Beer Station, Formbyback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Stopped off at Freshfield for a quick one here yesterday. This micropub was much busier than on my previous visit. But, it felt much more cliquey than on my previous visit. Locals seem to know one another, but weren't particularly friendly or welcoming to a stranger. Ales were 3 Piers Endeavour, Lancaster Red & Mithril Flower Power. They also had Hartland Farmhouse Perry. It's extremely handy for the station. But, there are many better micropubs in the wider area. Moved on from here to the Trap & Hatch in Waterloo, another micropub not listed on here, which was better.
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Caught it open this time and it is well worth the drop by. Three ales on - a pale, a golden and a porter. Nice, convivial kind of place. Closes at 9pm. Handy for the station.
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May close early if no one about
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The Beer Station was the third pub and the second micropub on my mini crawl from Southport to Crosby on Saturday. It's really handy for the station. You walk off the platform and it's straight opposite. You could combine a visit to the Freshfield while here too. The Beer Station is a typical micropub with conversation dominating and 3 real ales. These were Windmill Deckhand, Liverpool Organic Mork & Parker Saxon Red Ale. The landlord was bemoaning the fact that they are so close to the station and the trains are so regular, as people rush out the door. I'd probably have stayed for another one if there'd been a real cider. But the only options were bottled ones. Nevertheless, I'm sure this place will gain far more trade from its location than it will lose.
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There is only one keg lager available Freedom Authentic 4%, the other keg taps are for Freedom Prototype Pale 4.2% and King Koln (Kolsch style ale) 5%. All three from the Freedom Brewery in Staffordshire
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A pretty bog-standard micropub adjacant to Freshfield station. Only distinctive feature I can remember about it is that the promotional signs were done in the form of old British Railways “totem” station nameboards.
Had 3 cask ales on tap. I had the Parkers (a Southport brewery) Golden Sorachu – which was reasonable. Unusually they also had 3 keg lagers available. Indeed the person entering the pub just behind me ordered 3 pints of the stuff – all for himself ! (“I’m thirsty”).
However, the vest feature is the fact that you can comfortably get the train (southbound), have a quick beer, go to the loo, and get on the next train 15 mins later ! [ No toilets on Liverpool – Southport trains ]
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