Many local folk who don't usually frequent Brigg hostelries will be making rare outings to savour what our many, and varied, bars have offer.
So Brigg Blog, which has considerable experience and local knowledge, you understand, is perhaps well placed to offer a few pointers...
If you are planning a pub visit, give it a bit of thought before setting off.
The best advice we can offer is: Go out early to avoid the peak period from 8am to closing time. And think in advance where you're going to visit.
If you get to the door and see a particular pub is "heaving" then give it a miss and move on to another.
Don't be afraid to switch from pub to pub - it's something many regulars do as a matter of course.
The biggest hostelry in terms of floor space, with the cheapest prices overall, is Wetherspoon's White Horse, on Wrawby Street.
The Britannia Inn, near the Monument, will be a good starting point for your evening out, we suggest. It has a good range of seating and does not tend to get too busy early on Saturday evenings.
The Exchange - which you can access from Wrawby Street (archway near the travel shop) and Bigby Street (opposite the entrance to St Clare's Walk) - is also a good choice, together with the Lord Nelson/Hardy's, near the Buttercross.
The White Hart, on Bridge Street, and the Nelthorpe Arms, on the other side of the road, are also well worth a visit. Both have sizeable beer gardens.
Real ale fans tend to frequent the Yarborough Hunt, on Bridge Street, or visit Dexters (formerly the Black Bull) on Wrawby Street.
If you are still out and about late on, have a look in at the Dying Gladiator, on Bigby Street, where popular music is a Saturday night feature, as it is at the Woolpack, in the Market Place.
Take plenty of pound coins with you. Waving a £20 note in the air while queueing at the bar might not help you to get served immediately if the place is particularly busy. And once you've been served, move away from the bar and make way for others. Staying in the serving area on a very busy night will not endear you to regulars or the bar staff.
We hope to see you out and about in one, or several, of the above on Christmas Eve.
Enjoy yourself but know your drinking limit. You don't want a hangover spoiling your Christmas dinner the following day!
PS Brigg Servicemen's Club, near the town's main car park, is a members' club.
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