The Queen Of Hope Street, Liverpool

At The Queen Of Hope Street, there's 8 pumps lined up along the bar: the first dispensing Seacider, the rest mostly local ales, with Theakston as an interloper. Dortmunder Union and Erdinger offer something different in the keg range. £4.20 for a pint of ale seemed absurdly cheap to me, even if the beer was a little hazy (though not in the modern style). There's also a limited food offering. The pub features stone flooring with mostly perimeter seating leaving plenty of room to pack them in, so I can see The QOHS getting fairly loud later in the evening. In summary, it's alright, but there's obviously better elsewhere in the city centre.

I've visited this place when it was The Refinery, but didn't have a drink as it was a mess and fizz only. Thankfully things have changed and it's now a pleasant, if rather large bar with a good selection of real ale in good nick. We're often around this part of Liverpool, so we'll be calling in again.

The pub has been well described recently and there is nothing left to add but to agree it's certainly a good addition to the area, after my poor beer experience over the road in the Philly, the beer here was like nectar, Neptune Sea Of Dreams being my choice. A really enjoyable pub.

A fairly large pub which feels a little like an Irish bar at first sight. It's opposite the Philharmonic pub, which will inevitably be much more popular. But the real ale range in here these days is much more exciting than it's previous incarnation (the Refinery) and also more exciting than the Philharmonic itself. The interior is narrow and long opening up to a good sized seating area at the far end, where there are plenty of TVs to watch live sport. It is much darker in here now and the atmosphere is quite cosy. Bar staff were friendly. On the real ale front, regular beers are St Austell Proper Job, Salopian Shropshire Gold & Timothy Taylor Boltmaker. Guest beers were Carnival Never A Frown, Weetwood Eastgate & Cheshire Cat & Ossett Voodoo. A further handpull was clipped with Lilley's Rhubarb Cider. Craft beers were Grand Central IPA & Carmen Mosaic. I quite liked this place and found it better than the Red Lion and whilst I haven't been in this group's other pub (the Vines) for some time, I suspect this place has the best beer selection of the 3. But ironically, it's the one which is furthest away from the city centre.