Beer is our passion. We love to express ourselves creatively through all kinds of weird and wonderful beers, in a variety of styles. For example, this month we’ll be releasing
As The Deer Pants For Cherry Porter, a chocolate and black cherry porter.
However, as I spend more time in the beer industry, I’m starting to realise that as fun as it is throwing pancakes, marshmallows, squid ink, or even sacrificial lambs into the mash tun and kettle, most of the beer drinking public want consistent, familiar products, and most publicans and retailers want products that sell.
They say that anyone can brew a beer, but a master brewer can take the raw ingredients that are ever changing with the seasons, and can consistently produce quality time and again. We also want to take our beers further afield. Given we’re a small outfit, our beers have hit Leeds, Manchester, Norwich and as far south as London.
So, with the limited capacity we have, our primary focus this year will be dialing into our core range and seasonals to deliver beers that will endure. Yes, we have some fun beers lined up – such as our World Cup Helles Lager,
Jesus Saves (Ronaldo Scores!) – and we certainly don’t want to throw the Baby Jesus out with the bathwater. But we’re going to build on the success we have and spread the Good News one beer at a time, to more people, to new places; to brew good and to do good!
Keep an eye out for the newest addition to our core range, a reimagined
Beer Thou My Vision: still 3.8%, but reworked as a West Coast Session IPA*, heavily dry hopped with Mosaic, Citra and Simcoe. In addition, we’ll be releasing more
Oh Hoppy Day 6.1% – our flagship IPA – and bottling our Easter special,
Nothing But The Blood Orange 7.0% orange IPA. Check out
www.emmanuales.co.uk for further details.
* That’s West Coast of America, not West Coast Blackpool!
Nick Law 
Snookering onto our seasonal line up for the fifth year running is the Farmers Cruci-Bull Ale (4.1%), a dark copper-coloured best bitter. Available in cask from 16 April – just in time for the World Snooker Championship starting in Sheffield on Saturday 21 April. 
Farmers Stout has been a farm favourite for Bradfield Brewery since it was first brewed back when we started out in 2005. Recently winning Gold for Best in Category at Rotherham Real Ale & Music Festival has seen it get the recognition it deserves. 
On the subject of stouts – a special edition Vanilla Stout (4.5%) is currently on trial at our Brewery Tap, The Nags Head at Loxley, and proving very popular – it may feature in other outlets, so keep your eyes peeled!
Jackie 
Our next special is a new brew for us, a single-hopped IPA entitled National Treasure (5.4%). It’s a rich golden ale brewed using Calypso hops which give both zesty high-notes and a black-peppery finish.
Finally from our Brewers Choice range we have Tink’s Pixie Dust Pale (3.8%), named after our head brewer James (but we like to call him Tink – short for Tinkerbell the beer fairy!). He’s brewed this fruity session pale from a magical blend of hops from three continents and it’s the perfect springtime companion.
Our brewery tours also kick off this month and we are really excited to be running them again. Our April and May tours are already completely sold out, so if you’re interested in attending we’d suggest getting your tickets asap! You can grab them on our website at 
We’re also releasing Zampo (5.2%), a Marmalde Pale Ale made using 7.5kg of dried orange peel. The aroma coming out of the brewery when this was made was immense! Beautifully bitter and full of fruity flavours, be sure to get down to your local and check it out.
After recently investing in some more bottling equipment, you’ll be seeing a lot more bottle conditioned beers being produced by The Sheffield Brewery Company, including both our core range beers and our specials.
Don’t forget, or Tap Room opens on the Peddler weekends, and will be open Friday 6 and Saturday 7 April with street food and live music, this time from the aptly-named Irish Folk band (wait for it…!) The Peddlers.
All the details you need about our beers, brewery tours and events can be found at 
The beer is currently available in selected pubs across South Yorkshire – including Stancill’s quartet of brewery taps. CAMRA members can benefit from a 20% discount on all Stancill ales at any of the pubs mentioned above.
Meanwhile, last month we introduced you to Charlie Brown; the first instalment from Stancill’s new Full of Dank range. The first batch of cans arrived in the brewery in mid-March, but never one to rest on his laurels, head brewer Dean Pleasant has been carefully developing the next beer in the range – a 4.1% brew, which he describes as “Barnsley Bitter with attitude”.
