strugglers Inn
At 3.30pm on a Friday afternoon, when other ale pubs off the main tourist artery of Steep Hill had a few in but were not overly busy, this one was packed out to the extent that we struggled to get the 14 or so of us on the Pubs Galore crawl in the main small bar room and had to shift out to the courtyard garden when served.
It’s not the biggest place, one small bar room and an even smaller snug to the back left so in truth it doesn’t take many in to be busy. But if the extensive collection of beer mats decorating the pub entrance corridor and then ceiling and walls when you are in doesn’t give you a clue to why this pub is popular then a quick look at the bar top will cement it. Ten hand pumps decorate the bar top providing an interesting and varied choice of brewers and beer styles. Most of these were in operation for our visit and by the time I made it to the front of the bar I was in front of a bank of three dispensing Adnams Double Ghost IPA, Tolegate Ashby Pale and Horncastle Ales Mr Pumpkin Head. However, unlike the previous reviewer, I didn’t panic and cast eyes right to spot a couple of stouts on at the end and went for a very nice Vanilla Stout, although I couldn’t tell you who’s as my beer recording skills let me down in this one.
The well planted small courtyard garden, with its interesting brewing mural and hanging Stones Brewery Barrel (giving evidence of this pubs ownership past) is a nice spot to enjoy the ales and apparently a sun trap when the sun is out, something we could not confirm.
The interesting and almost unique pub name comes from the time it was built in 1841 when hangings used to take place in this part of Lincoln and people often gathered at the Pub to observe the executions nearby.
This lovely traditional pub had the best beer choice of all those visited on the day and is probably worthy of a higher rating than I gave it, but due to the crush I didn’t really get to see or experience the inside enough to go higher.
On 6th November 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2221 recommendations about 2087 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 22 June 2018 by Quinno _
