These can be booked in advance: follow the QR codes to the booking site.
- Guided walk – Little Chicago – Thursday
you will explore Sheffield’s Little Chicago Quarter before your fast-track entry to our Beer Festival. Led by local author, John Stocks and editor of ‘Sheffield’s Real Heritage pubs,’ Dave Pickersgill, you will explore the beer, social and Industrial heritage of the area. The walk will explore streets that feature in John’s book ‘Sheffield 1925: Gang Wars and Wembley Glory,’ and also explore the beer, social and Industrial heritage of the area.
The comfortable walk, with one minor ascent, is just over a mile. It will last for approximately 90 minutes before concluding at Kelham Island Museum for a post-walk drink and discussion.
- Tutored tasting – Bradfield Brewery – Thursday
A tutored beer tasting (five beers) and discussion led by the three brewers (Kieran Chadwick, Sam Jubb and Bruce Woodcock) from one of the largest breweries in Sheffield. The second oldest Sheffield brewery, Bradfield were established in 2005 on a farm situated in the Peak District countryside. The beers to be sampled are:
- Farmers Blonde (cask, 4.0%), the best seller. This beer was created 20 years ago and has been the best seller since. This award winning, very pale brilliant blonde beer has citrus and summer fruit aromas making it an extremely refreshing ale.
- Farmers Jack O Lantern (cask, 4.5%). The October seasonal ale. An amber coloured, lightly hopped ale.
- Farmers Brown Cow (cask, 4.2%). One of the core range, that’s been around since Bradfield’s first year of brewing.
- Farmers Milk Stout (cask). This beer has not been brewed before. A Milk Stout has been in the pipeline for a while and Bradfield thought this was the ideal year to bring it to the table.
- and finally, Belted Galloway Stout (bottled, 8.4%). A decadent Stout brewed with a variety of speciality malts then barrel aged for 8 months in Scottish Whiskey barrels. It delivers rich cocoa and sweet dark fruit aromas and flavours up front, leading into warm whisky, sherry and oak notes with a silky smooth finish. England Country winner (Flavoured beer, wood aged) at the 2025 World Beer Awards.
- Pub Heritage Talk – Little Chicago – Friday
Delivered by Dave & John, this short pub heritage talk will concentrate on the Little Chicago area of Sheffield, taking you back from the 19th century and up to the current day. Along the way, mention will be made of the 1884 ‘Sheffield Drinks Map,’ the establishment of a coaching inn and the Sheffield pub with the most CAMRA awards.
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