Based upon a Vienna style beer, ESB (or Extra Session Bitter; 4.1%) is created using a secret hop combination, creating a nutty aroma and sweet malty taste, which is offset with a powerful hoppy kick.
Managing Director, Thomas Gill, said: “Barnsley Bitter is one of our best known and most recognisable brews, but we began thinking about what the recipe might have been like if the brewers who first developed the beer had access to modern ingredients and brewing techniques. ESB is a contemporary take on a timeless classic and, like all the beers in this range, features plenty of dank!”
ESB is currently available in cask and keg and will soon be available in cans. 
Back to beer matters and there’s a treat for the St Patrick’s Day supporters this month with the return of Farmers Irish Dexter – a deep red ale with sweet malty flavours, a taste bud tickler at 4.8% ABV.
It’s back to the trees for our next seasonal ale – one for the fruity beer fans! Farmers Plum Bitter is returning from 19 March, a 4.4% smooth bitter with plum fruit tones.
Jackie 
Sheffield Beer Week also sees us launching barrel aged 1868, a strong Scotch Ale weighing in at 10% – some of you may remember the younger version of this beer from Steel City Beer Festival back in October. It’s aged beautifully and renowned beer historian Ron Pattinson, whose work inspired this brew and led to the collaboration, will be joining us at the Devonshire Cat on Monday 12 March to lead a tasting. The Devonshire Cat is also hosting a Sourpuss event on Thursday 15 March, which will see our Funk Dungeon brewer Jim pitting three of his creations against three from Chorlton Brewery.
And finally, our brewer Christie has teamed up with the Rutland Arms to put together a Beers & Brunch event on Saturday 17 March. Each of the beers has had input from women from both the pub (thanks to Heather and Emma from the Rutland for joining us!) and here at the brewery to tie in with the Women in Beer theme which the Rutland are promoting throughout the week. Check our social media for ticket details for all of the above.
We also have plenty more new beers for you coming out this month! Soundtrack your day with a 4.2% fruity American hopped delight, with Amarillo for floral and citrus notes backed up by a selection of other hops from the US of A. Soundtrack is the next in our film inspired series so make sure you check the QR code at the bar!
We’re teaming up with our good friend Stu from North Riding Brewery in Scarborough for a long overdue collaboration, to create Hazelnut Coffee Baby Stout (3.8%) – a sessionable dark beer which is smooth and sweet with a rounded nutty flavour and lactose for a silky finish. We also have Prophecy (4.5%), a Summit-hopped golden ale with pine and tangerine flavours and a bitter backbone. And finally, it’s a return for Doctor Morton’s Safety Beer (4.1%), a delectable pale beer brewed with a delicious combination of Australian hops. Bursting with grapefruit, pineapple and passionfruit flavours, no helmet required!
Cheers,
Laura 
Charlie Brown and the rest of the Full of Dank range will be available in cask and keg variations from all Stancill pubs plus selected pubs around the region. The beers are also available in cans which can be purchased from all Stancill Brewery pubs.
The second beer in the range is also currently in production. This best bitter will feature five different malts, balanced by Styrian Golding and Mittelfruh hops, typically used in lager-style beers.
Thomas Gill, Stancill Brewery Managing Director said:
“We’re thrilled to be able to announce the first beer from the Full of Dank range. We felt the dark US craft ales are something that has been overlooked and we wanted to develop a beer which combined all the hallmarks of a good dark ale, whilst also adding the hoppy characteristics of a typical American beer. The result is a fully flavoured drink featuring a strong body and plenty of taste.”
“Our brewers were keen to explore a number of different beer ranges and techniques which are not currently produced by the brewery and we felt the new range would provide a golden opportunity for each brewer to add their own twist to their favourite styles of beers. The result is a special selection of brews which offer a very different taste experience.”
“We hope everyone will enjoy the first instalment from the range and we look forward to announcing the remaining eleven beers throughout the year in Beer Matters.”
Stancill Brewery is also currently developing a new blonde special (4.1%) which will be released under the Stancill brand. The as-yet-unnamed beer will feature three different hop varieties and will be released at the beginning of March.