Category: Breweries

Steel City’s latest brew is another tongue-in-cheek political reference, referencing the suggestion the ECB print future Euro banknotes on Greece-Proof Paper. The beer itself is a pale hoppy brew around 4%, with a selection of US hops – varieties not known at time of writing, but expect big tropical and citrus fruit flavours and a bitter finish. Look out for it at the usual suspects. Dry-hopping is soooo 2012, so once again a chilli version has been produced. Fire Galore takes its name from a Deathstars track, and features a handful of Scotch Bonnets in the cask, just enough for the lemony flavour to come through and just a slight kick from the capsaicin (note that ‘slight’ is in the words of Dave, who also reckons his beers are ‘slightly’ bitter!).  

Establishment of the brewery is well under way to make the brewery a fully-fledged community benefit society.  This means that surplus profits to be donated to local good causes. Another brew has been produced courtesy of Barlow Brewery following the fantastic success of the society’s first brew, a 5.2% IPA, which was very well received locally.  Look out for Gosforth Gold – a new recipe of Dave McLaren (ex-Spire Brewery). The brewing process has been filmed by a Drone Valley Brewery member, Hannah Lister, and the footage should now be available on the website  – www.dronevalleybrewery.com. The management committee recently visited Hesket Newmarket Brewery in Cumbria which has similar aims in benefiting the community. Their staff kindly imparted a great deal of useful advice as well as a taste of their lovely beer. The one thing that remains elusive is premises. The search goes on in Dronfield but any suggestions from Beer Matters readers will be gratefully received. Meanwhile, the membership stands at 80+ people. If you want to get involved in the brewing or invest in the society, please get in touch by email – letsgetdronfieldbrewing@gmail.com

At a recent charity quiz night at The Harlequin, Annie Stoker won a brew day experience at Exit 33.  She brewed a special Charity Pale Ale and the brewery will make a cash donation to local youth homeless charity Roundabout for every pint sold (Annie is pictured adding a hop charge to the brew). The monthly special for August is Summer Breeze, described as a 4.3% refreshing pale session ale.  Just the thing on a hot day!  

Bradfield Brewery’s Farmers Pale Ale has struck gold in Rotherham CAMRA’s Beer of Yorkshire Awards 2015. Farmer’s Pale Ale is one of the ales that started the Bradfield Brewery story 10 years ago and continues to be a best seller for the brewery.  It has been awarded the Gold Award within the Strong Bitter category at this year’s Rotherham CAMRA Beer of Yorkshire Awards held at Magna. And the winning didn’t stop there, Bradfield’s popular Farmers Brown Cow swooped Bronze in the Best Bitter Category. Farmers Brown Cow has also been around from the early days, first introduced in July 2005 as a special brew, now brewed all year round due to its popularity. Head Brewer Paul Ward attended the ceremony on behalf of Bradfield Brewery to receive the awards. Paul has been at Bradfield Brewery since they began brewing in 2005, and now boasts nearly 20 years experience in the brewing industry and creating the champion beer of Britain in 2004. On collecting the awards, Paul said, “We are delighted to be receiving these awards for our ales. I take great pride in creating real ales that compliment the industry and I know people will enjoy. Colleting these awards shows that our ales unique which is what we strive to achieve and we would like to give special thanks to Rotherham CAMRA for showcasing our ales.” Bradfield Brewery ales were amongst over 90 real ales which were blind tasted at Rotherham Beer Festival held at Magna in June. Bradfield Brewery is based on a working farm in the peak district, within the picturesque village of Bradfield. After brewing their first brew in 2005, the brewery has gone from strength to strength, with customers enjoying Farmers Ales all across the county. Farmers Pale Ale is a distinctive fruity pale ale balanced with a floral bouquet, full bodied and strong at 5.0% ABV with a predominantly dry aftertaste. Famers Brown Cow is a premium bitter, a rich deep coloured ale with a smooth creamy head. A citrus aftertaste gives way to a long dry finish.

Exit 33 is providing beer and the infrastructure behind the Brothers Arms beer festival at the This is Heeley event 24^th – 26^th July. To coincide with summer a new Exit 33 seasonal beer is being introduced for the next 3 months.  Golden Cascade 4.5% is a great tasting well-balanced pint characterised by a fresh hoppy clean taste through the use of Cascade hops. This beer is also brewed with Munich malt, which adds a golden hue and imparts a sweet malty and biscuity background flavour.

