As part of Sheffield Beer Week, the Kelham Island Tavern showcased a number of new beers from Blue Bee Brewery. These included a coffee mild, french oak aged red ale and charred oak aged export stout as well as the usual hoppy pales that Blue Bee are more commonly known for!
Bradfield Brewery have released a special edition of their cask Farmers Stout with the stronger ABV of 8.4%.
As is now traditional, Sheffield Beer Week marked the Brewery of St Mars of the Desert‘s tap room coming out its winter hibernation and it is now open most Fridays and Saturdays, 2pm to 8pm. It is now bar service and card payment only, it continues to be dog friendly. The brewery is just a few minutes walk from the main road through Attercliffe, served by buses 9/9a, 52/52a, 207 and X3.
Fuggle Bunny Brew House is introducing a monthly Saturday tap session in addition to the weekly Friday bar opening. The programme of “Fuggle Saturdays” kick off on Easter Saturday then take place on the last Saturday of each month from 31 May to 29 November with the bar in the brewery open 3pm to 9pm and live music at 5pm. They also plan to host a food trader at the Saturday events.
Triple Point Brewing celebrated their 6th birthday on the 14 and 15 March, neatly coinciding with Sheffield Beer Week! The Friday night involved live music and dancing whilst on the Saturday they screened the Six Nations rugby. A new beer has also launched – Geyser, a 4.3% ABV pale ale brewed with Olicans, Simcoe and Cryo Talus hops offering bold citrus flavours and like most of their beers it is gluten free and vegan.