Beers, Boats and Boozers, No.97

I forgot to say that I tried another beer whilst at the Strugglers so it gives me the opportunity to add a few more photos.

We set off up the hill toward the Cathedral, but of the slope of Steep Hill, towards the Usher Gallery and The Collection. The Museum was gifted in 1929 by James Ward Usher and is a nice little gallery with some unusual items with in it. Last year they were under pressure of closure and being turned into a wedding venue by the Lincolnshire Council who own it. I don't suppose the present situation will help their chances.

We immediately noticed a Fred Elwell painting. He was from Beverley and the museum there has many of his pictures. However this is up there with one of my favourites. 

Just near our mooring was the Doughty Mill. The date stone says 1863 but the mill started out here in 1790, and before that there was Lincoln's first 'modern' hospital. The original oil mill was started by John Summerscales and he left it to his son in law Doughty who continued to develop the premises until around 1891. The place remained as a mill until 1990 and most has now become apartments.

The Strugglers looks like a 'proper' pub doesn't it. We had no use for the fire at the time, but an  essential for atmosphere in the winter, just like on a narrow boat! Not a sign of a TV or music, although there is live music a couple of times a week.

I tried a beer from Newby Wyke Brewery. This sounds like it should be a Yorkshire Brewery as Newby Wyke is near Scarbrough, however the brewery is near Grantham in Lincs. The brewery is named after the brewer's, Robert March, granddad who was skipper of the Hull steam trawler Newby Wyke H111. She was built for the West Dock Steam Fishing Co who named all their vessels after villages near Scarborough and Bridlington. She was transferred to the Lord Line during the depression of the 1930's, but kept her name until she was scrapped in 1975, along with many others. The brewery started in 1998 in his garage with a 2.5 bbl set up. Things went well and by 2001 they expanded into a 10 bbl plant producing around 30 barrels a week. They are at capacity now and are just waiting for the right time to expand again.

The beer was White Sea, 5.2%. This was a nice yellow pale beer with a nice white head. It was the best pint of my stay in Lincoln this weekend, by some stretch. It is a lovely grapefruity and fruity taste from the Chinook and Mount Hood hops. The final mouthful isn't too dry and you are no overpowered by the alcohol. Very drinkable and I could see this creeping up on you by the end of the night as it is very moorish and hard to resist just one more!