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Longbow, who own a number of pub/hotel venues in the Peak District including the George in Hathersage, have a Thornbridge house cask beer, It is a rebadge of AM PM.

Walkley festival saw a number of pubs in the area team up for a festival pub crawl promotion where you had a drink in each of the different pubs to get a card stamped which then went into a prize draw. It ran from 28 June to 7 July, with the Blake Hotel hosting a beer festival on the second weekend.

The S17 area has gained another new cask ale outlet with the Summer House bistro’s Eden Bar adding a handpump to serve Abbeydale Moonshine. This venue is next door to Dore & Totley railway station.

Cross Scythes in Totley are running a cask ale club with a loyalty card offer and discounted prices on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Lost in West Bar on Gibraltar Street has closed down with the premises declared unviable with new premises being sought in the Kelham Island area. All being well a new and improved Lost in Kelham Island should open later in the year – watch this space!

York in Broomhill is now open again following a refurbishment. The bar offers a choice of six cask ales plus a further six craft beers on keg.

Old Shoe in Orchard Square, Sheffield City Centre, is hosting a beer festival on 17 August with beer spread across their own bar and a pop up in the downstairs function room of the Sheffield Plate food hall. They also recently celebrated their first birthday over the weekend of 12-13 July with a fancy range of beers on both cask and keg.

Bear on Abbeydale Road recently celebrated their third birthday.

Rutland Arms on Brown Street in Sheffield City Centre has taken delivery of some birthday beers from Finland’s CoolHead Brew, including IPAs brewed in collaboration with Flok, Beak, Verdant and Burnt Mill, along with Dutch White Dog, which includes a DIPA and a rather ludicrous smoothie sour. These beers are all in keykeg and expected to hit the Rutty’s taps at some point in August.

Psalter hotel has been closed down a while but it is to reopen under the new ownership of local chef Tom Lawson as a stylish hotel and restaurant. The focus is to be dining although it is expected to feature a public bar.

Wig & Pen, which has been closed since Covid, is to finally reopen as the Beaten Track coffee lounge and cocktail bar.

Springwood Hotel, an abandoned pub in Woodthorpe, has suffered a fire.

Kiveton Tap is now open to drink inside with a selection of craft beers on their keg taps as well as a selection of bottles and cans in their shop area. Buses 21, 26/26a and X5 pass the front door.

The good folk of S8, particularly those that live near an unspecified big roundabout, may have a new local micropub opening to look forward to. More details are to be announced when all the licenses and permissions are in place.

If you attempted to visit the Bath Hotel on 15 July and was disapointed to find it closed, that was because it was being used to film scenes in a new BBC drama, Reunion.

Thornbridge Brewery’s tap room is hosting a Summer Social event from 16 to 18 August featuring live music, street food and of course beer. Entry is free and no tickets are required. The brewery is walkable from the centre of Bakewell where buses 218 and 257 from Sheffield terminate, the Peak Sightseer open top bus tour also passes the end of the brewery drive.

Triple Point Brewing are hosting a beer festival in conjunction with SIBA on 2 August from 5pm featuring keg beers that have been judged in their competition. It will see the number of taps on the bar increase to 27 for one evening only. The event will also feature live music and table bookings are recommended.

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