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.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

I’m having a second go😊

1. Dun Mare in L/H. The first pint I ever had. 
2. As I have a second home (caravan) Waddington Arms in Waddington. Can’t beat a pint of Pheasant Plucker. About £4.20
3. Still with Bolty in Tockholes 1978.😊

Pom running that now

1. Proper tough one… gonna stay England- Stone Roses in York more of a bar, but The Bluff in Hayle is just breathtaking; just the vibe (on hols) and the view 😍

2. The Shammy; fucking love the place- I leave my balls in the disabled storeroom/toilet… my happy place; I can wind folk up, be wound up, but regulars are absolute sound. Don’t drink pints per se, but a double JD is £4.40, can of coke £1.40- so for me just under a fiver a time.

3. After a weekend in Amsterdam we had an hour or so to kill. My throat felt like Ghandis flip flop; ended up in a boozer adjacent to Damrak, near the station. Wooden panels, smartly dressed staff, nice and quiet; a world away from the chaos and debauchery that surrounded. A pint of Amstel; felt as fresh as the river itself… I remember the barman’s tied sleeves manoeuvring the glass… that golden nectar flowed, caressing the surface- bubbles bouncing back. He took a palette knife to remove the excess… he then slid a slice of heaven towards me

Honourable mention to LH con club for the only decent pint of Fosters I’ve ever had- same weekend we played Sheffield Wednesday and Inter Milan in friendlies- @Big E was in his lesbian haircut days

 

 

11 hours ago, bolty58 said:

1.   Klosterschanke in Bad Homburg, Germany. Best ale, sensational and genuine medieval atmosphere, good food (even though it's mainly the usual pig and potatoes).

2. A good local is hard to find here as I am sure Perth White will agree. Prices through the fucking roof too.

3.  Sweetest tasting pint (or three) ever for me was at the Royal Arms in Tockholes straight after we had clinched the old Division One championship and beaten Bastard Rovers on their own shit heap to do it. 

Just come back from Perth and you’re right, it is expensive. Nearly always ended up in The Lucky Shag but like most places around there, they closed at 9pm or 10pm

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

Took this photo when I first went there in 2013. You’d have been working down to left of the place on the canal I guess

Was it still a Post Office and a shop as well as a bar when you were working there?

Yes down the left and also across the road , down to the aqueduct , stoning up the tow path and repairing the locks 

did lots off work in the area on both the Royal and Grand canals best days of my life tbh 
I can’t remember tbh but probably, it wouldn’t be an unusual thing then , if it was a post office and shop in 2013 it certainly would’ve been in 1992 

I did get dinner in there on a few occasions, ham sandwich and chips  and a couple pints of Guinness and then back out driving the JCB . Different times but a very happy unexpected memory on here ! 

7 hours ago, Manchester_whites said:

Just come back from Perth and you’re right, it is expensive. Nearly always ended up in The Lucky Shag but like most places around there, they closed at 9pm or 10pm

Aye mate. It's in a handy spot and is usually Barmy Army central when they are in town for that very reason.

There's a place called Raffles on Canning Bridge which was an iconic old style boozer when I arrived here. It is said that there was originally a hamburger van called 'Burger King' on their car park every weekend which registered the name as a business and is why what most people thing of as Burger King is called Hungry Jacks over here. The bloke who owned the rights to the name wouldn't relinquish it for any amount of money. Whether true or not I can't say.

Used to be a proper boozer with a sort of Ace Cafe feel about it where you could get a decent pint at a decent price. Then they built a swanky tower block alongside it. 10 quid a fucking pint now!

Drink at home or at friends BBQ's now mate. Can get a 24 beer carton for the price of 2.5 Raffles pints!

21 hours ago, little whitt said:

1    best pub Back in the Day was the   MORRIS DANCERS 

2    my local go to one now is B33R  in Horwich £3.40 a pint   you can do 10  for £34

3    90% of the Pubs in Bolton Town canter are Dog Shit Now 

B33R  has just WON 

CAMRA  Pub of the Year 2025  and

Cider  Pub of the year too 

3 minutes ago, little whitt said:

B33R  has just WON 

CAMRA  Pub of the Year 2025  and

Cider  Pub of the year too 

Bit strange declaring that in March? A quick google tells me CAMRA only announce the 2025 winner in January 2026.

22 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Bit strange declaring that in March? A quick google tells me CAMRA only announce the 2025 winner in January 2026.

 

 

Judging by the wording of that post, I'm guessing it's an award from the Bolton branch of CAMRA for best pub in Bolton rather than any kind of national award

8 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Judging by the wording of that post, I'm guessing it's an award from the Bolton branch of CAMRA for best pub in Bolton rather than any kind of national award

Yeah, that makes sense.

