On Saturday 14 July, a handful of branch members headed out to the Peak District to celebrate a couple of our more rural pubs, with the Spring 2018 District Pub of the Season and the District Pub of the Year 2018 presentations both on the agenda. We were unable to secure a minibus for the … Continue reading District awards trip
August marked the twelfth month in a row we have been able to present our Pub of the Month award to a deserving pub in the Sheffield & District branch region, so thank you to all who continue to nominate and vote for their favourite venues. Long may it continue! This month’s presentation took us … Continue reading August Pub of the Month presentation
It’s good news once again for Sheffield’s Kelham Island Tavern, which has been named joint runner-up in the Yorkshire CAMRA Pub of the Year 2018 competition. The pub, which has been voted Sheffield & District CAMRA’s Pub of the Year 14 out of the last 15 years, was up against the winners from all of … Continue reading Yorkshire Pub of the Year awards
Our Pub of the Month award for August 2018, voted for as always by Sheffield & District CAMRA members, goes to the Beer Engine on Cemetery Road. The pub may only have opened in March 2015 but this is the second time it has been voted our branch’s Pub of the Month, having previously won … Continue reading Pub of the Month August 2018
Sheffield & District CAMRA members headed to the Wellington, Shalesmoor, on 10 July for the presentation of the July 2018 Pub of the Month award. Competition from the first of the World Cup semi-finals meant attendance was perhaps a little lower than it might otherwise have been, but there was still a great atmosphere in … Continue reading July Pub of the Month presentation
If travelling by tram for a pub crawl in the Kelham Island area, first call will usually be the Wellington on the corner of Henry Street and Infirmary Road, which is almost adjacent to the Shalesmoor (for Kelham Island) tram stop. The pub was built around 1840 for A. H. Smith’s Don Brewery, which was … Continue reading Pub of the Month July 2018
Sheffield & District CAMRA members headed to the Fat Cat on Tuesday 12 June to celebrate the Pub of the Month award for June 2018. With its huge range of real ales (although you would expect nothing less from the pub where Sheffield’s real ale revolution started!) and convivial atmosphere, the pub was a worthy … Continue reading June Pub of the Month presentation
CAMRA isn’t just all about real ale; we also support those pubs offering quality real cider and perry, made by traditional methods. Every year, Sheffield & District CAMRA chooses one pub in our branch region that has made a particular contribution to the cider scene around the city. On Thursday 10 May, we headed down … Continue reading Cider Pub of the Year presentation
Our busy week of awards back in May culminated with the Pub of the Year presentation at the Kelham Island Tavern. As might be expected on a swelteringly hot Saturday afternoon, there was a large attendance, with Sheffield & District CAMRA members joined by a number of pub regulars. Treasurer Paul Crofts made the presentation … Continue reading Pub of the Year 2018 presentation
With so many great pubs in Sheffield itself, it is sometimes easy to forget about the fantastic hostelries serving the towns and villages in the Derbyshire part of our branch. Unfortunately, due to a lack of votes we were unable to award the District Pub of the Season award for Winter 2017, but we are … Continue reading District Pub of the Season Spring 2018