Category: Breweries

First of all we’d like to wish a Happy Christmas from everyone at Blue Bee Brewery. Here’s an update of the beers we have been brewing recently… First up we have Citra Session (3.4%), a vegan, single-hopped session oat pale showcasing American Citra hops which impart big flavours of mango and lychee. Oats are added to the mash to give body to this low-ABV beer. On top of this we have brewed a second milkshake beer, this time a Peach Milkshake Pale (5.0%). This beer has been brewed using lactose and oats to give a creamy body. It has generous amounts of peaches and is hopped with peachy, American El Dorado hops. We have also brewed an extra-special Eureka session pale in collaboration with the Independent Salford Beer Festival which is taking place on Thursday 29 November to Saturday 1 December 2018. This beer showcases the fairly new Eureka variety of hop with its very strong bittering qualities and complex, robust flavour and aroma. It is said to impart flavours of citrus, resin, tropical and dark fruit along with aromas of grapefruit rind, citrus and tangerine.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Christmas without a tasty Christmas special beer so returning for a second year is It’s Mine (4.8%). This chocolate orange stout is our take on the famous Christmas treat.

Pete

Quite a bit of news to report for this edition so we’ll get right to it. Firstly, we were delighted to pick up two awards at the Steel City Beer Festival: Mentha (5% mint choc milk stout), got bronze in the People’s Choice Award and Appaloosa (6% New England IPA), claimed Silver Champion Beer of Sheffield. A huge vote of thanks goes to the amazing volunteers who make the festival possible. We are taking a big step and investing significantly in upgrading our brew kit. We’ve commissioned two brand new pressure-rated unitanks, which means maximising our brewing capacity, a bit more flexibility in our brew schedule and the opportunity to brew new beers specifically to package into key kegs as well as cask. We’ve been brewing at capacity for some time now so are looking forward to the freedom to experiment the new tanks will give us. We are also installing a new glycol cooling system and have invested in more casks. Exciting times! Our monthly tap room sessions will be taking a break for the winter over January and February but will return in March (hopefully with some heating installed in the brewery!). Thanks to everyone who has visited us this year and for the lovely feedback we get when we are open. We look forward to seeing you again in the spring. And last but obviously not least we have been busy brewing new beers including: Persica (5.7% peach IPA), Cinnabar (4.6% red- & blackcurrant porter), Tiamat (4.1% five-hop pale), Ladon (4.6% hoppy red ale), Wendigo (5.0% cryo-hopped West Coast pale), Garuda (4.6% Citra, Mosaic and Loral-hopped pale), Tonquin (tonka milk stout), Scherbius (4.2% Chinook and Enigma-hopped pale) and Horus (3.9% session pale brewed with Falconers Flight, Citra and Cascade). All this alongside recent returns for old favourites Callisto, Atlantis, Triton, Litchi, Solaris, Lacuna and Amarillo IPA. All that remains to be said is to wish all Beer Matters readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Gavin Martin

    The Christmas season has officially been launched with the return of Farmers Belgian Blue (4.9%)! Launched at Bradfield Brewery’s two pubs on the 25 October, this much awaited, well loved seasonal ale is now available in cask, bottles and 5litre mini kegs. Happy Belgian Blue season to all! Farmers Poppy Ale (4.3%) is returning to the brewing schedule for 2018 in time for Remembrance Day. This pale fruity ale is a must try, and with 10 pence from every pint donated to the Royal British Legion, what better reason to sample a good pint of ale when it also raises money for a well worthy cause! After celebrating 10 years of success at our Brewery Tap The Nags Head this year, we are delighted to have opened the doors on the newly renovated King & Miller in Deepcar. A traditional pub venue, The King & Miller will be featuring up to 8 Farmers Ales on the bar from just £2.50 a pint, as well as a selection of fine wines and spirits. Managers Natalie and Tom have a wealth of pub trade experience and are in full swing with welcoming Farmers Ales fans through the doors. For further updates, follow us on Facebook @kingandmiller. Jackie