34 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Judging by the wording of that post, I'm guessing it's an award from the Bolton branch of CAMRA for best pub in Bolton rather than any kind of national award

 

24 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Yeah, that makes sense.

still seems a tad premature though

1. Favourite pub The Salisbury in Manchester, best was the Two Tubs in bury back when it was a rockers pub

2. Don't really have a local all been pulled down or turned into restaurants near me.

3. Best drink was at home with the dog watching Lion King after getting back on the day my lad was born. Left the house that morning thinking I was taking the wife baby clothes shopping at the Trafford centre got home 16hrs later a dad.

Best/most memorable drinking session - The Augustiner in Munich before and after the game there, where we sang the slow version of 'Oh when the whites go marching in' went on for bloody ages (Spurs since nicked it)

My local is brilliant, proper pub, no music (karaoke Sunday night), no Sky, best home cooked food for miles, kids and dogs friendly

I normally drink cider Strongbow of Magners

LW can vouch for it

1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said:

Best/most memorable drinking session - The Augustiner in Munich before and after the game there, where we sang the slow version of 'Oh when the whites go marching in' went on for bloody ages (Spurs since nicked it)

My local is brilliant, proper pub, no music (karaoke Sunday night), no Sky, best home cooked food for miles, kids and dogs friendly

I normally drink cider Strongbow of Magners

LW can vouch for it

im in Every Sunday for the Roast 

bang on 12 

come 12.15 its rammed 

CASH only 

chrise must make a Killing 

15 hours ago, bolty58 said:

It is said that there was originally a hamburger van called 'Burger King' on their car park every weekend which registered the name as a business and is why what most people thing of as Burger King is called Hungry Jacks over here. The bloke who owned the rights to the name wouldn't relinquish it for any amount of money. Whether true or not I can't say.

Partially true. A bloke in Adelaide opened up as Burger King before the Americans tried to.
He ended up with 17 Burger Kings and BK did, as you say, launch as Hungry Jacks.

4 hours ago, Traf said:

Partially true. A bloke in Adelaide opened up as Burger King before the Americans tried to.
He ended up with 17 Burger Kings and BK did, as you say, launch as Hungry Jacks.

Cheers mate 👍

10 hours ago, athywhite1958 said:

Best/most memorable drinking session - The Augustiner in Munich before and after the game there, where we sang the slow version of 'Oh when the whites go marching in' went on for bloody ages (Spurs since nicked it)

My local is brilliant, proper pub, no music (karaoke Sunday night), no Sky, best home cooked food for miles, kids and dogs friendly

I normally drink cider Strongbow of Magners

LW can vouch for it

Royal? Used to play darts for em and used to go in every weekend. Chrissy and John are sound. Need a Sunday dinner there soon.

Edited March 11, 20251 yr by tshape

9 hours ago, Traf said:

Partially true. A bloke in Adelaide opened up as Burger King before the Americans tried to.
He ended up with 17 Burger Kings and BK did, as you say, launch as Hungry Jacks.

I would guess you managed to get into some RSL clubs over East for a pint or three Traf? Not exactly haute cuisine but good value decent food and much cheaper beer all subsidised by automatons playing the pokie machines.

Used them all the time when I lived in NSW. Usually have an internal TAB for a bit of a punt too.

Not sure you can beat an airport pint. 

 

9 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Not sure you can beat an airport pint. 

 

If that’s Manchester, if you buy another pint I reckon it would have been cheaper to have paid for lounge access. (Probably)

39 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Not sure you can beat an airport pint. 

 

Not even an attempt to thinly veil

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

I would guess you managed to get into some RSL clubs over East for a pint or three Traf? Not exactly haute cuisine but good value decent food and much cheaper beer all subsidised by automatons playing the pokie machines.

Used them all the time when I lived in NSW. Usually have an internal TAB for a bit of a punt too.

Yeah the RSL at The Rock is a 15 minute walk from my daughter's house, wide choice of beers and a decent Chinese restaurant. I even did a bit of bowling there.
The one in Wagga Wagga was excellent too.

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

I would guess you managed to get into some RSL clubs over East for a pint or three Traf? Not exactly haute cuisine but good value decent food and much cheaper beer all subsidised by automatons playing the pokie machines.

Used them all the time when I lived in NSW. Usually have an internal TAB for a bit of a punt too.

In Coogee, there is a Legion Club and a Diggers Club. I’m guessing they are the same. Only went in the Legion on the front looking over the beach and sea. Lovely. 

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

If that’s Manchester, if you buy another pint I reckon it would have been cheaper to have paid for lounge access. (Probably)

The lounges are full of morons these days, anyone can get in for a tenner. 

Theres less aggro in the terminal bars now.

Currently having a pint in the City Arms on Kennedy st. Very pleasant. 

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

The lounges are full of morons these days, anyone can get in for a tenner. 

Theres less aggro in the terminal bars now.

How many have you been in recently?

I get your point though. They aren’t what they used to be when I travelled Business Class. Still better than the throngs ‘downstairs’ though.