Vernon Arms, Liverpool

The Vernon Arms is a long and thin bare board floored pub with a small raised seating area to the left that is screened from the entrance up the right. The long serving counter runs up the left-hand wall where it faces banquettes up the right-hand wall. In the rear on the way to the toilets is a room with more banquettes, which I imagine comes into its own when the pub is busy because there’s a lot of standing room in the bar area. The seven hand pumps were drawing three real ciders alongside Brimstage Brewery’s Oyster Catcher, Ossett’s White Rat, Off Piste and a decent Brains Rev James. Premium keg and Carling were also available from the polite barman. This is a decent pub so I was surprised to be one of only three people in attendance listening to the background music on a recent Monday evening when lesser pubs in the area were busier.

A long roomed traditional corner pub with a locals feel to it, seven handpumps offered up six cask beers and one Cider, beers were Coach House Gunpowder, Kirkstall Dissolution IPA, Salopian Oracle, Brains The Rev James, Ossett White Rat and Black Edge Citra , my choice, the Cider was Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon. A nice beer selection and top pub.