Category: Breweries

First up, we very happy to announce that we managed to raise over £2,250 for JBMF over SunFest, so thank you once again for your support. Anyone that managed to make it down to GBBF in London, we hope you enjoyed the Belfry we had available! Talking of beer festivals check out the advert for the first Devonshire Cat Beer Festival 1st-4th October. We will be centring the cask offering around UK hops – really showing off what they can do so keep your eyes peeled for some fantastic beers available over the weekend! Also you may have started to notice the beer mats for the Steel City Beer Festival out and about the city, we hope to see you there next month! Talking of beer festivals check out the advert for the first Devonshire Cat Beer Festival 1st-4th October. We will be centring the cask offering around UK hops – really showing off what they can do so keep your eyes peeled for some fantastic beers available over the weekend! “CATFEST 2015” will be creating and spreading awareness for the Blind Veterans UK charity, Sheffield contingent & proceeds for 1 special cask in the beer festival will be donated to their cause. Further information can be found at blindveterans.org.uk or on facebook.com/blindveteransuk Now onto the beer! September sees the first appearance of ‘Dr Morton’s Transfers for China’, a 4.1% hoppy pale, featuring the Australian hops Galaxy and Vic Secret. Bold tropical and citrus fruit flavours come to the fore couple with a lasting bitter finish. In a nod to the start of the Rugby World Cup that is about to start in a few weeks, we will launch the latest in our British hop Albion series, with ‘Elgar’ featuring Minstrel hops. At 4.2% this session pale will showcase this lovely British hop that gives a herbal aroma with hints of orange and spiced berries on the palate. There should also be another Signature series beer launched before the return of Dr Morton’s Chicken Vindaloo towards the end of the month!

        Thornbridge beers are gaining popularity worldwide with exports growing in over 30 countries during the past 5 years.  And as the number of their international beer fans grow “Partnerships, says Simon Webster, Thornbridge’s Chief Operating Officer, with importers and those managing bars that stock Thornbridge are crucial to ensure our beers reach the drinker in the best of condition”. Paul  Leeyen has been stocking Thornbridge beers for 3 years at his bar in Den Bosch in the Netherlands and has been  delighted with the response from his customers “high quality and a great variety of beer styles sets Thornbridge amongst the top breweries we deal with. Working with them and their importer Bier&cO has been a really positive experience”. Paul has been so delighted with his Thornbridge partnership that he approached the brewery about the idea of opening a Thornbridge Bar in Den Bosch. “After visiting the brewery in late 2014 I was blown away by the passion for their beers that everyone at Thornbridge demonstrated. I knew that if I could find the correct site in ’s-Hertogenbosch  then a Thornbridge bar would be a great success”. After months of looking for the right site Paul has now found one and has been busy working with Thornbridge and Bier&cO with an aim of opening the Thornbridge@’s-Hertogenbosch on the 4^th September. Webster is excited by the concept “it really continues what we have been doing in the UK and on export – find and work with people who are as passionate about beer as we are and have skills that complement what we wish to do with Thornbridge beers. In Bier and Co we have an experienced importer and likewise with Paul. When we visited his current bar in ’s-Hertogenbosch, we knew our beers are in safe hands. So when he approached us to develop the Thornbridge Bar it excited us and it has been a lot of fun planning what we are sure will be a great success”.

Great Taste Awards 2015; Jaipur and Halcyon voted in the top 50 UK Food and Drinks We are very excited to have received 5 awards for our beers at the Great Taste Awards 2015! The awards are held annually and known as ‘the acknowledged benchmark for fine food and drink’ with the judging administered by a panel of over 400, including well-known and very well respected specialists. Only around 1 percent of entrants receive a prestigious ‘3 stars’ at the awards and both Jaipur, for the second year running, and Halcyon, a new entry, were awarded this accolade. Alongside this we picked up ‘1 star’ for Wild Raven, Otto and Saint Petersburg rounding out an overall great result for us from the awards this year. All of the winners then proceeded to the next stage where the ‘Top 50 Winners’ were selected, both Jaipur and Halcyon made the cut and were named as two of the fifty best food and drink products in the UK! We are very proud that our beers have been recognised at the Great Taste Awards and this brings us up to 20 awards since we started entering in 2011. Having our beers acknowledged in this way by a range of experts from across the food and drinks industry helps to show the wide appeal of our beers.

Exit 33 Brewing are introducing a new range of special beers under the banner Club 33.  ‘The idea for the beer series came from our recent trip to the Oregon Brewers Festival in Portland after a brew day with Lucky Lab Brew Co.  We love playing with recipes and brewing one offs specials. The Club 33 beers will never be repeated and will always be full on in terms of flavour’ The much-awaited return of our strong beer Citra SMaSH is due at the end of September.  This premium golden beer is continuously hopped throughout fermentation with Citra for a juicy smack in the mouth flavour.  ‘We’re a big fan of single malt and single hop beers and this one is a cracker.  At 6.5% it tends to take a few scalps but it’s hard to resist after the first pint’

Fuggle Bunny Soapstar You may think Fuggle Bunny has been quiet of late……however quite the opposite we have been hopping all over the place.  We had raving reviews from our beers that were commissioned for the CLA game fair, with Angus the premium pale Ale beer being a real showstopper. Likewise Fuggle had a small acting part at the Emmerdale studios for Yorkshire Day, this was a great day out meeting the cast and crew, going behind the scenes especially at the Dingles bar…..and selling our wares, hopefully we may be having a visit from one of the cast shortly down at the Brewery at our Friday Fuggle club….watch this space. Back to reality we are busy creating Chapter 8 which will be out shortly.  We have created a special beer for the Fat Cat celebrating famous faces of Sheffield, Fuggles has been named Joe Cocker.  Look out for Fuggle at the Old Nags Head and the Old Hall Inn, also at the Norfolk Arms beer festival on Bank Holiday. We were very pleased to have been chosen to have the main pump clip on the bar at the new JDW The Steel Industry at Meadowhall so next time you are there pop in for a pint of Foundry Premium Pale Ale. Look out for Fuggles mobile bar on 6 September at the food festival at Creswell Crags.  There is so much more happening but I will leave it for now, keep hopping onto the website to find out more.

