Another Liverpool Pub Crawl... Another New Favourite?
Third time crawling in Liverpool, after doing the must visits and more recently, Dale Street.
Today, I am in the Georgian Quarter - close to the City Centre, with architecture not totally dissimilar to the part of North London where all the politicians live.
Once again, I end the day impressed with the choices on offer. Every trip seems to generate a new favourite. Maybe its good to share the title around.
The Globe in Cases Street wins that prize for today. I tweet about having learned never to judge a book by its cover and a Roger Protz retweet about being the location of the first CAMRA meeting in Liverpool nearly 50 years ago sends me viral.
Liverpool seems to generate this sort of interation.
Best thing about pub ticking is that quite soon, you stop judging books by their covers.
— Mappiman (@Mappiman1) July 8, 2023
Another Liverpool gem.
If Untappd still checked into Twitter, you would have a strong clue 🤣 pic.twitter.com/TwRtEIGC5J
The clever people who can read backwards pointed out a stronger clue as to my location.
It certainly doesn't look much from the outside.
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| Old School |
Inside, a small front bar around a horseshoe bar, with an almost secret room behind. Wall mounted brewing paraphernalia.Timothy Taylor Boltmaker from a handpull festooned with the Champion Award medal.
I could have stayed all day, listening to the old boys bantering.
A different, slightly unusual experience at the next tick - the Fly in the Loaf in Hardman Street. Named as such, as the premises are a re-purposed bakery.
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| Boozing in a Bakery |
Judging by the amount of different ways that chips can be "loaded" on the menu, I think this is aiming for the Student demographic. And in July, there are no Students. That's the only explanation I have for why I ended up in such a cavernous venue alone. I say alone. The barman was here. He looked me up and down and automatically applied a CAMRA discount on my TT Landlord, bringing it to the odd £4.23.
We must have a certain look about us.
Moving on and its The Grapes in Roscoe Street and I find PubsGalore stalwart, Blue Scrumpy's, favourite Liverpool boozer.
The Grapes is probably still just about my favourite pub in Liverpool. When it's quiet (generally during the afternoon), it's a lovely place to while away a few hours and working your way through the beer selection. When it's busy (evenings), it has a really lively atmosphere and appears to be much favoured by students.
No disagreement from me - I found Utopian ESB on Cask.
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| Apparently, they have the best selection of Rum this side of Cuba |
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| ESB - Must stand for Extra Special Beer |
Having never found Utopian on cask before, I then find it twice. Final new Tick is The Dispensary in Renshaw Street where I find Extra Pale Ale on hand-pull. It's another standout traditional pub but one with a USP to make its stand out from crowd.
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| Would say the King of Crisps but I once nearly died a happy death of indigestion on Slabs |
That's it for new pubs - but I know you would be disappointed in me if I didn't.
Landlord. Pork Pie with black pudding. A different landlord.
— Mappiman (@Mappiman1) July 8, 2023
Storm is coming. I may be trapped.
Send prayers. pic.twitter.com/ryqScb8dxZ
54 likes and counting....... I told you people love Liverpool boozers!
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