Breweries

Local breweries

A 2024 report commissioned by the University of Sheffield found that the city and its wider region have more breweries per capita than anywhere else in the country, giving it the title of the “real ale capital of the world.”

Sheffield

  • Abbeydale Brewery

    Abbeydale Brewery

    1996-present

    abbeydalebrewery.co.uk

    8 Aizlewood Rd, Sheffield S8 0YX

    The longest-standing brewery in Sheffield, Abbeydale has been a cornerstone of the city’s beer scene since 1996.

    Now employee-owned and the recipient of multiple awards, it ranks among the largest in the area, producing over 220 barrels per week.

    Continued investment and a spirit of innovation drive the brewery forward, with a core range complemented by at least one new beer released each week.

    Abbeydale also explores more experimental territory through its Funk Dungeon project, which focuses on barrel-aged, small-batch brews.

    Their beers are widely available, including via an online shop and at their pub, the Rising Sun in Nether Green.

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    • Abbeydale Brewery

      This month, we’re looking forward to unveiling the first of a new artwork series for 2020, showcasing my personal favourite little piece of kit, our hop back! Originally our very first mash tun, and now used to ensure our beers benefit as much as possible from delicate hop oils and aromas that would otherwise be…

    • Thanks from the beer festival tombola!

      The organisers of the recent 45th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival would like to thank the following for donating items to the festival tombola and to sell for the Burton Street Foundation Charity:- The Fat Cat, Kelham Island Tavern, Gardeners Rest, Shakespeares, Kelham Island Brewery, Abbeydale Brewery, Triple Point Brewery, The Brew Foundation, Brian…

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    • Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – another roaring success!

      Kelham Island Museum was the setting once again for the annual Steel City Beer & Cider Festival which took place over 4 days in October. Over 6,000 visitors attended, drinking almost 20,000 pints of beer and 3,000 pints of cider. Thanks to help from our friends at Abbeydale Brewery we managed to keep the Keykeg…

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    • Abbeydale Brewery

      After what feels like the longest autumn ever, we’re feeling very ready for some seasonal merriment and thankfully our brewteam have been working hard to make sure there’s plenty of beer to bring you all tidings of comfort and joy! Before all of that though, just in time for election week we’re releasing Purgatory (4.1%), a…

    • City Centre, Kelham Island & Neepsend

      For the benefit of those of you who are new to Sheffield, such as University Freshers, here is our mini guide to real ale venues in Sheffield City Centre, Kelham Island and Neepsend. The majority of pubs and bars listed are near a tram stop on the Blue or Yellow route, which combined run around…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Ah, those Autumn days are here once more, and we’ve got some returning seasonal favourites to cheer us up as the nights start to draw in! First up is Pilgrim (5.0%), our pumpkin spiced ale, and the first beer that (at the time of writing) we’ve confirmed as being at the Steel City Beer Festival from 16th-19th October, so…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      To kick off the month, we’ve got something big and boozy coming your way! After working with artist Lewis Ryan on all of our collaborations over the past year, we thought it was high time to get Lewy himself in the brewhouse! He’s created Strawberry Tigers & Rooftop Jacuzzis with us, a smoked strawberry imperial stout weighing…

    • Sheffield CAMRA – Breweries we have known

      In 1975, when the Sheffield Branch of CAMRA was founded, the City of Sheffield had four large and long-established breweries; Stones Cannon Brewery (1865), Wards Sheaf (1896), Whitbread Exchange (1851) and the often-forgotten Hope Brewery on Claywheels Lane (1939). Almost 45 years later, none of these remain. Today, we have 23 functioning brewing companies. Each…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      A couple of returning cask specials to tell you about this month, with Doctor Morton’s Djinn Jar Beer (4.2%) making an appearance. With a hit of real ginger amped up by just a prickle of cayenne pepper, this is a pale ale with a bit of a kick! We’re also bringing back one of the first beers…

    • Inn Brief

      It has been announced that the Two Rivers cafe bar should be opening in the autumn. This is a micropub being converted from former public toilets that sits over the confluence of the rivers Don and Sheaf on Blonk Street, an area of the City Centre currently being smartened up as part of the Grey-to-Green…

