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The Augustus John, Liverpool
Liverpool
L3 5TX
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Augustus John
Located in the University of Liverpool, this is a pub that has a mixture of locals and students. It regularly makes the Good Beer Guide and has a good selection of real ales and ciders, often winning the CAMRA Liverpool Cider Pub of the Year award.
Not being open at the weekends and being a fair walk uphill from the city centre, it's not a pub I get to often enough. In fact, it's had a bit of a makeover since my last visit, which was pre-Covid. It does indeed look a bit fresher inside. The outside still has a fairly unappealing look, with flats above.
The 5 cask ales on our Tuesday afternoon visit were Peeless Skyline & Ice-Breaker, Byatt's Regal Blonde, Big Bog Baltic Porter & Electrice Bear Werrrd! The cider range seems to have diminished since I was last here, but they still had Weston's Rosie's Pig Tropical, Hairy Ferret Traditional & Cock Eyed Bush Pig. There were also a couple of craft beers from Neptune, namely Pacu & Hell's Canyon.
This is still one of my favourite pubs in Liverpool. It's a shame there is not enough business for it to open at weekends, when I am generally in the city.
On 21st December 2023
- rating: 8
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Brainy Pool left this review about The Augustus John
Weekday only opening times make this one a bit awkward to tick. It’s well worth a look if you can though, a hideous building housing a quality real ale pub. Basic barebones interior, but a staggering array of pump clips on the walls. Four ales and two ciders on when I called in, Plum Porter very reasonably priced at £3,20 and it was a tranquil atmosphere despite visiting on a graduation day. A rare example of a proper university pub, second best only to the sadly missed Herdwick bar at Lancaster.
On 4th March 2022
- rating: 8
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Al Bundy left this review about The Augustus John
As long as you can tolerate students this is a decent pub. 5 ever changing handpumps plus a couple more for cider. The place is just one room and up until a couple of years ago there was a pool table but this has been removed. Can sometimes be busy at the end of lectures but is usually quite quiet. Its not usually open at weekends. A welcome place for an after work drink at least.
On 22nd February 2018
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3487 recommendations about 3390 pubs]
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Liverpool Central, 0.74 miles, 14 min walk (show)
Liverpool Lime Street, 0.81 miles, 15 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Car Park : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Darts : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Function Room : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Hot Food : Yes - Pizza only - last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Live Music : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Micropub : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Pinball : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 22 June 2009 by hondo .
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy
- WiFi : No last updated 06 May 2018 by Al Bundy