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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    • 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…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      It’s not too late to wish you all a happy new year, is it?! After our biggest production month EVER in December 2018, we’ve not given ourselves very much of a rest as we dive straight in to yet another exciting year for us here at Abbeydale. Firstly, we are very pleased to announce that…

    • Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs

      Apart from reserved copies for 2019 Pub Heritage walks and a small number of selected 2019 CAMRA Beer Festivals, we have no paper copies left – the book, all 1250 copies, is now effectively a sell-out. Thanks again to all who have purchased a copy. There may be a few copies available at some of…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Tis the season to be jolly, and we have many a good tiding to bring you! Our big news this winter is that we are absolutely thrilled to have taken ownership of some additional units adjoining our existing brewery site. As well as some much needed new office space, we’re also going to be able…

    • Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs book

      Following the success of the first edition, the second edition of this book is now available: an increase in pages from 81 to 96 with more entries, text and images. The second edition is again available as a free download (sheffield.camra.org.uk/rhp) but also includes a limited edition print run of 1,000 copies (A5, cover price…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Firstly, we’d like to say a big thank you to Sheffield CAMRA for yet another fantastic weekend at the Steel City beer festival down at Kelham Island, always such a highlight of the year. We had a real variety of our beers on across cask and KeyKeg and it’s great to see such choice and…

    • September Pub of the Month presentation

      September’s Pub of the Month award took us into the city centre to the Devonshire Cat on Wellington Street. First-time winners of the accolade, manager Liz Casserly and her staff were delighted to receive the certificate from chairman Glyn Mansell. There was a real sense of celebration in the air and it was great to…

    • Champion Beer of Britain voting open

      Voting is now open for first round of the the Champion Beer of Britain 2019 competition. All current CAMRA members are eligible to vote, and as Sheffield & District covers pubs in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, our branch members can cast their votes for beers brewed in both the Yorkshire and East Midlands regions. There…

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    • Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs

      We are producing a second edition of this book, which sees an increase in pages from 81 to 96 with more entries, text and images. The second edition will again be available as a free download but will also include a limited edition of 1,000 printed copies (A5, cover price £5.99). Thanks to our three…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      I just wanted to quickly kick off our news this month by saying a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Funk Fest. It was something totally out of the ordinary for our brilliant beery city, but you all embraced it! And it was a really proud weekend for us all to see…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      We’re in celebration mode this month – our beloved flagship beer Moonshine has won 3rd place in the Golden Ales category of this year’s Champion Beer of Britain competition! This is the first time in our history that we have received such a prestigious national award, so we’re immensely proud of this achievement. This month…

    • Inn Brief

      The Stag’s Head on Psalter Lane recently underwent a bar upgrade and now has eight handpumps installed. These are mostly Thornbridge beers but on our last visit there was also a guest ale from Tiny Rebel. The Bar Stewards on Gibraltar Street is set to celebrate its first birthday on 28 July with a party…

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    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Firstly, a huge thank you for everyone who joined us at the Rising Sun for our 12th annual Sunfest festival. It was the biggest one yet and we had such a great weekend! We’ve got a brand new festival coming up later this month which we’re holding in the brewery itself… Funk Fest is taking…

    • Sheffield Hopcast

      We all love talking about beer, right? Well, a group of beer lovers have taken that a step further by starting a podcast dedicated to the industry, with a strong slant towards Sheffield. The Sheffield Hopcast was started by friends Adam Nicholson and James Marriott at the start of the year. Sean Clarke from Beer…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      Isn’t this year just flying by?! Here at Abbeydale we can’t quite believe it’s already Sunfest time again, and for the 12th year the Rising Sun will be hosting an epic weekend showcasing 72 cask and 30 keg beers from ourselves and many of our beery pals. Hope to see (or have seen… depending on…

    • Abbeydale Brewery

      A certain international football tournament kicks off in June (like what I did there?!) but if you’re already fed up of listening to people talking about bags of wind being flung around a big field, we’re on hand to help with the release of Ball Relief (4.0%). Expect a sessionable, grassy pale with a bitter…

  • 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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      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…

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      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,…

    • Pub of the Month September 2014

      The Three Tuns is a classical, nicely decorated and fairly unique pub of a long, thin shape with a corner seat at one end at ‘the bow of the ship’!

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    • Blue Bee Brewery

      Firstly bad news to report, after a hop shortage we have been unable to get hold of any Cascade hops which means we are having to let Nectar Pale take a back seat over the next couple of months.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      First of all, a small apology. To the 2.5million people who turned out to watch the Tour de France as it passed through Yorkshire, finishing Stage 2 in Sheffield. Blue Bee is sorry that not everyone got to sample their special Hops on t’Bike.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      The next beer in the Punktuation series is Hyphen – we’ve just received a preview of the pump clip!

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      What is known as Light Blue Season is well and truly under way. That is, the time of year when the blue of the sky is complemented with the quenching character of a pale 3.6% ABV summer quaffer full of super Summit hops.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      Jon has left the Hive to join our friends at Lincoln Green Brewery in Nottingham. It may be too early to talk of a collaborative brew, but watch this space. We wish Jon all the best in his move and thanks him for all his hard work over the last few years.  Of course Nottingham…

    • Pub of the Month May 2014

      The Closed Shop is one of two pubs opposite one another that have been reborn and made Commonside worth the short ride on the 95 bus up the hill from the City Centre or the walk down the hill from Crookes.

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    • Blue Bee Brewery

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    • Dronfield do the Brampton Mile

      There have been a number for exciting developments in the Chesterfield real ale scene of late, and in order to investigate this some intrepid members from Dronfield & District sub-branch set out on a Saturday night in early April to sample the delights of some of the best pubs on the Brampton Mile, to the…

    • Inn Brief

      The Ship Inn at Shalesmoor now has 4 handpumps, all serving local beers. The Castle Inn at Bradway reopens at 6pm on Friday 11th April under the management of Craig and Marie Harris, previously of the Peaks at Castleton where they offered local ales and home cooked food. They are managers employed Tandem Leisure who have taken…

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    • Blue Bee Brewery

      At the end of April the World Snooker Championship returns and we will see four beers from Blue Bee Brewery to celebrate the event.

    • Blue Bee Brewery

      With the Six Nations in full swing we have our seasonal special hitting bars in and around Sheffield, Rugbee! Rugbee! Rugbee! is a 4.8% New Zealand hopped pale ale.

    • Closed Shop

      The Closed Shop is pleased to announce that the new month will also see the launch of a new and improved menu. Expect traditional home-made pub classics, a selection of sandwiches, butties and burgers, and an ever changing specials board for that something extra, erm… special! For those with families to feed, the new menu…

  • 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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