A number of breweries from Sheffield had successes in the beer of the festival competition at the recent Doncaster CAMRA beer festival with Little Critters’ Raspberry Blonde winning the speciality category, Stancill ‘s Hopollo 11 winning the golden ales category and Triplepoint Debut IPA winning the IPA category. Triplepoint was also overall runner up. Recent … Continue reading Brewery bits
Happy July! Hopefully by the time you’re reading this it has started to feel like a bit more like summer and a bit less wet and windy! Either way, we’ve got some summertime specials that will get you excited. We’re kicking off July with Pineapple Lodge, a satisfyingly full flavoured IPA. American and New Zealand … Continue reading Welbeck Abbey Brewery
Hello from the Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert. Our first spring has been fab and we keep seeing new faces in the taproom every week. In addition to our taproom in Attercliffe, you may have seen our beers around town in some of Sheffield’s pubs. Recently we have sent a small amount of … Continue reading The Brewery of St Mars of the Desert
Steel City had a brief hiatus in the spring due to Dave swanning off to all four corners of the globe, but are back in business with the latest ‘megacollab’. Sadly unlike last year the weather conspired to prevent cricket being played so they had to get on with brewing instead, though there was still … Continue reading Steel City Brewing
‘Tapped Brew Co started brewing at The Sheffield Tap in 2013, situated in the old first class waiting room in the restored Edwardian dining room. The brewery is on display and customers of The Sheffield Tap can watch the beer being brewed. We are now developing our range of beers which are available throughout the … Continue reading Tapped Brew Co
Exit 33 Brewing and the Yorkshire Brew company collaborated to brew a special at The Taphouse adjacent to Hull marina to commemorate the maritime link between the two cities. The last wooden keel boat to sail between the two cities was commisioned by Furley & Co of Hull and named the Dorothy Pax. The bar in … Continue reading Exit 33 Brewing
There are a couple of July Specials from Kelham Island Brewery. Golden Axe, 4.2%, is a full-bodied golden ale. Its light sweetness is balanced with a pleasant bitterness from the Columbus hops and an aroma of tropical fruits is derived from the late addition of a blend of New Zealand and American Hops. Kelham Islander, 4.0%, … Continue reading Kelham Island Brewery
One of our much loved seasonal ales, Farmers Blueberry Ale will be available again from July, in cask and 5 litre Mini Kegs. This malty session ale is fruity with spicy overtones and at 4.4% abv and is an ideal beer garden or BBQ refreshment. The brewery is once again to be a part of … Continue reading Bradfield 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 … Continue reading Abbeydale Brewery
Triple Point’s Nekter was named Champion Beer at the recent Barrow Hill Rail Ale Festival following a blind tasting to judge the beers on the opening day. Nekter is a twist on a pilsener lager recipe, brewed with fruity US hops and available as a cask conditioned ale.