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Stancill Brewery comes to Sheffield
We’re proud to announce the opening of yet another brewery in Sheffield, right on the doorstep of the late great Cannon Brewery.
This brings the total number of breweries in S3 to 5, all within walking distance. Brewery crawl did I hear you say?
Current brew-length is 22.5 BBL, making it one of the largest breweries in Sheffield, with a possible weekly output over 500 firkins.
Initially beer range will include; the Legendary Barnsley Bitter (3.8%) and a vintage Dark Mild (3.4%). The range is expected to quickly expand to include a Best Bitter (4.3%) and Blonde (3.9%). Also in the pipeline are a Burgundy, Porter and other specials to be confirmed.
The name forms a tribute to Head Brewer and co-owner, Jonathan Stancill, who along with his father Bob formulate over 90 years of brewing heritage. The brewery team also includes MD, Mr Thomas Gill, Director Dr Adam Hague and support staff Mr Dean Pleasant. “Barnsley is my birth town but Sheffield has been my home throughout the past 6 years of Medical School. It is here where I developed my passion for Real Ale and opening this brewery in such a prolific city of brewing is one of my proudest moments. I’d like to speak on behalf of myself, Tom and Jonny and give thanks to all at Forum Café Bars Ltd for making this dream come true”, said Adam.
Welbeck Abbey Brewery
It’s a new year and we have a new plan to bring you delicious new ales. Over the past year we have grown into a thriving brewery with an expanding number of different recipes in our repertoire. Thank you to everyone who has helped us to grow, from drinkers to publicans, brewers to CAMRA bods, we’re looking forward to another successful year with you all.
As we’ve grown to work with a wider range of pubs, it’s allowed us to be a little more creative with our recipes. This year we’re bringing to you two limited edition beers every month, along side our core range of five ales. These exciting new beers will fall in three series’: Best of British, Continental, or New World.
Each and every month we will present to you a ‘Best of British’ beer. These will range from pale English ales to strong traditional IPAs but will all be brewed using only British Ingredients. The first in this series is Endeavor, using the brand new and highly sought after English hop.
On alternate months we’ll craft either a ‘New World’ beer using choicest hops from America, New Zealand or Australia, or a ‘Continental’ style using hops and techniques from the continent.
In January we have a Continental series beer – Henrietta Grande, brewed with Hallertau Brewers Gold. Look forward to February for Admiral Keppel, a 4.3% golden English ale brewed using Admiral hops in the traditional way to give a warming aroma of spiced oranges. It will be the turn of the New World hops to be showcased, and we’re kicking off this series with an old favourite, Dark Horse. This 4.8% black IPA is brewed using a combination of four different dark malts and hops from 3 continents, to give a complex citrus aroma that mingles with the burnt roast flavours. The dry addition of New Zealand hops gives an extra fruity zing. Acorn Brewery
The latest new 5% IPA will be Spalter, the 16th in a Second Series of European IPA’s. A rich golden coloured German Hopped Ale with floral, fruity, peppermint and sweetly spiced aromas.
We will also be brewing a well hopped light golden ale, Drop Kick, for start of the 6 Nations.
Tapped Brew Co
It’s been a very busy year at the Sheffield Tap and within the Pivovar company. At the beginning of 2013 they opened the fully restored first class dining rooms which features not only more amazing architecture but their very own onsite brewery “Tapped Brew Co”.
Since mid Jan 2013 they have steadily brewed 21 different beers of various styles, including a few specials with the help of some great friends and guest brewers.
Tue 21st Jan 2014 was the 100th brew day and 1st birthday. From 5pm a special evening brew took place where customers were invited to see the full brewing process and smell the wonderful aromas of malt and hops wafting into the comfortable surroundings of the brewery room.
The whole team was there to answer questions and explain the process as it occurred. Samples of some of the range was available to try while the brewers explained what flavours and aromas you should be able to taste and smell and how they get into the beers.
