The Beer Engine, Liverpool

With no other places open beyond 12:30am on a Monday night, the Beer Engine ended up being our final stop for a nightcap in Liverpool. With bouncers on the door, this can turn into quite a lively place. It is set over a number of levels. We sat on the upper level to the rear, which has access to the same long bar as the ground floor room. Although, I'm not convinced you could get served there. There were TVs showing sport and at least one pool table that was in use. Music was being played at a fairly loud volume. Down another flight of stairs is further seating and an open kitchen, which continues to serve food throughout the night (the pub is advertised as 6am closing). Food does go up in price from 2am onwards though. Toilets were also located downstairs. The gents had a fair amount of vomit scattered around. There was obviously somebody having too good an evening. On the beer front, it's all keg, despite a couple of redundant handpulls near the entrance door. The selection was ShinDigger Pale & Mango Unchained, Carlsberg, Shipyard American Pale Ale & Portland Lager, Estrella Dam, San Miguel, Brooklyn Defender & Pilsner, Kingstone Press Apple Cider & Wild Berry Cider, Birrificio Angelo Poretti, Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA, Guinness, Erdinger & Bombardier. This place serves a purpose, as somewhere that stays open when all other local pubs have closed. But I would walk on by if anything else was open. Increasing my score to a 3/10.

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