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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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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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.
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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.
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The next beer in the Punktuation series is Hyphen – we’ve just received a preview of the pump clip!
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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.
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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…
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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
By the time you read this the Snooker Wold Championships will be nearly over and I am wondering how many of you have ‘downed the brown’ sinked the pink or even gone Inhov the black?
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Blue Bee Brewery
Beery bits. The sound of punk-rock continues to emanate from Blue Bee. Solidus, at 5.4%, is the latest in the pUnK-tuation series.
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Blue Bee Brewery
The collaboration brew between Blue Bee and Welbeck Abbey proved popular. Intergalactic had a combination of four hop varieties – Cluster, Galaxy, Stellar and Pilot. Look out for the return leg to be brewed at The Hive in January (it may have hops in). Awards corner. The illustrious Lustin’ For Stout scooped top spot at…