Secret Drinker

Walking into The Reindeer Inn was like heading into a timewarp.

“Dog’s welcome. People tolerated.”

Fans of zombie movies and TV series will know all too well those scenes where the story’s hero finds themself in a normal place… but bizarrely alone.

The Still is a real grand-looking old boozer.

With a whiff of summer in the air I thought it would be a good time to start checking out some beer gardens.

When I told a friend I was heading to this pub he sucked the air in through his teeth and wished me ‘good luck’.

There seemed to be a bit of a signal issue at the Drayman’s Arms when I walked in.

In this brave new world of virtue signalling and a desperate need to belong, I must admit I have no idea where I fit in.

“I’m calling it a night,” said the bloke, slapping his empty pint glass on the bar and staggering a little uneasily out the door.

There was a bit of banter flying around the Red Lion as I waited to place my order at the bar.

Our Secret Drinker was delighted to find one of his favourite beers at this pub — but did the place and the price live up to the excitement too?

The Witch and Wardrobe may sound like it’s one beast short of a CS Lewis novel, but this likeable pub doesn’t appear to be lacking much else.

I was sitting in The Tollemache Inn, racking my brain to see if I could think of any other pubs named after a politician.

The King’s Head is a very cool place.

Prince William and Ewan McGregor are among those to have signed the ceiling of this pub, but that’s by no means the most interesting thing here.

I hadn’t even got through the door of this pub when a bloke popped his head out the door and shouted past me towards his mate.

Is there any better way to relax than to sup a pint in a pub haunted by a figure with a sinister role in the Black Death?

It’s been little over a year since the Secret Drinker lined his stomach and began his quest to find the best boozers across Lincolnshire and Rutland.

Some pubs just have the wow factor. But Watergate Yard takes things to extremes.

I’ve never really had conflicting views about a pub quite like this before.