Category: Breweries

As ever, Kelham have a couple of monthly specials brewed.

Conkers, 4.5% Hazelnut Stout – This sumptuous beer has the aroma of hazelnuts and dark chocolate. It holds the taste of slightly roasted light coffee laden with chocolate and nuts with a hint of vanilla and coconut. Not recommended for naughty squirrels.

 Drinking in the Air, 5.5% Pale Ale – A full bodied malty pale ale. Crammed with a blend of US and New Zealand hops to give a floral and fruity character. A beer to melt the heart of any snowman.

Announcing the opening of the all new Kelham Island Brewery Shop! Come down and see us for brand new T-Shirts, Glasses and classic Kelham beers, just in time for Christmas!

Watch this space for more news on our 2020 projects…

Joe

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, it’s the most wonderful time for beer! Christmas is only a few week away and we have gone into festive overdrive with our three December special brews. Santa Baby is a 5.9% South Pacific IPA that packs a punch! It may be cold outside, but this Aussie Christmas beer will warm your cockles. Packed with the freshest South Pacific and American hops this festive brew is full flavoured and deliciously juicy. Our second Christmas offering is Bar Humbug, a pale session ale at 3.9%. Subtly hopped this blonde ale is lightly flavoured with fresh zesty notes, so you can enjoy it all Christmas long. Whether or not you enjoy the festive season we shall leave up to you… Finally, on the twelfth day of Christmas our brewery sends to you… Cocoa Noel. The most popular brew from our Foraged & Found range, Cocoa Noel is a chocolate stout that comes in at 5.5%. Roasted cacao shells are a waste product generated from the artisan chocolate making process. These crisp and delicate shells hold fragments of flavoursome cocoa nibs which we include in our mashing process. This festive stout has an unctuous velvety-smooth mouthfeel, balanced with the subtle aftertaste of bittersweet dark chocolate.

As the cold nights drawn in and the cool air blows fresh, we are winding down to a slower pace with these Autumnal specials. Lost Boys is a complex brew crafted using British Propino barley blended with Kentish Pilot, and new world hops. This robust 4.8% golden ale is a tribute the swathes of young men that were lost during The Great War. Within the Welbeck Chapel a cast bronze plaque records the names of the fallen, many of whom served in the local regiments; the Sherwood Foresters and the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry. Hearty, bready undertones from the malt and a sharp bitterness from the Pilot hops are uplifted by tropical fruits from the American varieties. Our second offering is Fruit Arcade, a juicy American ale at 4.7%. The Fruit Arcade was a large glass house at Welbeck which famously housed a phenomenal collection of tropical fruits from all over the world. This included one of the first successful cultivations of Pineapples. This recipe uses a blend of hops from three different regions to give a fresh and clean fruit punch flavour , with an overarching grapefruit flavour from Chinook. Last but by no means least we have our next offering from our Foraged & Found range. Smashing Pumpkins is a 5.7% auburn pumpkin pale, brewed using over 100kg of farmer Mark’s locally grown pumpkins. Displaying a high level of natural sweetness, the pumpkins have been paired with a secret mix of autumnal spice to make a deliciously warming, red beer.

It’s beginning to look a lot like……Farmers Belgian Blue Season!

Our ever popular festive ale is once again flowing through the pumps after being launched at our Brewery Pubs on 31^st October. Available to purchase now in Cask, bottles, 5 litre Mini Kegs and 10 litre Beer In Box, it’s never too early to enjoy a festive tipple!

Opening in time for Christmas will be our most recent acquisition the Wharncliffe Arms at Wharncliffe Side. We are excited to be re-opening the doors on this popular little village pub where you can find a warm and friendly atmosphere and of course Farmers Ales at £2.50 a pint!

Our annual harvest auction took place on the 5^th October and a great night was had by all! More importantly a huge stack of cash was raised for the St Lukes Sheffield Hospice, a grand total of £6,030.56 Huge thanks to everyone who took part whether you donated or bidded……we could not have done it without you!!

Jackie

The Hopjacker Brewery, based at the Dronfield Arms S18, is available to lease/rent. The 5BBL Brewery was built in 2015, but has operated only sporadically since the original brewer moved on to pastures new last year. The kit is in excellent condition and features two 5BBL fermenters and a 2.5BBL fermenter. In addition there are two 350 litre conical tanks and approximately 100 casks. Basically everything required to get brewing is in place, including all the relevant documentation. Terms are flexible and interested parties should call Chris on 07834 950693 for more information

Kelham Island’s November specials are:

I’m On Fire, 4.6% Pale Ale

A pale ale brewed with an addition of rye malt to give a crisp dry finish. This beer is brewed entirely with Slovenian hops to bring you a floral aroma with hints of citrus fruits. It riffs on the taste buds long after the gig!