Steel City Brewing
Steel City have dark and light beers doing the rounds at the moment. On the Dark Side is Unholy Trinity, brewed with David from Raw and Chris and Robin from the Shakespeare. The brew-day was going unbelievably well, until it came to time to transfer from the copper to the fermenter – the filter plate got clogged, so what should have been a 45 minute transfer took about 5 hours! It was worth it in the end, Unholy Trinity has come out as an intensely flavoured stout with massive coffee and chocolate taste. A variant was produced with half a bottle of rum in each cask, entitled Captain Morgan’s Revenge (after an Alestorm album, as well as the rum of course). On a lighter note, the latest brew is Phantom of the Hopera, and uses a standard Steel City mash of Low Colour Maris Otter and wheat malts. Hops are Admiral and Magnum for bittering, and Citra and Sorachi for flavour. The minikit saw its first action in its new home, and was used to brew Phantom IPA, essentially a stronger version of Phantom of the Hopera, featuring early runnings from Phantom, followed by almost the same bittering charge and the same ratio of flavour hops. Both ‘big brother’ and ‘little brother’ are dry hopped with Mosaic. Unholy Trinity, Captain Morgan’s Revenge and Phantom are all available in bottles from Beer Central – bottling has been a big success so far, with Beer Central shifting a hundred bottles of Communication Breakdown and All Hallows Eve in their first week! Finally, Hop Hideout are hosting a Steel City Meet the Brewer evening on Friday 21st March – only the second official MTB for Steel City. Beers expected to feature include All Hallows Eve, Unholy Trinity, Phantom of the Hopera, Phantom IPA, Grim Overlords (March’s planned collab with Great Heck), and one or two surprises! Places are limited to only 14, so don’t hang around – tickets available now from Hop Hideout.
Blue Bee Brewery
The latest in the pUnK-tuation series is out. Solidus is described as a 5.4% ABV one-stop-hop-shop, deep gold/amber in colour. And that, folks, is a Solidus, nestling ‘twixt ‘gold’ and ‘amber’. The hops featured are Willamette (USA), Cascade (USA) and Admiral (UK). And fermented out to the sounds of the first Leatherface LP, for added wow-factor.
After a cracking New Year’s Eve at the Cross Scythes on Derbyshire Lane to the south of Sheffield, King Bee Rich got chatting to Boss-of-the-Cross Steve.
The result is that Blue Bee will be featured at the pub in February, with at least four different ales available on hand-pump; Solidus is likely to feature.
Local artist Martin Bedford is putting on a monthly blues night at Bar Abbey on Abbeydale Road (under the old picture palace). He is calling it Honey Bee Blues Club, and approached Rich with a view to producing a special beer for the event.
It will be 4.0% ABV, and similar to Nectar Pale. There is a wealth of local blues talent lined up; the first night in January featured The Mudcats and M&J Blues, amongst others. “Knock 3 times and say necessity sent you!”
Abbeydale Brewery
We saw out the year with the highest sales ever seen at Abbeydale. As quick as the production team were filling the store room, our draymen were filling up their vans and delivering our beers throughout Yorkshire and beyond. Humbled and exhausted by the demand, it was nice to have a few days off to recuperate!
The New Year has also brought some new beers as well as the return of some old favourites: White Knight and Black Bishop. Last brewed in 2010, the pair of polar opposite ales make an appearance this month.
The 4.5% White Knight is a beautiful blonde session ale with aromas of grapefruit and elderflower and flavours of citrus and pine.
Contrasting this, the 4.2% Black Bishop is a full flavoured porter with a sweet and malty aroma. Driven by its complex roast malt and black treacle character, Black Bishop‘s pleasant bitterness is complemented with citrus and spices from the hops.
Anyone who missed the exquisite dry hopped Dr. Morton’s Crispy Automatic Duck, you need not worry; the good Dr. will be cooking up some fantastic new pale and experimentally hoppy specials throughout February.
Chronoform 4.1%, Reality Filter 4% and Pylon Climber 4.1% all will make an appearance this month. So, to those still going with New Year’s resolutions of gym sessions and healthy eating, make sure you find time for a pint or two, it’s what the Dr. ordered!
Welcome to the Beer Capital of the Britain!
The world has woken up to what we’ve been saying for some years – The New York Times has published an article detailing their top 52 places in the world to visit this year with Yorkshire featuring at number 22 with the big attraction being drinking beer in Sheffield. As well as many breweries, Sheffield has a diverse choice of pubs and bars serving a huge choice of great beers and lots going on! In case you were wondering, the destination at number 23 was Dubai (not for beer!).
The Star
High praise for Sheffield pubs
New York Times and search for our holy gr-ale
Festival tombola thanks
As usual we held a tombola stall at our Steel City Beer & Cider Festival to raise funds for the branch and we’d like to thank everyone who supported this and Andy Morton for organising and staffing, but special thanks to the following people who donated prizes:
Tom (ex of Univ Arms, now at The Anvil, Stannington)
Diane/Duncan (Fat Cat)
Chris/Robin (Shakespeares)
Pat/Eddy (Gardeners Rest)
Trevor/Lewis (Kelham Island Tavern)
Graham (Anglers Rest, Millers Dale)
Bradfield Brewery
Mike Humphreys
Alan Gibbons
John Silburn
Sarah Mills
David Little
Mike Rose
Mike Hensman