Re: Pre match drinks : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:00 am  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Saints Gold in the founders bar for me.

Spot on - that's what I did, and have to say, what a bloody good tipple Saints Gold is!

Re: Pre match drinks : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:04 am  

hotpot100 wrote:

Spot on - that's what I did, and have to say, what a bloody good tipple Saints Gold is!

How was It In there?
Service ok,room to stand without being bumped all the time.
Might give It a go next time.

Re: Pre match drinks : Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:22 pm  

Gotta say the whole pre match ritual : ceremonial parking of the car, pub choice (Raven fer me),walk up is waaaay better than Knowsley road. I dont miss Black bull never did never will ,roll on variety and change of pub venue pre match happy days

Re: Pre match drinks : Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:05 pm  

I must say that as much as an improvement on a warm can of Carlsberg the Saints Gold is, the Haka real ale in the Phoenix knocked it into a cocked hat for taste.

Re: Pre match drinks : Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:19 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I must say that as much as an improvement on a warm can of Carlsberg the Saints Gold is, the Haka real ale in the Phoenix knocked it into a cocked hat for taste.

..The George Wright was top notch too.

Keep it quiet though, it was nice having decent ale at a reasonable price and not having to fight to get served.

Re: Pre match drinks : Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:18 pm  

Div wrote:

..The George Wright was top notch too.

Keep it quiet though, it was nice having decent ale at a reasonable price and not having to fight to get served.

George Wright is quality stuff,been on a couple of sampling sessions at their micro brewery in Rainford.

Re: Pre match drinks : Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:39 pm  

brook40 wrote:

George Wright is quality stuff,been on a couple of sampling sessions at their micro brewery in Rainford.

That sounds like a good gig ! Agree, my fav brew at present.

Re: Pre match drinks : Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:49 pm  

Don Brennan wrote:

How was It In there?
Service ok,room to stand without being bumped all the time.
Might give It a go next time.

I thought it was very good. I got there for just before 6.00pm, so wasn't too busy then. Service was excellent - all staff wearing quite smart bar attire, fast delivery of drinks, and excellent prices (£2.80 for Saints gold). It obviously got busier nearer to kick off, but was never overcrowded. At one stage, we queued up and the whole queuing system was full (they have barriers up like at a Post office) - but it still only took 5 minutes to get served. In fact, the staff seemed to be operating quicker than the queue, and were frequently asking for people to move down the bar to get served. We left around 7.30pm to get a drink in the North stand bar.

The only negative (and it really wasn't that bad) was the "disco", which meant it was hard to chat without shouting.

We'll certainly be going back in there for the Cats game, and probably for all the remaining home games.

Re: Pre match drinks : Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:51 pm  

hotpot100 wrote:

I thought it was very good. I got there for just before 6.00pm, so wasn't too busy then. Service was excellent - all staff wearing quite smart bar attire, fast delivery of drinks, and excellent prices (£2.80 for Saints gold). It obviously got busier nearer to kick off, but was never overcrowded. At one stage, we queued up and the whole queuing system was full (they have barriers up like at a Post office) - but it still only took 5 minutes to get served. In fact, the staff seemed to be operating quicker than the queue, and were frequently asking for people to move down the bar to get served. We left around 7.30pm to get a drink in the North stand bar.

The only negative (and it really wasn't that bad) was the "disco", which meant it was hard to chat without shouting.

We'll certainly be going back in there for the Cats game, and probably for all the remaining home games.

Ta for that,substitute the disco for a Saints game on a telly and Its perfic.