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cocktail or wine lists visible on the tables or on the wall never mind there were two handpumps and my wainwright gold was tasty i wonder if this is that fake real ale camra are complaining about good anyway the decor is a bit hard to define contemporary is suitably meaningless so no one can say i m wrong anyway it is pleasant and comfortable in here too many high tables perhaps but plenty of proper height seats as well i found myself wondering why anyone would come in here instead of the crown over the road what does this one offer that ember inns don t that s where a good wine and or cocktail menu might come in perhaps no one came or went while i enjoyed my pint the barmaid was busy sorting out behind the counter she was out of my vision but i could hear the slicing of lemons guess and then the clink of bottles being arranged outside the weather looked even greyer am i going to get wet we ll see next a long walk to somewhere i believe is probably closed but i need to check the woollen pig still standing but not open this was a rather quirky place mainly a bakery but offering beer including real ale and i m sorry to find it has gone next on to the beer den a pleasant shop conversion larger than most perhaps two or three shops knocked through the friendly barmaid abandoned her position up a ladder cleaning the front windows and served me a pint of fell walker i think it was definitely past its best i m afraid possibly the first out of the pump today two other customers and one dog well behaved but i d still prefer it outside were hardly keeping the place going it was half three by now i seem to recall finding this place packed last time and thinking i might have to stand i checked my own blog yes that s right it was very busy on a sunny friday just five years and a week ago so here s a clear indication of the decline of pub custom mind you maybe they d get more customers if the beer was better now i ve got a number of options a very long walk would get me to three pubs last visited in 2022 at least one of which may well be closed or i could take the lazier choice and head the other way towards birkdale station possibly with a call or two on the way lazy it is of course so on to the unusually named upsteps now this is a truly great pub and i m glad i came here even though it s not due a visit yet last time was in 2024 as i approached i could hear the noise from inside no not karaoke not loud music not arguments not even dogs barking just a hubbub of cheerful chatter i tried to ease between the blokes sitting at the counter and the on the ball landlady barmaid had my order before i reached the front two real ales on i had wainwright spot on and it came in a wainwright glass what can i say about this magnificent local s boozer everyone knows everyone else and welcomes their friends when they come in this is one of the best pubs in merseyside i think one day i ll have to come here sober to see what it s really like two bar staff are kept busy that s not something i ve seen so far today the grey weather had faded away and the sun was shining maybe one more now i m on the way to the station i was aiming for the barrel house a great micro pub but hang on a moment what s the oosha ba well i never a new one the menu concentrates on wine and cocktails but they also offer six draft beers including neck oil in the correct beavertown glass popular but not completely packed at five on a friday this tiny bar is nicely decorated including a bare brick fireplace is it original looks good anyway so time for home 4 required ticks including one brand new one not bad at all and i ll be in for my parcel tomorrow pub of the day upsteps beer of the day wainwright miles walked 3 2 merseyside pubs visited in the last five years 1 014 maybe coming soon cains brewery posted by phil wieland at 23 18 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 17 july 2026 more in town odds and ends in town today let s start with a new tick flight club behind the modern frontage is an antique style bar on two floors dark woodwork leather upholstery and even a fake brick arch create a pleasant ambience the quirky lighting strips add to this at half one on a friday there were two darts games underway plus a group of drinkers relaxing at a large table my pint of neck oil cost 6 95 i get the feeling today s jolly is not going to be a cheap one i noticed they ve also got a flight club branded shipping container on the grass outside serving drinks to outdoor customers it is surrounded by picnic tables next all bar one the real ale i enjoyed here back in 2011 is long gone but nonetheless this is a very pleasant bar restaurant i selected jubel peach for a change 7 50 and very tasty all the tables are laid out with cutlery but the dozen customers i could see were all drinkers both beer and cocktails perhaps they do more food sales at other times now literally across the road is a bar i only learned of this morning so definitely a required tick mcswiggin s i wonder what this little building was before i ll check streetview when i get home it has been disused since 2018 before that it some business called reed now it is another one of the many new irish bars that seem to pop up every other week in liverpool i had a guinness of course and it was only 3 50 that s less than half the last drink no real atmosphere in here i m sorry to say despite it being a lot busier than the previous two ticks i m not sure exactly what it is missing last time i did a new irish bar the baby temp l i really loved it so is it just the randomness of judging a pub on one brief visit or is there something different i was somewhat surprised to see white rat on keg in here i ve not noticed that before it is branded white rat nitro next time i see it i ll have to give it a try the friendly barmaid was already pulling my guinness before i spotted it i was intrigued to notice an historic mirror except it didn t say bass or guinness it said mcswiggin s derby square so was clearly created this year for this pub i wonder where the gents is in here i can t see a sign as i was looking round another bloke asked something at the bar and was pointed towards the other entrance so i guessed that is the answer and it was just round the corner is neighbourhood and i haven t been in here for thirty years wow my notes already described this as a spectacular interior but it really is wonderful i m stunned formerly the north and south wales bank which later became part of the midland mainly a posh cocktail place but they were happy to pour me a cruzcampo and at only 5 it is reasonably priced ish a big party received a remarkable metal tree filled with little glasses of drink with a firework at the top i checked the menu it is called a cocktail tree as i always say why isn t bloody mary on the list of classic cocktails if british airways can do one at 30 000 feet surely this place can on the is it a bar scale the fact that my pint came with a bill rather than me paying for it is definitely a negative but on the other hand they don t seem to do food in here so it must be a bar finally the castle street townhouse last ticked in 2019 perhaps unwisely i chose asahi here in memory of my japanese holiday i m guessing this one was brewed in a factory in england and it tasted even blander than in japan if that is possible the japanese national brews asahi sapporo kirin and so on were