Sheffield’s annual Beer Week has now been running 11 years, celebrating the independent beer scene in the city with events across many venues in the city with common themes of beer & food, community and heritage. The beer week itself officially runs from 10 to 16 March, preceded by the Indie Beer Feast, however there are a number of additional events to warm up in the preceding days too!
A list of events confirmed at the time of going to press are below, however for the latest information visit their website – sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk.
Thursday 6 March
Pangolin : Indie Rabble Tap Takeover and meet-the-brewer. Beers on from 1pm with the brewer there in the evening.
Friday 7 March
Hop Hideout : Tynt Meadow Trappist Brewery – keg of their Dutch brewed trio collaboration on tap with the brewery manager present to talk about their history and tradition. 2pm to 4pm.
Brewery of St Mars of the Desert : Tap room opening 2pm to 8pm.
Saturday 8 March
True North Brewery: International Women’s Day collaboration brew (not open to public)
Beer Central : Neon Raptor beer tasting – booking required
Crow Inn : Ten Men / Bang the Elephant / Steel City Brewing collaboration beer launch
Brewery of St Mars of the Desert: Tap room opening 2pm to 8pm
Monday 10 March
Forum Cafe Bar : True North & Small Batch Brewing Co tap takeover
Riverside Kelham : Little Brewing Co & Northerm Monk tap takeover
Wonky Labrador : Ideal Day showcase
Rutland Arms : British Beer Styles showcase
Harlequin: Collaboration cask launch – various beers where the pub staff assisted with the brewing!
Crow Inn : European beer showcase
Tuesday 11 March
Old Shoe : Wilderness meet the brewer and cheese pairing – booking required
Hop Hideout : Book Talk – Adrian Tierney-Jones, author of A Pub for all Seasons. – booking required
Sheaf View : Sheffield & District CAMRA Pub of the Month award presentation, 8pm.
Crow Inn : Beer Bingo, 8pm
Wednesday 12 March
Hop Hideout : Women in Beer Showcase
Rutland Arms : Ideal Day showcase & Meet the Brewers, from 4pm
Harlequin : Ideal Day showcase & Meet the Brewers from 6pm
Old Shoe : Meet the Brewer with Donzoko – lager & crisps pairing. 6pm, booking required.
Brewery of St Mars of the Desert : Beer cocktails with Locksley Distilling – booking required
Hop Hideout : Ghost Tour, 6:30pm. Booking required.
Hop Hideout : Run Talk Run, 7:15pm.
Harlequin : Quiz night, 8:30pm.
Thursday 13 March
Wonky Labrador : Tartarus beers including newly launched gluten free collaboration beer. 7pm to 10pm.
Bear : Beer & Cheese pairing. Booking required.
Rutland Arms : Burning Sky showcase and tutored tasting, 7:30pm. Booking required for the tasting event.
Harlequin : Little Chicago Quarter pub history talk, 8pm – booking required.
Friday 14 March
Brewery of St Mars of the Desert : Tap room opening 2pm to 8pm
Harlequin : Belgian, Czech & German beer showcase
Saturday 15 March
Brewery of St Mars of the Desert : Tap room opening 2pm to 8pm
Sunday 16 March
Little Chicago Quarter pub heritage guided walk – 11:30am, booking required
Crow Inn : “A Place to Be” talk with writer Katie Mather, 2pm.
FOCUS ON…
THE CROW
All week: European Beer Showcase
A Selection of European craft Beers
Throughout the week, we will be pouring an assortment of delicious beers from some of Europe’s best breweries. We have beer from Sweden, Poland, Denmark and plenty more magical places. Come on down to get stamping your genuine real life beer passports.
Launching 8th March, pouring through beer week until we run out – Ten Men x Bang The Elephant x Steel City Brewing x The Crow Inn Presents… The Men Of Steel
Free entry
A mega collaboration beer between many of our lovely beer friends. “The Men Of Steel” is an uzvar inspired fruited sour and is part of Ten Men’s 100 Collaborations Project. All profits from the beers made within the project go towards new brewing equipment after Ten Men lost all theirs due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
11th March 8PM – Beer Bingo, Free entry
What it says on the tin. An evening of boozy, beery bingo. Relaxed vibes and great fun… Don’t forget your dabbers! Exciting prizes up for grabs and plenty of tasty beer pouring to see you through the evening.
