We can now reveal the Black Bull, in Wrawby Street, is getting the first batch of Sargents Brigg bitter to be tasted in the town for more than 40 years.
Mine host Rick Smith tells Brigg Blog he's expecting the ale to be delivered from the brewers in Fulstow next week, probably Thursday, with the first pints likely to be pulled on Friday, depending on the time it arrives.
Many Brigg folk will make their way to the Bull to sample Sargents for the first time or (for veteran drinkers) to compare it with how they remember the famous ale when it was brewed in the town, up to the late 1960s.
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My initial reaction was to camp out overnight on Thursday to be the first in the queue.
But experience tells me to wait...these beers settle down after a few pints have been drawn...I wouldn't mind being about 4th....or better still, Nige could order a round of 4 pints and I'll have the last one.
One thing to bear in mind is that the beers in the 60's were served cool. Chilled beers were subsequent to the rising popularity of lagers with their associated cellar chillers that evolved in pubs from about that time.
In the 60's I can recall one pub that kept beer cool in warm weather by putting turf on the top of the wooden barrels....it was locally known as the Sod House!
In those days, one could re-cycle waste beer (sullage) through the barrel's bung-hole!! Not that anyone did it!!
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