We have just celebrated our first birthday with our latest venture into the pub industry. Our little ale house, Fuggle’s Chapter ONE in Worksop has turned out to be the best decision ever.  At the start of the year we were thrilled to have received some amazing news. Our little ale house had been awarded Best Pub of the Winter and Spring season by North Notts CAMRA. How proud and thrilled we were, yet whilst still celebrating we were given yet more great news, having learned that we had made it into the Good Beer Guide 2019 which we are so made up with, especially after hearing there are 50,000 pubs across Britain yet only 4,500 make the cut into the Beer Guide. Therefore if you haven’t been to Fuggle’s Chapter ONE yet… then hop to it! Not only have we had a successful year with our pub, but the brewery continues to grow from strength to strength.  We continue to win more awards for our beers and we have just launched this summer our first keg beer.  We created this because of the lovely long hot summer, this light and refreshing pale ale called Latest Squeeze (4.0%) is bursting with lemon and elderflower.  By the time you read this, we will have been at this year’s 44th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival where we showcased our new limited edition Dizzy Disaronno (5.0%), a dark and delicious stout with chocolate, plum & frangipane aromas.  We also had Latest Squeeze along with our limited edition Deadly Nightshade, a 4.9% amber bitter with malt and toffee aromas.   So good luck to everyone in the beer industry and long may real ale continue to prosper. Wendy Steeple

Firstly, we’d like to say a big thank you to Sheffield CAMRA for yet another fantastic weekend at the Steel City beer festival down at Kelham Island, always such a highlight of the year. We had a real variety of our beers on across cask and KeyKeg and it’s great to see such choice and inclusivity on the bar. This month, we’re adding a new style to our Brewers Emporium range… introducing Indulgence, our “treat in a glass” series of pales! Think cakey, fruity, and a little bit naughty, and you’re there. The inaugural Indulgence release is to be a raspberry macaroon white stout at 4.6%, oozing with raspberry, vanilla, coconut and cacao nibs. In collaboration with our good pals at Brew York, we’ve teamed up to create You May As Well Pass, a massively hopped IPA at 6.5% showcasing what we believe we both do best. A powerful combination of Nelson Sauvin, Enigma, Galaxy and Citra hops have been selected for a flavour that’s packed with grapefruit & citrus, a sharp bitter edge, and a piney backbone for balance. And it might be only early November but we’re already getting our Wish List (4.4%) ready! Expect a refreshingly quaffable pale with delicate citrus notes. We know exactly what’s top of our list… getting those new tanks we mentioned last week up and running! There’s some Heresy underway as we make a start on producing our very own lager… watch this space for more details coming soon! Laura

We found ourselves increasingly mindful as we brewed a special to be released in time for Armistice day. We wanted to reach through the fog of time to remember those brave men, women and children that have paid the ultimate price for defending the freedom we all enjoy today. Therefore, our special for November is 11th Hour (4.3%), a pale ale brewed with Citra, Columbus and El Dorado hops. Pete Roberts

Edd Entwistle, Brewer at Hopjacker Brewery, is opening a bar called Pour at Heeley Bottom, next door to the White Lion. As a result he is looking to sell his 50% interest in Hopjacker. The brewery would be available either to purchase or lease, and all options would be considered. The brewery is a 5BB/800 litres plant and is located at the Dronfield Arms, S18 2XE. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Chris Sinclair on 07834 950693 or Edd Entwistle on 07841 487247.

The countdown to Christmas has started here at the brewery and we are busy brewing up a storm in festive preparation.  Our specials this month are sure to get you geared up for the holiday season. Let’s kick off with a brand new special, Lost Boys.  Brewed in honour of those who fought for us during the Great War, this complex brew is crafted using British Propino barley blended with Kentish Pilot and new world hops. Hearty bready undertones from the malt and a sharp bitterness from the Pilot hops are uplifted by tropical fruits from the American varieties. Mistress of the Robe is our next brew this month and she’s an old favourite. This honeyed blonde beer is brewed with sweet malt and juicy New Zealand hops, giving it a luxuriously silky taste. Lastly from our Brewers Choice range we have a super-stellar collaboration with Ashover Brewery, bringing you Smashing Pumpkins. This spiced pumpkin beer is a North American favourite, and with an abundance available from the farm manager at Welbeck, we have decided to use their natural sweetness to make a deliciously warming, cinnamon-spiced red beer (I mean seriously, yum right?). Lastly, don’t wait last minute this Christmas and pick up some of our Brewery Tour – its the perfect gift for the real ale lover in your life (and you can always get one for yourself too!).  Tickets can be purchased via our website or at the Welbeck Farm Shop. Jess Low

Just a quick update from us this time… Our latest beer is now available – yes, you guessed it: Wisewood Six is our American pale ale (4.2%). In other news, our new beer van is now out and about at events and the next big event here at the Wisewood Inn is our firework display and BBQ on Saturday 3 November.