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.

 

 

 

10 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.

Good ale in there like you say. I call in for a couple most days ont way home from work. And, only 7 quid a year membership.

11 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.

That's a great price

Our local village club, this time last year was £3.80 a pint (across the board, Guinness, Cider, Lager, IPA etc) - that price is now up at £4.50 a pint (again, across the board)  -  and we've been told that due to the increase in staffing costs and utilities, we'll see another rise to £5 a pint from April. 

It's an expensive do now going out getting pissed around here. If we ignore the Spoons in the local town, then the pub I choose to drink in, is around £6.30 a pint now 

5 hours ago, tomski said:

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

its A Posh Belmoral 

2 hours ago, little whitt said:

its A Posh Belmoral 

And not by much.

4 hours ago, Sweep said:

That's a great price

Our local village club, this time last year was £3.80 a pint (across the board, Guinness, Cider, Lager, IPA etc) - that price is now up at £4.50 a pint (again, across the board)  -  and we've been told that due to the increase in staffing costs and utilities, we'll see another rise to £5 a pint from April. 

It's an expensive do now going out getting pissed around here. If we ignore the Spoons in the local town, then the pub I choose to drink in, is around £6.30 a pint now 

Bar on site here is £3.50 for Carslberg, Italian piss (Moretti, Poretti, Peter Bonetti or whatever), Shityard IPA & Somersby Cider. My Guinness is £2.70, but it does come from a can.

6 hours ago, little whitt said:

its A Posh Belmoral 

Balmoral is alright much better than northern way

22 minutes ago, tomski said:

Balmoral is alright much better than northern way

Do they still have a serving hatch selling bottles of bud?

Believe it or not, I've never been in The Balmoral, and I've been in loads of shithole boozers in Bolton. 

Balmoral is posher than Northern Way. I’d go in Balmoral but never again in Northern Way. Northern Monkey is good but weird opening times.

I was in The old three Crowns on Saturday , first time for years .  Jesus H Christ , that was an experience 
 

then into Brass Cat , ( as was ) fuckin hell they’ve ruined that place, reminds me of a bar you’d get in a holiday camp type place. 

Think there's a vid of the 3 crowns kicking about 

11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Think there's a vid of the 3 crowns kicking about 

I dare say I wouldn’t be watching it at work if Saturday is anything to go by ? 

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Do they still have a serving hatch selling bottles of bud?

No it’s all fancy now. Bar isn’t in the middle anymore

50 minutes ago, fatolive said:

I was in The old three Crowns on Saturday , first time for years .  Jesus H Christ , that was an experience 
 

then into Brass Cat , ( as was ) fuckin hell they’ve ruined that place, reminds me of a bar you’d get in a holiday camp type place. 

I drank in the Balmoral until they tried to turn it into a karaoke bar & previously in the Shep, New Zealand & Griffin but even I feel uneasy in the 3 Crowns.

I’m going to defend Northern Way to an extent here. Admittedly it’s not often we have a drink at home games, but when we do it fills a nice gap between the chaos of a Spoons breakfast and before Northern Monkey opens.

Clean (at least at that time of day), cheap, plenty of tellies and the lager is always lively because there’s plenty of it going through the lines.

Another in defence of the Northern Way........Pint under £3. Wall to wall TV Sport. Feet not sticking to the carpet

, never been in after 6pm.....Sunday Afternoon town is not a bad afternoon out

Three crowns  will be the next Peter Kay project

13 hours ago, fatolive said:

I was in The old three Crowns on Saturday , first time for years .  Jesus H Christ , that was an experience 
 

then into Brass Cat , ( as was ) fuckin hell they’ve ruined that place, reminds me of a bar you’d get in a holiday camp type place. 

My Uncle Eddie had the Three Crowns and Cousin Derek the Boars Head back in the day. The Howcroft and Black Dog in Belmont were in the family also

Edited March 27, 20251 yr by Dimron
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8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

 

 

 

 

That is TRUE British Culture. 

32 minutes ago, gonzo said:

 

 

 

 

And that's breakfast being served 😁

 

24 minutes ago, Cheese said:

That is TRUE British Culture. 

And I was always told it was haunted by an angry old man with a stick!

2 hours ago, Dimron said:

My Uncle Eddie had the Three Crowns and Cousin Derek the Boars Head back in the day. The Howcroft and Black Dog in Belmont were in the family also

My grandad had the Black dog in the 70's/early 80's

Before that he had youngs bakery

1 hour ago, dave2980 said:

My grandad had the Black dog in the 70's/early 80's

Before that he had youngs bakery

My Uncle Jim (Doran) had it in the 90's... used to stop there when I was working in Bolton, he still charged me full rate though!

3 hours ago, Dimron said:

And I was always told it was haunted by an angry old man with a stick!

And no fucking wonder. If I had  a stick that's where I'd be.

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

 

 

 

 

The Muslims might have a point on segregating women. 
 

but then again looks like you don’t need any help. Got to be someone off here!

Edited March 27, 20251 yr by green genie