all a bit boring and i was pleased when i found some more local and interesting brews this is a very well done cocktail bar and on this street it can t fail to be popular on a sunny friday arvo plenty of customers inside and on the pavement at the front that s enough for me time to head home even though it s only half past three pub of the day flight club beer of the day jubel miles walked 0 8 merseyside pubs visited in the last five years 1 013 maybe coming soon undecided posted by phil wieland at 23 50 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 4 july 2026 crosby and waterloo yes it s me i m back a month in japan and two or three weeks when i was busy doing other things have prevented surveys but i should be ok for a few weeks now no promises if you want to see what i did on holiday i am creating a record here it is mainly trains but there are a few beer and bar reports today i headed to crosby to revisit a couple of targets starting with the corner post this is a classic micro pub a pleasant friendly shop conversion offering excellent real ales shortly after their two o clock opening there were only two other customers who were chatting with the friendly barman i had a fine pint of glacier from beartown a pleasant pale one and relaxed on the bench seat i ve said it before and i ll probably say it again if someone opened a place like this near my home i d be in every day and the pub guide could go hang just round the corner is a more traditional pub the royal oak a rather fine building knocked through inside with not much original remaining except for some leaded glass in the back windows i reverted to my usual carling here i drank quite a lot of asahi in japan so i was used to this and there were a couple of other boring national brews sapporo yebisu and so on i also had some much more interesting beers from micro breweries at up to 14 only two or three customers at three on a saturday hopefully they are busier later that reminds me i wonder how many pubs will be open in the early hours of monday for the footie if there is one near me i might go just to say i ve had a pint at half four in the morning regular readers of my blogs may know i visited smithfield market in london especially to get a pint at 7am when the pub opened the plan was to head to waterloo next but google maps threw up a target of which i wasn t aware so next it s the oxford bar the morning advertiser loves to go on about how many bars are closing but they really need to count openings as well i keep finding new to me ones in unexpected places such as this a standard but very well done shop conversion and i was pleased to see two handpumps less pleased to find my pint of kalaidascope from strawberry fields was a little tired i drank it anyway three groups of customers of ages ranging from about six to older than me were filling the small room with cheerful chatter the place is clearly doing well rugby was on the telly i saw lots of fans as i passed through town is it at anfield no the match on the tv is in cardiff eventually i got google to tell me that the fans i had seen were heading to rugby league at everton s new stadium where next in waterloo there is one pub overdue for a tick and one never ticked so let s start at the liver a long standing favourite of mine no let s not i headed for the bodega del lobo this tiny shop conversion is really pleasant inside it is a special target because last time i was here they were closed for a private function so i was really keen to get in today there were five taps on the bar back and i chose mahou a tasty lager from madrid i noted i didn t pay for it i hope i remember when it s time to leave five other customers were creating cheerful chit chat which was drowning the muzac i m not sure what it is but i really like this one could it be that one of the taps is guinness which is always a good option in a bar i think i noticed the two blokes in here were both on the black stuff the place is also beautifully decorated and fitted out can i add my usual grumble that the cocktail menu doesn t include my favourite a bloody mary even british airways can do this on a long haul flight and they have a bottle of worcester sauce ready just two doors down is soul train club tropicana from which a lot of noise is emanating but i think i ought to try it definitely a night time place this with a small front bar room and a larger back room at five on a saturday i was the only customer the decor is rather good sort of hawaiian style i think i imagine this place is packed later on and it should be but at this time it s a bit early i enjoyed my san miguel in total solitude directly opposite my seat was an historic four tops poster i saw them live on monday not really my sort of music but i had won free tickets and they were really very good along with the temptations the boss was fiddling with the audio eventually resulting in a period of silence three more customers came in maybe the peace and quiet attracted them next there s a bar i ve never ticked just a short distance down the road could bunratty s be open no it isn t is it ever so just one more required tick locally a favourite of mine the liver i forgot to take a photo it s always difficult here without getting run over especially after a few pints so this one is from 2021 still a great pub but no real ale any more i m afraid so deleted from my favourites list never mind i enjoyed my pint of strongbow which came in a strongbow glass as it should not packed but doing quite well at five on a saturday although i couldn t see anyone eating rugby was on the giant screen but i don t think anyone was watching well well three new ticks i didn t expect that time for home pub of the day corner post beer of the day beartown glacier miles walked 1 9 merseyside pubs visited in the last five years 1 012 maybe coming soon undecided posted by phil wieland at 23 23 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 14 may 2026 mostly sunny southport no proper survey this week for a change i decided to do some favourites in sunny southport but perhaps i ll find some new ones as well i started in the windmill i began my afternoon with a fine pint of okell s bitter i don t often drink this classic bitter usually going for a guest in rigby s which i think is the only remaining okell s pub in liverpool this fine pub hasn t changed since i was last here they serve decent ale and the menu of pub grub standards looks to be good value not many customers at two on a thursday but the place was ticking over some are sitting outside in the sun maybe they are smokers it was much too chilly out there for me next what s this auberge shame about the awning inside is a beautifully done out bistro where the friendly staff were happy to serve me a pint of poretti despite it being past closing time they had a number of chatting diners so i don t think they expected to actually be empty any time soon they have quite a large space room for plenty of customers and i see from the posters that live music is on offer sometimes three courses and an oasis tribute band looks rather intriguing 32 quid 26 june if you fancy it there were as i and the staff expected still some others present when i finished my pint and departed it s always good to get a brand new tick another pub to add to the database next the wonderful guest house could this be the best pub in southport i think it might i had a pint of er in the thir...