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    • Limited edition Steel City Beer & Cider Festival 2019 beer mats

      The limited edition set of 12 Beermats advertises the 45th.Annual Steel City Beer Festival (SCBF45). On one side of each mat is the SCBF45 logo, with the reverse printed for the sponsor. The logo-side, when arranged, gives a large image of the festival poster. The image is based on a 1979/82 TV series which was…

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    • Abbeydale Brewery

      It’s Sunfest month! I’m very excited to be involved in what will be my 5th festival as part of Team Abbeydale, it’s always such a highlight of our year! So (if you’re reading this before 11th-14th July!) please do pop along to the Rising Sun to sample some of the 72 cask and 30 keg beers on…

    • Crow Inn

      Keep an eye out on Scotland Street over the next few weeks for the reincarnation of one of Sheffield’s long lost historic watering holes. After over ten years as the budget Sleep Hotel, the much missed Old Crown Inn/R&B’s/The Crown has been given a new lease of life as The Crow Inn. Purchased last year…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      We really are hurtling through 2019 at an alarming rate! Luckily we have plenty of delicious beers coming out this month to help you ease into summer. Our Reaper series has been lying low for a while, but now it’s back! This time we’re releasing a Grapefruit Wheat Beer (4.8%) with the zesty fruitiness of Citra and…

    • Birdhouse Tea Bar & Kitchen

      OK, I admit a tea room is not somewhere you would expect to be reading about in Beer Matters magazine. However Birdhouse is a local Sheffield tea company with a fairly modern outlook. Their tea bar, on Sidney Street in Sheffield City Centre opens all day with an extensive range of teas and blends, brunch…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Arguably the most popular Doctor Morton’s beer of all time, this month witnesses the return of Duck Baffler (4.1%), a Citra hopped pale ale. As with all of the recent releases within the range, it’s coming back with a bit of a new look, but don’t worry, it’s still approved by 9 mallards out of 10. We’ve…

    • Pub of the Year 2019

      Following suggestions that followed a motion at our branch AGM last year, we’ve made some changes to our Pub of the Year competition for this year in order to give a better chance of recognition to pubs outside the most visited locations (ie the City Centre and Kelham Island). As always, the qualifying pubs are…

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    • Abbeydale Brewery

      First up, if you’re reading this after 7 April, a HUGE thank you to everyone who joined us at our second Piss Up in the Brewery event! We are loving welcoming you to our home and showing you our progress as we continue to evolve and grow. Next stop, Sunfest at the Rising Sun from…

    • Sheffield Beer Week only a week away

      Sheffield Beer Week has a number of great local breweries involved in its fifth year such as Neepsend Brew Co, Kelham Island Brewery, Thornbridge and Abbeydale and also national and international breweries including Wander Beyond, Wild Card Brewery, Burning Sky, Moor, Orbit and Mikkeller. Brand new Sheffield brewery, Saint Mars of the Desert, will also…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      The celebrations for Sheffield Beer Week are taking place this month, so there will be tons going on all over the city. We’re very excited to be representing at Indie Beer Feast at Abbeydale Picture House again this year, it was a brilliant day in 2018 and great to see that it’s already expanded to…

  • Blue Bee Brewery

    Blue Bee Brewery

    Established in 2010, Blue Bee is a small, independently-owned 10-barrel brewery known for producing quality cask ales, with regular distribution across Sheffield and beyond—especially throughout Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

    Although one of the smaller breweries in the city, it has a strong local presence, particularly at the renowned Kelham Island Tavern, which shares the same ownership.

    Blue Bee is known for its ever-changing specials and frequent collaborations with like-minded breweries.

    Their beers often showcase New World hops, with an IPA always available—including the long-running and evolving American 5 Hop Pale Ale, now in its 75th incarnation.

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    • Blue Bee Brewery

      Blue Bee Brewery, as well as supplying the festival with their own delicious ales, have been busy swapping with other breweries around Yorkshire to supply us with some great Yorkshire beers, the list is already looking quite good.

