SHEFFIELD
Bear on Abbeydale Road now has a permanent cask line! For the Abbeydale Road beer festival the beer was from Weekend Project, however it is expected that the usual brewery on the handpump will be Two by Two.
Mount Pleasant at Norton Lees reopened under new management on Friday 1 August, although cask ale wasn’t immediately available awaiting the delivery from the Heineken Star Pub Company who it is leased from, however they are now regularly available with a range including Bradfield Farmers Blonde, Timothy Taylors Landlord and Tetley Bitter. Wednesday 20 August saw a food trader, Curbside Cravings, at the pub with a view of making it a weekly event if popular.
Old Red Lion in Grenoside is hosting ‘Top Red 12 Years On’ family festival on Saturday 13 September 2-8pm with live music & DJ, food, kids games, bouncy castle and market stalls.
King & Miller in Deepcar closed for a week from 11 August for a bit of a refurbishment and the instillation of a new kitchen.
Old Shoe are to host ‘Oldshoeberfest’, their take on Oktoberfest, on 26 and 27 September.
Sheaf View in Heeley are hosting their final live music event of the summer on Saturday 30 August dubbed ‘Last of the Summer Music’ with a programme of 8 different artists performing at the pub from 3pm onwards.
Sportsman Inn at Lodge Moor was expected to reopen over the August bank holiday weekend. The pub jas been taken on by the same management as the Ship Inn.
Fat Cat in Kelham Island held their 44th birthday beer festival on 21 August.
The pubs and bars participating in this years Half Pint Marathon have been announced and it is quite a long list! They are Alder, Forum Cafe Bar, Hop Hideout, Hymn to Ninkasi, Kapital Beer Hall, Over The Yardarm, Riverside Kelham, Shakespeares Ale & Cider House, Brewery of St Mars of the Desert, Beer House S6, Blind Monkey, Broadfield, Common Room, Dog & Partridge, Gardeners Rest, Hallamshire House, Harlequin, Itchy Pig 2 Banner Cross, Old Grindstone, Punchbowl, Rising Sun, Stag’s Head, Wonky Labrador, Turner’s Bottle & Tap, Two Sheds and Two Thirds Beer Co.. The event runs throughout September and involves two special beers – a cask beer from True North and a keg beer from Abbeydale with a 25p donation from the sale of a pint going to Sheffield Mind. Take a collector card and get a stamp each time you order the special beer at a participating venue and when you’ve collected stamps from 13 different venues you can claim a limited edition print. Check out their website or social media for more details.
PEAK DISTRICT
Old Nag’s Head in Edale held a beer festival over the weekend of 15-17 August with a ‘Sheffield versus Manchester’ theme, along with live entertainment.
Miners Arms in Eyam held a beer festival and hog roast on the Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend.
DRONFIELD
Blue Stoops in Dronfield closed from 18 August for a refurbishment representing an investment by Chilled Pub Co of nearly a million pounds which they say will better bring out the natural charm and warmth of the old building!
The 29 and 30 August sees a final farewell weekend for Tom & Vee at the Hyde Park Inn at Dronfield Hill Top after which they are retiring from the pub trade. They have been running this pub for the last 11 years and feel part of the community but between them have 40 and 38 years experience in the industry. Tom is going on to be a bus driver and Stonegate pub company are advertising the Hyde Park’s lease for a new tenant to take it over.
ROTHERHAM
Blue Bell at Harthill is hosting Hartfest on 6 September with gates opening at 2pm and music kicking off from 3pm. Entry is £10 with the event raising funds for Harthill Football Club to restore the former Spens field pitch so they have somewhere in the village to play their home games.
Over in the Brecks area of Rotherham a new venture called Barrel & Bean is planning to open towards the end of September. It is a combined coffee shop and micropub where you can go in the morning for coffee and cakes or in the afternoon for beers on both cask and keg. They are having 4 handpumps installed with a range of three cask beers on rotation. Buses X1/X2, X11 and 19/19a go there.