Surprise Attack, a 4.8% ABV pale ale, was brewed with the help of raffle prize winners from the Harlequin charity quiz night. Our next charity night will take place on 20 September.
Once again, the Harlequin has been nominated for the national cider awards by the Morning Advertiser. We await the result when we attend the award ceremony on 6 September. Fingers crossed!
Pete Roberts Exit 33 Brewing
The Brewers Cooperative had two great days at the Folk Forest Festival in Endcliffe Park in July, serving an average of 185 pints an hour over the two days! It just shows what an appetite for local ales there is.
Following a successful charity quiz night at the Harlequin in support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Exit 33 have released a beer donating money from the profits to the charity. After suffering a sclerotic attack Pete Roberts of Exit 33 decided to help raise much needed funds. Pete said: “Attacks come without warning and can be very debilitating and frightening leaving the sufferer with long term issues. The MS Society does great work and it’s an honour to support this”.
Surprise Attack, a 4.8% ABV pale ale, was brewed with the help of raffle prize winners from the Harlequin charity quiz night. Our next charity night will take place on 20 September.
Once again, the Harlequin has been nominated for the national cider awards by the Morning Advertiser. We await the result when we attend the award ceremony on 6 September. Fingers crossed!
Pete Roberts
Surprise Attack, a 4.8% ABV pale ale, was brewed with the help of raffle prize winners from the Harlequin charity quiz night. Our next charity night will take place on 20 September.
Once again, the Harlequin has been nominated for the national cider awards by the Morning Advertiser. We await the result when we attend the award ceremony on 6 September. Fingers crossed!
Pete Roberts 
Amidst all these festivities we do of course have plenty of new beer coming out too. Voyager 11 is beginning its journey, this time with a cargo of Ekuanot, Cashmere and Huell Melon hops for a veritably fruity and vibrant 5.6% IPA. Also new to the Brewers Emporium, our first single-hopped session IPA Serenity (3.8%) makes its debut, jam-packed with the newly released Idaho 7, promising big notes of resinous pine and a full bodied tropical flavour punch.
From Dr Morton’s archives we’re reviving the original cure-all Snake Oil (4.1%), an English hopped pale with an earthy, grassy flavour. And finally… returning just after the Bank Holiday is a bit of a nostalgia for you all as we bring back Matins as a special release. This was our first ever beer way back in 1996 so we’re pretty excited about bringing it back. For those of you who don’t remember, it’s a 3.6% pale ale with a pleasant and grassy flavour and plenty of body for the ABV.
Have a good one folks and hope to see you at the brewery over bank holiday weekend for some funky fun!
Cheers!
Laura 
Duck Decoy (4.6%) is our next special and it’s absolutely “quacking” (see what we did there). Named after a quiet and secluded mixed broadleaf woodland spot on the Welbeck estate, this USA pale beer is filled with the mouth-wateringly fresh aromas of pear, orange and passion fruit, however at a low strength it’s a pleasantly light indulgence.
Lastly from our Brewers Choice range we have Seth’s Hillbilly Rye (4.5%). Named after one of our previous assistant brewers who had a love for vintage cars and kitsch tattoos, this classically American red rye beer pays homage to his beloved Western cowgirl tattoo.
This style of beer sees the addition of crystal rye malt in the mash for spice and heaps of delicious American hops to keep it punchy and fresh.
We have also collaborated with The Welbeck Farm Shop on a brand-new, limited edition brew. Earlier this year the brewery was asked to create a beer that was the perfect accompaniment to the shop’s butchery counter, and this 4.9% American-hopped craft pilsner is just that. The Crafty Butcher, a super fresh, lightly citrus pilsner-style beer is recommend to be served alongside grilled meat or veg (preferably outside, with music and people you love). Available from mid-July, it will only be available from the Harley Café in Worksop and The Welbeck Farm Shop.
Lastly, if you’re interested in one of our brewery tours we’ve only got tickets left online for our September date! Grab ’em while you can by visiting our website at 
As we say Happy Birthday to one brewery tap – we look forward to the opening of another. The 
June saw the ‘Den of Iniquity’ megacollab take place, featuring 9 breweries and 2 pubs. It was an excellent brewday, apart from the brewing! A stuck mash AND a stuck transfer made for a long day, but fun was still had by all, with beer, a barbeque and some cricket – this was possibly the first time the brew process has been delayed because the brewer was batting and wouldn’t go in to sort the brew until he was out (clean-bowled by Dale from Imperial).
The brew is a parti-gyled white stout, the versions being Chocolate & Honeycomb, Rum-Barrel aged Cherry & Vanilla, and a green(!) stout featuring matcha tea. The coalition of chaos was Steel City, Lost Industry, Neepsend, Twisted Angel, James & Kirkman, Mill Valley, Beer Ink, Imperial and Raw plus the Rutland Arms and Shakespeare’s.
At long last some bottling has taken place, so look out for the special Stout Wars 3-packs (two different sets) as well as bottles of Demons Are Back, Medusa, Euryale, My Wine In Silence, The Blood The Wine The Roses, HIBUDDHNZNEIPA and Danse Macabre.
Dave Unpronounceable 
The brewery building is a long thin one with two rooms: the main brewing room and a cold room where the cask store and conditioning tanks are located. For the first year or so Dead Parrot will be concentrating on brewing and selling beer. Once that core function is on a solid foundation then phase two is to refurbish their other building in the complex and open a brewery tap room. The idea is that bar will be open every weekend to come and enjoy the beer at source plus about four times a year they will hold special events such as beer festivals with music in the courtyard.
The first beer to appear on the bars of Sheffield – including the Green Room and Frog & Parrot, amongst others – was Aurornis Xui, named after a bird-like dinosaur which is obviously long since extinct. It is a 4.6% ABV ale brewed with Citra, Simcoe and Pearle hops bringing plenty of flavor but balanced with a strong malt character that you’d expect in a traditional best bitter, I guess kind of like an American red ale.
Also tried at the brewery was Bohemia at a very sessionable 3.7% ABV, described as a Pilsen Blonde brewed with Mosaic and Pearle hops, designed to be easy drinking and refreshing like a lager but with enough flavour and bitterness from the hops to keep an ale drinker happy.
Still in the fermenter at the time of my visit was the third beer to be brewed, a stout. Currently they are building up a portfolio of core beers that sell well before then having a little more fun brewing an ongoing series of interesting one-off specials – they are very keen to have a go at brewing a sour at some point!
It looks like Dead Parrot will be one to keep an eye on and they have some quite exciting plans. If you spot one of their beers at a pub or festival give it a try and see what you think, you can follow their developments on Instagram and Twitter @DeadParrotBeer.
Andy Cullen