    • Inn Brief

      The Queens Ground at Hillsborough has introduced real ale and real cider following the installation of three handpumps on the bar. The range is not finalised yet as they are establishing what sells well, however expect the more popular local beers such as Bradfield Farmers Blonde to feature. The Blue Stoops on Dronfield High Street…

    • Visit our Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – open 21-24 October

      This year is the 41st beer festival Sheffield & District Campaign for Real Ale has run under the Steel City banner although only the second year at Kelham Island Industrial Musuem – the change of venue last year proved a very popular move. This year will be a very similar event to last year, not wanting to…

    • Blue Bee

      This month we have yet more specials available. The first of which is Citra Fusion 4.4% this American pale ale is jam packed with one of our favourite varieties of hops Citra, which impart plenty of citrus and passion fruit flavours .

    • Pub of the Month September 2015

      Shakespeare’s, Gibralter Street. I’m sure I’m not the first CAMRA member to have moved home to make a favoured pub my “local” but this was the case almost two years ago when I decided to move from Doncaster to Sheffield as proximity to Shakespeare’s on Gibraltar Street was a very important factor my in flat-hunting.

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    • Food Festival beer tent a success!

      Local thirst for local beers The Sheffield Brewers Cooperative tent was in the peace gardens as part of the annual Sheffield Food Festival in May. Brewers from Abbeydale, Blue Bee, Exit 33, Kelham Island, Sheffield and Wood Street manned the bar showcasing two beers from each local brewery. The weekend was a success selling a…

    • Blue Bee

      April was a busy month for us at Blue Bee Brewery and May looks like it is set to continue that way. American 5 Hop Version II proved very popular so this month sees American 5 Hop Version III (4.3%) hitting bars across Sheffield and beyond.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      The first week in April is not just Easter weekend but also the Sheffield Sessions Festival which is centred around the fantastic pubs of Kelham Island.

    • Blue Bee

      March will see the return of a special we did last year: American Five Hop 4.3%. This pale and hoppy beer proved really popular last year so we thought we should bring it back with a slight twist, changing the varieties of hops used.

    • Blue Bee

      Well, we’ve made it into 2015 and new beer keeps rolling out. Firstly, Ella IPA 5.0% is the next in our ever popular single hopped IPA series using the Australian hop Ella, with strong apricot, cedar and peach characteristics.

    • Inn Brief

      The Harlequin on Nursery Street will be hosting a gin tasting event in February and with over 35 different varieties always on sale the event is sure to be gintastic!  For details please phone the pub on 0114 275 8195 or check http://theharlequinpub.wordpress.com. Also don’t forget that for you real cider lovers there’s always at least…

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    • Blue Bee

      As the festive season approaches we have been busy conjuring up this year’s Christmas special: Blitzen Stout 5.0%

    • Steel City Beer Festival – Tombola thank yous

      A thanks to the following for supporting Sheffield CAMRA by donating prizes… John Silburn, Andy & Julie Lee, Pete at The Brew Company, Blue Bee Brewery, Richard Ryan, Alan Gibbons, The Three Tuns, Peter Gardener, Susan Dolan, Sarah Mills, Rod & Hazel Sprigg and Sergey Ruzeinikov.  Also, apologies if we have forgotten anyone. We are always…

    • Sheffield Brewery

      Following the brew day at Blue Bee, a number of Steel City Beer Festival organising committee members visited Sheffield Brewery to brew another beer to promote the upcoming ruby anniversary festival.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      Two of our new beers are making the rounds of Sheffield pubs and beyond as November’s Beer Matters hits the press.

    • Three Tuns, Sheffield City Centre

      Still under the Stephens’ Empire (ahem, Reet Ale Pubs) umbrella, the Three Tuns has recently seen the promotion of Kate Major to Imperial Overlord, following in the footsteps of Emperor Andy himself.