We have an exciting new partnership on our hands! The Roman Southwell Archaeology Community Project was established in January 2014 and since then has quickly gathered pace. They have not only conducted field walking and aerial surveys, but are now well on their way to conducting an excavation. To help raise awareness of this project, and perhaps a little cash too, we are teaming up to brew a Roman-style beer. The community group have researched the style of beer which would have been brewed back then, and we have formulated a recipe. We will be brewing a 3.8%  British barley focused pale ale using the aptly named British Boadicea hops. The beer is to be called ‘Roman Southwell Gladiator’. These hops are named after the famous Queen of the Iceni tribe, who led a rebellion against the Romans in the 1st century AD. They have a distinctively fresh British meadow aroma of herb and fresh grass – a truly Romano-British beer! The beer will be brewed on Monday 8^th June at Welbeck with the help of the volunteer archaeologists. They will be able to measure out all the raw ingredients and add them to the brewing process, just as our ancestors have done for centuries. We will be launching this beer at the Hearty Goodfellow in Southwell on Thursday 25th June at 7pm. Please join us on the day for a taster and to meet the group. The beer will be available to purchase in most of the Southwell pubs after this date If you miss it on cask, or would like to try the bottled version, the group will be retailing the beer at all their events from the start of July. For further details about the project please contact Matt Beresford matt@mbarchaeology.co.uk

It’s that time of year guys, SunFest is upon us! The Rising Sun at Nether Green (the 83A and 120 bus stops right outside the pub!) is the place to be from 9th – 12th July for over 100 beers and ciders plus top quality entertainment and of course the annual Dog Show on the Sunday afternoon.  Look out for a beer list to be released shortly before the festival via our website, Facebook and Twitter. Our charity partner this year for SunFest is The James Brownhill Memorial Fund (JBMF). The fund has been set up by James’ family following his death on the Frendo Spur in the French Alps, above Chamonix, July 1st 2011. James was an avid climber and mountaineer, he constantly strove to improve his skills and abilities, helping him progress into many areas and disciplines of the climbing world. The fund awards volunteers with bursaries to undertake courses to consolidate and develop safe climbing practice for teaching new and inexperienced climbers in individual and group situations.  James will be greatly missed, but through the fund we hope to preserve a passion and attitude to safe climbing that James constantly upheld. James was a local lad, whose favourite beer was Moonshine, so we are honoured to be supporting a local charity with strong links to both the pub and the community. www.jbmf.co.uk Like every year, we brew a special beer for SunFest, and this year it will be ‘Summit’. A pale 4.1% hoppy beer brewed with American hops (including a good dose of Summit). We will be donating 10p for every pint of ‘Summit’ brewed to JBMF. All the other beers to come out of Abbeydale HQ this month are all brand spankingly new, so much so, as we go to print the recipes are still being formulated by our (mad) brewers!!! Expect another beer in our Signature series and the latest beer in our Albion British hops series. Exciting times ahead! See you at SunFest!

Beer Club

Our Last Friday of the Month Beer Club has quite a following now and we’ve had some fabulous nights! May’s event featured the Soft Hands Trio, with Steve (pictured) on the brewery’s very own “Joanna” (tuned by Elb) donated by Mary and collected by Monk Eys Removals (also pictured). June’s event was an altogether different affair with an amazing BBQ selection and acoustic tunes brought to you by Nick. July’s event will be another band night and all details are available on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SheffieldBrewery.com

Brewery Tours

 

Book a reception or private party and enjoy a classic venue and all we have to offer in a truly unique and authentic atmosphere. It works equally well for corporate networking – ask Forgemasters! Silverdale School staff! Thanks Tom and Lauren (pictured) – massive congratulations and hope you enjoyed the honeymoon!

New Brews

Millowners Ale – the return!

At the request and kind promotion of Kelham Island Museum Trust this lovely 4.5% malty style traditional ale is back. Hopefully at the time of going to press our brew will be going through the bottling phase available in late July/Aug in bottles but we hope to supply a few retained casks to those pubs who get in first! A launch is being organised with the Trust so look out for details on www.facebook.com/SheffieldBrewery.com.

Sheffield Summer Ale

Our seasonal will be out and ready for your local.  This hoppy pale beauty based on Calypso hops from the US – is a 4% but packs a punch. Can’t wait to get your tasting tackle around this belter then get your orders in as we’ve a limited supply!  We deliver direct and through SIBA.