Category: Breweries

A great big hello to Sheffield and Beer Matters readers from Dann & Martha at the brand new Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert.  We are really excited to be part of this fantastic beer city and looking forward to meeting you all at some point. SMOD is a small 1,000 litre brewery and licensed taproom based in Attercliffe (90 Stevenson Road, S9 3XG). Google us for updated opening hours. We’re a bit off the beaten track for sure, but will have up to eight of our own kegs on at any point. This spring we’ll be expanding our hours so stay tuned for that. Our beers are just now finding themselves in the local market as well. You can find more info on what’s available on our website, beerofsmod.co.uk. In March we released a hazy double IPA, Attercliffe Industrial, at 6.6% with Rakau and Citra hops and received delivery of our first oak foeder. Cheers and see you soon. Dann Paquette & Martha Holley-Paquette

The Eyam Real Ale Company have left their old premises and moved next door into the former Crafty Red Fox unit at the Eyam Hall Craft Centre (S32 5QW). Beers from the 1.5bbl brewery will continue to be sold in the shop as well as at pubs and festivals around the region. The shop also stocks a range of beers all made within 25 miles of the village. The new opening hours will be 10:30-16:30 Wed-Fri, 10:30-17:00 Sat-Sun.

The Brewery of St Mars of the Desert taproom is now open every Friday afternoon between 12 noon and 8pm. There are plans to extend opening hours to three days a week in the not too distant future.

The new owners of the former Sentinel Brewery on Shoreham Street have now registered the business as Triple Point Brewing. The first beer from the new brewers, Debut IPA (5.5%), was released on 8 February although the building still features branding from the previous incarnation.

Mitchell’s Hop House have released a statement denying rumours they had ceased brewing. No brewing took place during Dry January, but the brewery have confirmed they are set to recommence shortly. Mitchell’s bottled beers will now be contract bottled at Staffordshire Brewery rather than being bottle-conditioned in-house.

Our brand new special New Dawn is a vegan-friendly session IPA which comes in at 4.5% and is flavoured with real lemon zest, Cascade, Amarillo, Kazbek and Mosaic hops. It has a great taste with a refreshing kick and a perfect way to welcome in the Spring. This will be available in cask and keg from the beginning of March so please contact us to place your order. New Dawn will also be available in bottles from our shop on the Percy Street entrance. We’re open between 10am and 4pm so you can pick up your favourites in bottle and mini-keg – best check our Facebook page to see what’s in stock or pop along anyway to have a browse and meet the team led by head brewer, Marv.

Our craft lager, Percy St. continues to find new customers as we spread into new markets. Its light crisp flavour is proving to be a hit with customers and is available to order from us direct.

We’ve been busy decorating to spruce up the walls in the brewery so it’s worth a visit at the next Peddler weekend when we’ll be open on Saturday 2 March. We’ll also be continuing our love ofmusic and beer down in the Cellar Room Sessions: thanks to SwearBox for February’s gig which went down a storm with punters and members. Don’t forget if you join our Beer Club you get 10% off at the bar and in the shop.

Coming up on Saturday 2 March we have a double bill, with an excellent covers band, the Zeroes, and Irish jig band, the Peddlers – always a welcome return.

Our heartfelt and sincere thanks to those pubs and kind folk who continue to support our brewery as we continue to deliver great tasting beers for your enjoyment!

Pete

We have two great specials for March. Another Fine Mess (4.0%) is a rich malty porter, brewed with the finest ale malt and a blend of four different roasted malts complimented with the sweet creamy taste of vanilla. From our retro gaming range we also have Sonic Non Youth (5.0%), a refreshing pale ale so amazing it will put you into a spin. Clean and fresh on the  palate, with a hint of citrus.

For Sheffield Beer Week, we are doing a collaboration with Little Critters Brewery, a mango IPA (6.0%). Also. as part of the Beer Week Photography Trail we are opening the downstairs bar next to our shop – opening hours will be Monday to Friday 9am-3pm. There will be someone available to stamp a person’s Photography Trail and refreshments will be available.

Jim Connolly will be down here on Saturday 9 March in the loft bar from 10am until 4pm with a selection of his artwork, plus he will be using the projector and giving a talk. Refreshments will again be available.

Michael Williams

The change from Hopscotch is now complete. My launch night as Crosspool Ale Makers Society took place on Thursday 14 February, so by the time the next issue of Beer Matters is due I’ll hopefully be in full swing.

The first pubs and bars confirmed to be taking the first batch are: Boozehound @ Cutlery Works; Two Sheds Micropub, Crookes; Guzzle Micropub, Woodseats; and The Itchy Pig, Broomhill. Plus more to be confirmed, (hopefully!). The first beer for the launch was my 4.5% Citra-hopped golden ale, Horatio Bright.

The plan is to do a Tap Takeover on 11 March at Two Sheds as part of Sheffield Beer Week. By then, I should have 2 more beers in the lineup; a 5.4% extra pale, The Lost Tribe, and a 3.6% session blonde, Sandygate.

Mark Booth

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 a two-day festival. Hope to see you there on Friday 8 and Saturday 9^t March!

We are also particularly looking forward to the Food & Beer Pairing evening to be held at the Devonshire Cat on Wednesday 13 March – please check the pub’s website for all the ticket information. The event is being hosted by the magnificent (not to mention world famous) beer writer Melissa Cole, who we were lucky enough to collaborate with, so one of two beers we created with her will be released in time for the event. Keep those eyes peeled for the details!

We’ve got plenty of other new releases this month too. New to the Brewers Emporium and ready to lead us into springtime after a very long winter, we have Reverie (4.2%), a Citra and Cascade dry-hopped pale intended to transport your mind to a glorious daydream. Bursting with a fruity, floral flavour that blooms upon the palate.