    • Dove & Rainbow

      On the 4th November the Dove and Rainbow Team celebrate their 8th birthday, which is no mean feat in this day and age. Saturday the 8th is also the landlady Dawn’s 21st (!?) – you do the maths! So get yourselves down to help them celebrate in style with a pint or 3 of their…

    • Steel City Beer & Cider Festival

      Sponsorship A great way to support the beer festival and local charities is though sponsorship, why not sponsor a barrel of beer? Fancy a works do at this year’s festival, why not promote your business at the same time? Group of friends who fancy doing something different on a night out? Something to celebrate? You…

    • Blue and Yellow Trams

      City Centre and Upper Don Valley

    • Steel City Beer Festival

      Sponsor a barrel! Fancy a works do at this year’s festival, why not promote your business at the same time? Group of friends who fancy doing something different on a night out? Something to celebrate? You can sponsor a barrel for just £100 and your name will appear on the beer label behind the bar,…

  • Bradfield Brewery

    Bradfield Brewery

    Bradfield was established in 2005 on a working dairy farm on the edge of the Peak District, initially as an exercise in diversification but following the success and expansion of the brewery it has pretty much replaced the farming business!

    The brewery has its own Millstone Grit spring providing the water to brew with and produces a range of mostly simple, classic beers with the biggest selling being Farmers Blonde.

    There is a shop at the brewery whilst the original tap pub is the Nags Head Inn, a short distance from the brewery in Loxley (bus 61/62 Hillsborough-Bradfield go there); since then three other tap pubs have been added – the King & Miller in Deepcar and Wharncliffe Arms (both on bus route 57/57a Sheffield-Stocksbridge) along with the White Hart in Bradwell (on bus route 271/272).

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  • Dead Parrot Beer Co

    Dead Parrot Beer Co

    The brewery name is a bit of a family in joke, as the brewer’s brother is the manager of the Frog & Parrot which used to have a brewery in the cellar under previous ownership and the family used to run Henry’s bar and associated Aardvark Brewery which has since been demolished – much of the equipment has come from both dead ventures!

    The brewery produces a broad range of cask ales at their site on the edge of Sheffield City Centre, shared with their tap bar Perch and an events yard.

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  • Emmanuales

    Emmanuales

    This is a very small scale brewery producing interesting beers with a Christian theme to the names.

    Originally it was a cuckoo brewing operation, now the kit is based at the brewers’ home.

    The beer is usually available only in bottles but occasional cask is produced for special events.

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  • Fuggle Bunny Brew House

    Fuggle Bunny Brew House

    Fuggle Bunny Brew House opened in 2014 as a family business with a theme of beers that tell a story – the pump clips are designed like book marks.Ownership has since changed but remains independent.

    A bar in the brewery opens for tap sessions every Friday and it is a 10 minute walk from Halfway tram terminus (Blue route) or buses 26, 26a, 80 and 80a stop close by.

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  • Heist Brew Co

    Heist Brew Co

    Heist started life as a craft beer bar in Clowne, Derbyshire, in 2017 with an on site brewery opening a year later.

    They relocated to an old industrial building in the Neepsend area of Sheffield in 2020 and converted it into a brewery and tap room, which opened to the public towards the end of the Coronavirus pandemic.

    The brewery produces mostly modern craft styles of beer in keg and can although now and again do very interesting one off cask ales. The Heist Brew Co tap room features 30 lines showcasing their beers and guests, a gaming area and is home to a branch of Slap & Pickle burgers.

    Buses 7 and 8 stop outside or Infirmary Road tram stop (Blue and Yellow routes) is less than 10 minutes walk away.

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  • Little Critters Brewing Company

    Little Critters Brewing Company

    A small batch, family owned microbrewery opened in 2015 operating on a 10 barrel plant.

    The regular beers carry wildlife themed names and artwork including their Nutty Ambassador hazlenut milk stout which won Champion Beer of Sheffield in 2018, alongside these is a series of one-off specials.

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  • Little Mesters Brewing

    Little Mesters Brewing

    Little Mesters Brewing, based at Meadowhead, are named after the traditional Sheffield craftsmen who manufactured things like knives on a small scale and this is a small brewery based in a shop unit neighbouring Mitchells Wine Merchants who sell their range of bottles and cans.

    There is a small range of regular beers plus the occasional special, mostly traditional beers given a twist.

    The brewery has an upstairs tap room which is currently just used for special tasting events but there are plans to open it as a public bar in the near future.

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  • Loxley Brewery

    Loxley Brewery

    Based at the Wisewood Inn, Loxley Brewery was established in 2018 and uses a five barrel plant. Buses 61/62 (Hillsborough-Bradfield) go there.