16th March 2PM – “A Place To Be”, Free entry
Katie Mather delivers a talk on her new zine, “A Place To Be”, a love letter to drinking in liminal spaces and Pellicle magazine’s first printed publication. We will be privileged to have both Katie and Matthew Curtis here talking about the zine, pubs and the importance of found community in unexpected places.
Post beer week
March 28th – Burning Sky beer launch. Burning Sky are organising a nationwide launch across the best craft beer pubs around the UK, including at The Crow. Look out for more details soon!
Hotel Rooms
Book direct at thecrowinn@gmail.com for the best rates on our hotel rooms, for Sheffield Beer Week and beyond!
Harlequin
Monday 10th March – Wednesday 12th March: Collaboration Cask launch (midday-11pm)
Over February, our small team have embarked on a series of collaboration brews across the North of England to brew a range of styles, launching here on cask for Sheffield Beer week. These include a smoked cherry Barley Wine with Torrside, a US Session Pale with North Riding, a stout with Tartarus, a hazy pale ale with Big Trip and a pale ale with one of our local favourites, Blue Bee.
Wednesday 12th March: Ideal Day showcase and meet the brewer 6-8.30pm
Ideal Day Family Brewery are a farmhouse brewery from Cornwall, making Belgian and classic British styles of beer with an innovative, modern twist and a commitment to regenerative agriculture. They’ll be on hand to talk us through a range of their beers, with some food pairings fresh from our kitchen.
Wednesday 12th March – Beer Week Quiz, 8.30pm – Our regular quiz, this week hosted by quiz master Quiztopher, with an added beery twist. Free entry
Thursday 13th March – Guided Sheffield Pub Heritage Talk – Little Chicago Quarter. 8pm – Price: £4.95
What: This event is a history/pub heritage talk which will concentrate on the Little Chicago area of Sheffield, taking you from the early part of 19th century up to the current day. We will explore both the pub heritage aspects of the area plus the streets which feature in the book, ‘Sheffield 1925: Gang Wars and Wembley Glory.’ The narrative will explain how Sheffield briefly became the most turbulent city in Britain due to an escalating gang war involving the Park Brigade, Mooney Gang, the Gas Tank Gang and many others. The talk will also explore the beer, social and Industrial heritage of the area, examining the myths and reality of a tumultuous year in Sheffield history. Mention will be made of the 1884 ‘Sheffield Drinks Map,’ the establishment of a coaching inn, George Orwell and the Sheffield pub with the most local CAMRA awards. The talk will be led by local historian and writer, John Stocks and ‘Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs’ editor, Dave Pickersgill. The talk will last for up to 60 minutes, followed by post-talk drink and discussion.
Tickets from Eventbrite.
Friday 14th-Sunday 16th – Belgian, German & Czech Beer showcase
A showcase of beers and styles both modern and historic from the classic European beer nations. German, Czech and Belgian inspired food pairings available from the main menu and specials board too.
Rutland Arms
All week plus over Indie Beer Week – British Beer Styles Showcase
All Week – as wide a range as possible showcasing historic and modern British beer styles from Barley Wine to Brown Ale, ESB, IPA and Porter. Matched with items from our daily food menu. Free entry
Wednesday 12th – 4pm: Ideal Day Showcase and Meet The Brewers Venue 1
A showcase of some of the range from Cornish farmhouse brewers Ideal Day. Come sample a couple of their beers on draught, with the founders and brewers on hand to talk through their ethos. We will have a special small plate menu item matched to the beers for the occasion too. Why not make it a really Ideal Day and follow them to the Harlequin afterwards for more of their beers, too?
Thursday 13th – Burning Sky Showcase & Tasting, 7.30pm
Downstairs, A keg and cask showcase of a range of beer styles from the excellent Burning Sky Brewery of Firle in East Sussex.
Upstairs: a six beer tasting, including a range of Burning Sky’s mixed fermentation beers led by brewery founder and brewer Mark Tranter. £25 a ticket, message the pub on social media to sign up.
