Brewski Liverpool

You're stood on the terrace at One Paradise Street with the Mersey stretched out in front of you, pint in hand, and suddenly you get why this place has people raving about it. Brewski takes the whole craft beer thing seriously without being precious about it — the sort of place where you can chat to staff who genuinely know their stuff but won't make you feel thick for asking questions. The food's solid too, designed to sit alongside proper beers rather than overshadow them, and the location right there in the city centre means you're never far from anywhere.