    They also have a second pub where you can try their beers, the Raven in Walkley.

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  • Neepsend Brew Co

    Neepsend Brew Co

    An independent brewery established in 2015, since moved premises into their current Burton Road location.

    Their regular beer is a blonde with an ever changing line up of beers brewed alongside it, available in cask, keg and can.

    Their nearby tap pub is the Wellington, located by Shalesmoor tram stop (Blue and Yellow routes), where cans and minikegs can also be picked up.

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  • Saint Mars of the Desert

    Saint Mars of the Desert

    SMOD to its friends, opened in the Attercliffe area of Sheffield after Dan Paquette and Martha Holley relocated from Boston, Massachusset in 2018 with over 20 years brewing experience.

    The brewery is one of only a few in the UK with a koelship and the beer range has an international influence including rustic ales, Monastic type beers and Koelship hopped lagers.

    The beer is available in keg and can. The brewery site is two small buildings – brewery and tap room around a courtyard. The tap room, which opens at the weekend, offers table service, Dan and Martha are usually around to answer any questions about the brewery. Note no cask beer and payment is card only.

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  • Stancill Brewery

    Stancill Brewery

    Stancill brew a range of simple session ales and a lager using equipment relocated from the closed Oakwell Brewery, which had been known for its Barnsley Bitter.

    They have two tap pubs – the Albion on London Road and Closed Shop in Commonside (get there on bus 95 or 95a).

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  • Steel City Brewing

    Steel City Brewing

    Cuckoo brews at Lost Industry Brewing about once a month, usually collaborations producing something a bit fun!

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  • Tapped Brew Co

    Tapped Brew Co

    Following the successful conversion of the old Edwardian dining rooms and first class refreshment rooms at Sheffield Railway Station into the Sheffield Tap bar, brewing began in 2013 at an onsite brewery with viewing gallery.

    Tapped Brew Co supplies beer to all the venues under the same ownership.

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  • Toolmakers Brewery

    Toolmakers Brewery

    Located behind the Forest pub in a former toolmaking factory (hence the name), the brewery was established in 2013 with a five barrel plant, principally supplying the pub and the brewery tap room which operates as a live entertainment venue.

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  • Triple Point Brewery

    Triple Point Brewery

    Triple Point Brewery is in a converted former carpet showroom which is home to their brewery, bar and the Twisted Burger Company.

    The brewery is visible from the bar area and includes modern equipment, manufactured by a German company with a great reputation with Sheffield Steel.

    Beer is dispensed from a mixture of cask, keg and tank. Many of the beers are gluten free.

    Triple Point won our Champion Beer of Sheffield competition in 2019 with Debut.

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  • True North Brew Co

    True North Brew Co

    Small brewery and gin distillery in Sheffield City Centre. The brewery was opened in 2016 and the company changed their name from Forum Cafe Bars to True North.

    They supply their bars which include the Broadfield, Waggon & Horses, British Oak, Forum Cafe Bar, Old Grindstone, Punchbowl and Horse & Jockey plus the free trade. In 2020 they started brewing the cask version of Stones Bitter, which is now a Coors brand but was originally brewed at the long since closed Cannon brewery in Sheffield.

    True North won our Champion Beer of Sheffield competition in 2022 with Devika.

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North Derbyshire

  • Contour Brewing

    Contour Brewing

    A nano-brewery based in Grindleford.

  • Eyam Brewery

    Eyam Brewery

    This brewery started life in 2017 with a 1.5 barrel plant in the famous Peak District plague village of Eyam which has inspired many of the beer names. In 2019 they relocated up the road to the village of Great Hucklow with a bigger kit.

  • Intrepid Brewing Co

    Intrepid Brewing Co

    Intrepid is based in the Hope Valley in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. They commenced brewing in the summer of 2014 on an eight barrel plant. There are four core beers plus seasonal specials supplied in cask, keg and bottle. A pop up shop opens in the brewery most weekends and there are occasional open days in the summer when they have a bar in the brewery whilst outside in the yard they put seating, music and a food vendor. Buses 271/272 (Sheffield-Castleton) that are routed via Bradwell stop at the end of the drive.

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