1. What's the best pub you've ever been in?

2. Tell me what's good about your local and how much is a pint.

3. What sticks out as your best pint moment. After the birth of a child? Celebrating promotion? Curing a hangover?

 

For me.

1 .A pub I found in Berlin. Was snowing outside on a dark Winters Sunday night.  Fires were roaring and the atmosphere was ace. Proper cozy. Love it. 

2. Absolutely love my local.  Sunday afternoon is perfect. Busy and atmospheric but not rammed like a Saturday tea. Decent Sports/Vaults ares for the drinkers. £4.80 for Moretti, £4.20 for driving lager.

3. Me and our call a life saving pint a 'Yeovil'. As we'd been up all night in Yeovil after our 2-2 draw. The drive home was probably the most horrendous car journeys I've ever had. We got in the Golden Eagle and words cannot describe how good that pint was. Proper Terry Waite tackle.

 

 

 

58 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I meant the meaning of it rather than the actual taste or price

...I'm way past having pints at silly O'clock just for the picture mind.

Nobody actually wants that pint.

Has to be past 10am for me.

I know you did. Airport pints are just a way of passing the time and marginally better than a walk through duty free perfume, duty free chocolate and knicker box.

Stiil never lager though, even after 10. That stuff goes straight through. You'd never be off the plane bog and woe betide if you get the wrong side of the crisps and butties trolley.

On 11/03/2025 at 23:58, Casino said:

Terminal 2 has seven brothers bar

Generally riff raff free

Though, as a big fan of early flights, im not too arsed with ale at 4am

I went to college with one of them- Kit

clocked him at this https://northernrestaurantandbar.co.uk/ event yesterday

up there with kids being born and Wembley as far as days out go 😄

49 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

up there with kids being born and Wembley as far as days out go 😄

Disappointing?  

10 minutes ago, Traf said:

Disappointing?  

massively regretted the following day

The best and most satisfying pint for me is usually the one I shouldn't be having.

Called into Rochdale on the train to sort out my car repair. Lots of phone calls and broken promises forced the face to face confrontation. It worked and getting some extra work done as compensation.

Anyway, pleasantly surprised with Rochdale and the area around the Town Hall and church. In the Flying Horse now with a nice pint of Brid’s Cross Pirate Queen. Lovely. Might try the one next door as well.

Edit. Walked in and then out.😊

Edited March 13, 20251 yr by BobyBrno

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

I meant the meaning of it rather than the actual taste or price

...I'm way past having pints at silly O'clock just for the picture mind.

Nobody actually wants that pint.

Has to be past 10am for me.

no, I recall on @jules_darby stag do

must've been something like 6am airport beer on way to Hamburg

then we had to wait at the other end for lads flying in from London

so waited in the bar

by the time we checked in at the hotel early afternoon i was ready for bed

was like two sessions in one day

1 hour ago, Zico said:

no, I recall on @jules_darby stag do

must've been something like 6am airport beer on way to Hamburg

then we had to wait at the other end for lads flying in from London

so waited in the bar

by the time we checked in at the hotel early afternoon i was ready for bed

was like two sessions in one day

Aye it's minging. Obviously you're not just stopping at one. Probably get away with it on a stag do, remember getting to Benidorm once at 11am and was 10 pints deep. Horrendous.

Even shitter on a family holiday to Lanzarote. 3 pints in at 8am and clucking like Renton and Spud for more.

Get there and family want to go exploring and all you want is a beer.

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Aye it's minging. Obviously you're not just stopping at one. Probably get away with it on a stag do, remember getting to Benidorm once at 11am and was 10 pints deep. Horrendous.

Even shitter on a family holiday to Lanzarote. 3 pints in at 8am and clucking like Renton and Spud for more.

Get there and family want to go exploring and all you want is a beer, three fat lines and a brass

 

I’ll send you a 6am pint in a few weeks @gonzoif I can be arsed

6 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Called into Rochdale on the train to sort out my car repair. Lots of phone calls and broken promises forced the face to face confrontation. It worked and getting some extra work done as compensation.

Anyway, pleasantly surprised with Rochdale and the area around the Town Hall and church. In the Flying Horse now with a nice pint of Brid’s Cross Pirate Queen. Lovely. Might try the one next door as well.

Edit. Walked in and then out.😊

Flying Horse is good. Get yourself to the Baum next time, mind you it's a bit of a walk. Rochdale's surprisingly good for a pub crawl.

On 11/03/2025 at 23:58, Casino said:

Terminal 2 has seven brothers bar

Generally riff raff free

Though, as a big fan of early flights, im not too arsed with ale at 4am

I'd forgotten about that. Yes it's up the escalators Ithink. They have some decent stuff on up there.

23 hours ago, Breightmet Boy said:

 popular quiz on Weds.

 

mr mckenna?

On 14/03/2025 at 09:36, Casino said:

mr mckenna?

Yes pal, very good at what he does, busy at it

2 hours ago, Breightmet Boy said:

Yes pal, very good at what he does, busy at it

Indeed

Started doing his quizzes 2 or 3 nights a week in lockdown

Guinness, mick the landlord, that thin bloke with grey hair, gill i's mum

Loads of 'characters'

Still do the odd one at holcombe brook

On 13/03/2025 at 10:38, Dr Faustus said:

I went to college with one of them- Kit

clocked him at this https://northernrestaurantandbar.co.uk/ event yesterday

up there with kids being born and Wembley as far as days out go 😄

Love a trip to NRB, had to drive this year gutted about it. Getting shitfaced for free can't be beat.

On 13/03/2025 at 10:38, Dr Faustus said:

up there with kids being born and Wembley as far as days out go 😄

A dear do ?

I also went to nrb thing with work. Might be on my own here but it felt like a load of people who pretended they liked being in pubs as opposed to actual pubs.

7 minutes ago, tomski said:

I also went to nrb thing with work. Might be on my own here but it felt like a load of people who pretended they liked being in pubs as opposed to actual pubs.

I had a great giggle- mix of legit business folks, punters, and pissed up sales reps rubbing their tits against me; female ones too

Been invited to a wine do next week of the back of it

After a nip to Elephant and Castle and 'Spoons this afternoon, both pretty quiet,  I walked past Northern Way. Shout-eoke appeared to be in full swing. Fuck me, it was loud.

2. I am just a local yokel but the Ukrainian Club on Castle Street is my place. Good ale, good people, good vibe. £3.60 a pint for cracking beer. Members only so no riff-raff. There's a reason why it wins Club of the Year every time.

Edited March 25, 20251 yr by jmjhb

9 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said:

After a nip to Elephant and Castle and 'Spoons this afternoon, both pretty quiet,  I walked past Northern Way. Shout-eoke appeared to be in full swing. Fuck me, it was loud.

Northern way may be one of the worst boozers in town. 

For anyone who hasn’t been, Wunderbar in Ramsbottom is a great bar. Food and drink a spot on and the the lad who runs it is spot on. I’m trying to convince him to open one near me or town. No joy yet though 

9 hours ago, jmjhb said:

2. I am just a local yokel but the Ukrainian Club on Castle Street is my place. Good ale, good people, good vibe. £3.60 a pint for cracking beer. Members only so no riff-raff. There's a reason why it wins Club of the Year every time.

Always been a great place.

3 hours ago, tomski said:

Northern way may be one of the worst boozers in town. 

I’ll say.

Going back to pre COVID pre retirement days I used to call in N.Monkey across the square most days about 4 o’clock and I loved it. A few old blokes drinking beer , nice and quiet. 
Fast forward to COVID and Monkey doesn’t open until Wednesday, it’s a far different pub now and NWay is just noise.