We’ve also got a (name currently TBC) Farmhouse IPA coming up, brewed in collaboration with the incredible Siren Craft Brew. Look out for the barrel aged version coming later in the year too, and if you get hold of a can then be sure to save your label as artist Lewis Ryan has come up with another mind-blowing idea for our artwork!

Our next (very) limited edition Methuselah (10.5%) is going into cask, keg and for the first time into can, and this iteration is a Bretted barrel aged imperial stout. Potent and robust, a quintessential impy with just a hint of a bretty twang which rounds the beer out perfectly. This one’s been a long time coming and we’re very excited to see it finally making its way onto bars and shelves around the country.

Staying on the dark side, the next version of Salvation is to be released and takes the guise of a classic Breakfast Stout (5.4%). A carefully selected malt grist (with some smoked malt for added complexity) and plenty of coffee from Sheffield based Cafeology provide a smooth and balanced bittersweet stout. We reckon it’s the most important beverage of the day…

And finally, we have yet another collaboration, this time with Leeds-based Wilde Child, a brewery we’ve long admired. We’ve teamed up to make a punchy West Coast style IPA with a winning combination of hops. These guys will be showcasing a range of their beers (including this one!) at a Meet the Brewer and Tap Takeover at the Devonshire Cat in April too, so look out for all the event details coming soon.

Cheers,

Laura

The nights are starting to get a little bit brighter and the days (hopefully) a little bit warmer, and we’ve got some specials this month that will help you start feeling some Springtime vibes.

We’re kicking off March with The Loyal Duke, named after William Cavendish (ancestor of the Welbeck dynasty). This is a 4.0% luxuriously smooth and biscuity four-grain golden ale, brewed using the very finest transcontinental hops to compliment these British malts.

Our next special is a St Patrick’s Day favourite dubbed Sligo. At 5.4% this is a velvety smooth, chocolatey oatmeal stout, created using the finest roast British malts and rolled oats. Mmm.

And finally, from our brand new and innovative Foraged & Found range we’ve got Take It Squeezy. At the Welbeck Farm Shop a mesmerising ‘Zumex’ orange chopper and squeezer instantly provides shoppers with the freshest orange juice possible. But what happens to the left over flesh? Well, we have harnessed the remaining flavour in these to create a wonderfully zingy, tangy golden ale with British hops. Its 5.6%, and zero waste!

Lastly if you’re interested in attending one of our Brewery Tours make sure to grab your tickets know as half the dates are already sold out! You can grab them online at www.welbeckabbeybrewery.co.uk.

Jess Low

Spring is in the air! To celebrate we welcome back a fruity beer to our range of ales as Farmers Plum Bitter (4.4%) returns to the brewing schedule once more. This deep rich reddish-coloured beer is smooth on the palate and has tonnes of plums for a fruity finish.

Our mascot, Farmers Blonde Bottle, has a new claim to fame – he only gone and popped up as poster boy for the Sheffield Half Marathon! Sticking with costumes and we are excited to announce that we are supporting elite runner Peter Knight in his Guinness World Record attempt for the fastest marathon dressed as a glass! Peter will be donning a new Bradfield Brewery costume at this year’s London Marathon on 28 April, where he will attempt to beat the current record of 4 hours. As part of his training Peter will be running the Sheffield Half Marathon in the new costume, look out for it and give him a wave!

As much as this kid loves running, he’s doing it for a good cause too! Peter is running for the charity Myaware which is the only charity in the UK dedicated solely to the care and support of people affected by myasthenia.  Myasthenia affects all ages and genders but it is treatable and can be brought under good control with medication, however in some circumstances, it can be fatal. You can support Peter via his JustGiving page: justgiving.com/fundraising/fastglass.

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Jackie

The Brewery of St Mars of the Desert is the latest brewery on the Sheffield beer scene. Based at 90 Stevenson Road, Attercliffe, this small brewery and tap room currently only has a small range of beers on offer but more are being planned in the near future.

Thornbridge have re-released long-time favourite AM:PM in cask. The beer will be available in all of the brewery’s tap pubs in Sheffield from 23 January. The brewery has also released its 2019 Year of Beer line-up, which as always features a number of interesting looking creations, including a pink grapefruit IPA (April), a summery tangerine wheat beer (July) and a Christmas pudding porter (December).

Sentinel Brewery and Brewhouse on Shoreham Street has reopened under new management. The tap room is currently open every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, plus Sheffield United home match days.

Hopscotch in its current form closed at the beginning of January – at the time of writing we had just distributed the last of our stock to Two Sheds, Guzzle Micropub, The Fat Cat, Boozehound@Cutlery Works and the Itchy Pig Ale House, five places that have given us amazing support over the last eight months, amongst others!

Joe has decided to take a step back from the brewery; he has a younger family than I do and did not have the time to push on to the next stage as planned. Rather than take Hopscotch on as a solo project, I’ve decided to rebrand. It didn’t feel right to carry on by myself as it was something we’d created together!

I’m re-registering the relevant licenses and certificates as Crosspool Ale Makers Society and hope to be trading again by the end of January. I’m pretty excited, I’ve had some equipment upgrades and renovated the brewery a little (although it currently looks a bit like a building site). I’ve also been ‘back in the kitchen’ working on recipes, both tweaking the old and coming up with the new.

The initial beer line-up is likely to be:

• Horatio Bright – 4.5% bitter orange golden ale
• Sandygate – 3.6% session blonde
• The Lost Tribe – 5.2% extra pale ale

There are a few more waiting in the wings too:

• 51 – 4.2% red ale
• Mount Zion – 4% smoky treacle stout
• Delph House – 7% DDH Imperial IPA

Mark