 Chasing Casks, 4.1% Irish Stout

An Irish style stout with a burnt roast aroma and a hint of coffee. The silky-smooth mouthfeel gives way to a clean, refreshing, slightly dry flavour. ‘If I just lay here…’ Sorry lads it’s closing time.

Announcing the opening of the all new Kelham Island Brewery Shop! Come down and see us for brand new T-Shirts, Glasses and classic Kelham beers, just in time for Christmas!

Watch this space for more news on our 2020 projects…

Cheers, Joe – Kelham Island Brewery

Acorn Brewery of Barnsley have brewed a couple of seasonal beers for Autumn. Phantasm is a 4.5% ABV very pale yellow ale. It is well hopped with Polish Pulawski, German Barbe Rouge to give citrusy, white grape and wild berry aromas. UK Target hops are used to give a sharp bitterness. Powder Plot is the bonfire night themed beer and is a 4.5% ABV light amber coloured ale with strong floral, herbal, citrus and hints of spiced berries.

Visitors to Wentworth Woodhouse will soon be able to treat themselves to a tasty tipple after the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust teamed up with local brewers, Chantry Brewery to create a brand new beer, named in honour of the iconic stately home.

With numerous tours to explore, as well as the prospect of climbing 135 steps to soak up the panoramic views of the surrounding countryside and inspect the current roof repairs, anyone could be forgiven for thinking that a visit to Wentworth Woodhouse can be thirsty work and following a chance encounter, Chantry Brewery has developed a brand new beer, to tantalise the taste buds of visitors.

The new brew, which has been named Palladian Pale, is a 3.9% golden ale, which has been carefully developed to reflect different aspects of the historic stately home. Featuring plenty of character and a crisp floral taste, even the hops featured in the beer were chosen because of their connections to the Wentworth Woodhouse story.

The mouth wateringly smooth and refreshingly light pale ale will be sold exclusively by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust and will be available with the stately home’s recently opened gift shop, with every penny generated from sales go directly towards funding restoration projects within the Grade I listed building.

Following a competition organised by the trust to design an eye-catching label on it’s social media channels, the winning design was created by Wickersley-based graphic designer Richard Calise, who was encouraged to enter the competition by his wife.

Set to go on sale in August, Palladian Pale will be sold exclusively at Wentworth Woodhouse, with proceeds from the beer contributing to the essential renovation works currently underway.

Palladian Pale was developed by Mick Warburton, co-director at Chantry Brewery following a chance discussion with a member of staff, during a visit to Wentworth Woodhouse and will be brewed from Chantry’s Parkgate-based headquarters, which once formed part of the Fitzwilliam Estate.

As we wistfully leave summer behind, we are winding down to a slower pace with these Autumnal specials. Cubitt’s Voyage is an adventurously-hopped New World Pale sitting pretty at 3.5%. This distinctly fruity pale ale is a tribute to Captain Cubitt taking the Duke of Portland on it’s maiden voyage to New Zealand in 1851. The perilous journey took 100 days, after which the ship safely arrived in the Waitemata region of Auckland. We’ve been bold using New Zealand hops in a super low strength brew that still packs a punch. Our second offering is The Governor, a robust dark beer at 5.5%. In honour of the first Duke of Newcastle, this Black IPA highlights the prestigious and important role he took as Governor to the seven year old Prince of Wales who would later become King Charles II. Black in colour but deceptively hoppy, this dark IPA has a touch of light roast to give body and depth as a backbone for a blend of resinous American hops. Last but by no means least we have our next offering from our Foraged & Found range. #GrowYourOwn is a 4.0% Green-hopped pale, brewed with hops donated from local hedgerows and gardens. Using fresh hops enables us to create a crisp English Pale Ale with clean herbal notes.

With summer drawing to a close we are coming up to our busiest time of year at Blue Bee. Which means we have plenty of specials out and in the pipeline. First up is Calypso Session 3.5% a cracking refreshing, tropical session pale ale showcasing the fruity American Calypso hops so hopefully the sun will hold on to make the most of this perfect quaffing beer. Next up after the popularity of our first cryo hopped beer: Hit the Ground we thought we’d make a second. This time Citra Cryo takes centre stage with a golden promise malt background in Beat too Much 5.5% so expect bags of mango and lychee hop flavours in this delicious IPA. If something a little darker is your thing we have a brand new stout out: Sorachi Milk Stout 4.6%, brewed using chocolate malt, cocoa nibs, lactose and a good hit of Sorachi hops. This smooth silky stout has a chocolaty base with hints of coconut from the Sorachi hops. Also keep an eye out for our 600^th brew: Mosaic Brut IPA 7.4% which should be still on the bars of Sheffield in September, as well as the return of the ever popular Coffee Milk Stout 5.4% and American 5 Hop version 40 4.3%.