After brewing out of a few different local breweries for the past couple of years, exciting times are ahead for True North Brewing Co. We have recently purchased our own 10bbl kit and last week picked up the keys to our new city centre brewery site which will both house the Brewery and Tap House. Earlier this year we were joined by new head brewer Bob Phaff, who returned to Sheffield after running his own award winning Scottish Brewery. We recently launched 6 core range beers as well as collaboration brews with Thornbridge Brewery and Black Iris Brewery. As well as brewing the official Tramlines Festival Ale, Tramlines Golden. Our beers can currently be found across all the Forum Cafe Bars sites, including The Broadfield, The York, The Old House, The Forum, The Common Room, The British Oak in Mosborough and The Crown & Anchor in Barugh Green. New Regular Beers – Sheaf Blonde 4% Loxely Pale 4.3% Rivelin Red 5% The Don IPA 5.8% Wyming Bitter 3.8% Sheffield Porter 4.6% The current beer in our collaboration series, Pink Fizz 4.5% A Hibiscous Lager brewed with our friends at Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham will be available in keg throughout August. For Brewery/Tap House plans and other updates you can follow us on twitter @truenorthbrewco Cheers.

Their second beer, Gosforth Gold, was launched in two venues on the same day with first pour events at the Beer Stop in Dronfield (pictured) and the Miners Arms in Hundall.

Here at Welbeck Abbey Brewery we’re elated to announce that our first pub, The Portland House, is currently being planned, prepped and polished ready for opening in August. Situated on Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, our little boozer will be entirely dedicated to ethically sourced food and drink with provenance; a fine balance between the heritage that comes with being part of the Welbeck Estate and the contemporary, industrial style that is synonymous with Sheffield. Heading up our newest venture will be no other than esteemed General Manager Tom Purcell previously of the University Arms, Sheffield. On the bar you’ll find a selection of Welbeck Abbey beer and also guest ales that we source from fellow brewers’ far and wide. With 6 hand-pulls, a selection of continental keg products plus lots of delicious spirits, wine and bottled beer we believe there really will be something for everyone. We’re very proud of our newest venture and we invite you all to come and visit us upon opening. Brewery Tours are still running on the second Monday of each month and the final tour will commence on Monday 14th September. Head brewer and one of few Brewster’s in the UK, Claire, takes you on a sensory journey and explains the brewing process from grain to pint. Tours start at 7:30pm and finish around 9pm costing just £7.50 per person. Tickets are available from the Welbeck Farm Shop or by contacting the brewery direct on 01909 512539. We look forward to seeing you. In other news we’re sponsoring the Roman Southwell Community Archaeology project and have brewed a beer with volunteers from the group in order to raise money for this great cause. The beer is called Gladiator and drinks at 3.8% ABV. Brewed with pale malts and entirely English hops for grassy notes and floral balance- we can all help raise money with 10 pence of each pint going straight to the charity to increase funds for their next stage in the dig. To find out more about the group, charity and Roman activity in Southwell visit their website: www.mbarchaeology.co.uk. Southwell food and drink pub The Hearty Goodfellow is heading up the campaign for us and this is one of the fine establishments where you will be able to do your bit in keeping history alive, whilst supping a delicious pint of English ale. On the not so distant horizon are a couple of items that we’re rather chuffed with at brewery HQ. Firstly we’re ecstatic to say that Welbeck Abbey keg lager Pivo will soon be coming to a pub near you! Brewed using Czech and Polish hops this 4.8% ABV crisp, clean, thirst quenching lager will be available very soon so keep your eyes peeled. Finally we’ve had a bash at brewing a beer in the style of a Belgian Dubbel , which we’ll be maturing in ex. wine casks in the tunnels that run underneath the abbey here at Welbeck. We’re looking to achieve between 6-7% ABV for this rich, dark libation. Upcoming Monthly Specials for July are out and about in a pub near you very soon:

Huge thank you to all those who came out to support SunFest once again! It just keeps on getting better and better each year! We will announce shortly how much we managed to raise for JBMF, so keep you eyes peeled on our website and also jbmf.co.uk. I think we will sit down for a moment before we start planning next year’s festival which will be the 10th! Talking of beer festivals, anyone heading down to London for GBBF can sample our Belfry. We have had to re-brew a small batch just for the festival, but I’m sure a few casks will find their way out into the local trade! In other beer news this month, we are making a few beers with different types of barley other than Low Colour Marris Otter’.  Golden Promise malt will feature in Dr Morton’s Insane Root and give a more golden colour with a bit more sweetness. Expect plenty of hop character from the Australian hops, Galaxy and Vic Secret. Bold tropical and citrus fruit flavours come to the fore coupled with a lasting bitter finish. Transformation has been brought back from the brew books and makes it first appearance for three years! A trio of hops from the US, Australia and New Zealand give tropical fruit flavours and zesty aromas. The use of Pearl malt gives more subtle toffee notes than our normal pale ales. Look out for another signature beer to follow Bex and Gazmalti (we promise they won’t all be 6.0%!) and a Dr Morton’s Transfers for China toward the end of the month!