Gumbo the movie

Simon Cowell was going on about the film Gumbo on tonight’s X Factor, featuring the Roy Orbison song Crying. It’s not Gumbo, it’s Gummo, an ace punk film featuring loads of drinking and bizarre characters.
It’s a genuinely disgusting film featuring cat mutilation and other disturbing scenes but it’s got that X Factor that used to [...]

Fire sale at Threshers

Threshers and Wine Rack have finally gone bust and all stores will close on December 2.
In the meantime they are selling off all stock. Prices are already high – one of the reasons they went bust – but there’s up to 25% off booze now, with more savings to come in the next few [...]

Blanket lifter

I have a love-hate relationship with Hobgoblin, but an £8 for 8 500ml bottles at Morrisons was too tempting to refuse.
At 5.2% abv and full of malt I was quickly pissed and spent the whole night farting, tossing and cursing.
Truly an evil brew!

Two years on and still drinking

It’s been two years since I started this blog. My life’s had a lot of ups and downs since then for sure.
Hopefully I’ll be celebrating at the Shake on Halloween. Thanks for reading.
Trollbangin’ Horrific Halloween Party
“Spooky goings on at The Shakespeare”
What: Night of Mayhem
Start Time: Tomorrow, October 31 at [...]

Spar reaches out to scallies

Spar is redesigning all its labels and is to tailor a wine blurb for each British region.
A label for a Merlot “translated” to Scouse reads: “A totally boss bottle of Merlot which smells o’ blackberry, choccie, a brew and toffees. Juicy and complex like, this bevey is top wi most scran ’specially me ma’s scouse. [...]

No Trouble at Crown

Posts about The Little Crown pub always get lots of comments but the latest, about the split between the management and good time duo Trouble is setting new records.
Join the bitching here
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147 closed

Liverpool’s legendry 147 club is gone.
The snooker club used to be the only place to get a drink after the pubs closed – for those who didn’t fancy nightclub prices.
Many a drunken game was had, drinking journeyman lager out of plastic glasses.
I especially remember playing my mate Gazza there the day before he flew [...]

Thatch is rotten

The Thatch & Thistle on Norwood Road has failed an environmental health inspection and may have to close.

Pontins to become Boozetown

Plans have been unveiled to spend £100m on turning the holiday camp at Ainsdale into a vast village of pubs, restaurants, honkey tonks and spas. Perhaps my long lamented Lido tiki bar will return.
While we will miss the nature reserves and relative peace and calm of the lonely, uncrowded dunes and lakes of the current [...]

Italian’s just the job

It’s not often I visit upmarket restaurants but as it was my birthday, my beautiful and successful sister managed to smuggle me into Il Forno on Duke Street.
Class? When I told the wine waiter I just wanted a beer, he snapped his fingers and a beer steward arrived.
The portly sommelier recommened Peroni Gran [...]