Acorn’s new IPA range will feature hops from Austrailia and New Zealand starting with Dr Rudi. This hop has a mix of aromas such as pine needles & lemongrass.
3 new 25 barrel conditioning tanks are now in place enabling us to increase brewing capacity by 20% These additions to the plant along with the new cask washer and casks brings total investment for the financial year to over £60,000.
Seasonal beer for March is 4 monkeys, abv 4.3% (for those who don’t know, a ‘monkey’ is 500). After a meeting with the 4 brewing staff, not to be confused with the beer name 😉 a recipe was formulated. Brewed using Maris Otter pale ale malt and Dark Crystal malt for a rich golden colour. Brewers Gold, Aramis and Cascade make up the hop grist.
Old No7 beer festival will take place over the Easter weekend featuring a selection of beers from the Isle of Man and also some of our local South Yorkshire breweries (please see thw website for updates).
Well the building work has commenced! We’re planning on knocking the walls down in the brewery to get more tanks in, and will also be building a kitchen and office. Whilst all the work is on we shall be striving to maintain a reliable supply of beer to your locals.
Firstly we’d like to congratulate all those involved on the opening of Stancil brewery. We’re looking forward to drinking the newest Sheffield beer, and wish them the best of luck with taking over and developing the exciting range of ales for the Forum Café Bars group. The final beer which we shall be brewing for the Forum Café Bars group will be American Blonde. This will be hopped used Cascade and Galaxy to produce a delicately balanced fruit-flavour infused ale at 3.8% ABV. Whilst we won’t be brewing these bespoke beers any longer, we’re pleased to continue to work closely with this exciting pub group.
We are pleased to announce that we are to team up with Nottingham based beer producers From the Notebook Limited (FTN) to produce a series of wildlife beers in order to benefit the work of Butterfly Conservation. In total, 4 new beers are to be brewed which represent the characteristics and traits of moths. The style of the beers, beginning with the spookily named Death’s-head Hawk-moth will follow FTN’s mantra in producing what they call “Wildlife-Inspired Idiosyncratic Beers”. FTN’s founder, Graeme Denton and Welbeck Abbey’s head brewer Claire Monk have got their heads together to come up with a series of beer styles and flavours appropriate for the moths they are to represent.
Our February specials will be Nightingale and Kaiser. Nightingale is the next in our ‘Best of British’ series and is named after a beautiful woodland spot right in the heart of the Welbeck estate. A 5.5%ABV authentic English India Pale Ale, packed full of flavour from British hops and balanced with sweet caramalt. Kaiser on the other hand is quite different, being part of the ‘Continental’ series. This has become one of our much-loved ales and will be repeated in November. Crisp, dry, biscuity lager malt flavours are perfectly balanced with sweet, honey like floral hops from Germany.
There are several collaboration events happening over the next few months which we’re pleased to be part of. Firstly on the 20th February our head brewer Claire will be working with the Biology societies at the University of Sheffield to give a talk on exciting careers in science.
For a more open opportunity to speak to Claire, there will be a Meet the Brewer event at the Welbeck Farm Shop on Thursday 27th February. This will include free tasters and a talk about how we make our range of beers. To book your place pop in to the shop or call on 01909 478725.
On the 17th March the Welbeck Abbey Brewery, School of Artisan Food, and Doncaster CAMRA, will all be joining forces to host a free evening exploring and understanding the science behind English Real Ale fermentation. For all details about this event and the many others taking place around Sheffield please have a look at their website.
We’re proud to announce the opening of yet another brewery in Sheffield, right on the doorstep of the late great Cannon Brewery.
This brings the total number of breweries in S3 to 5, all within walking distance. Brewery crawl did I hear you say?
Current brew-length is 22.5 BBL, making it one of the largest breweries in Sheffield, with a possible weekly output over 500 firkins.
Initially beer range will include; the Legendary Barnsley Bitter (3.8%) and a vintage Dark Mild (3.4%). The range is expected to quickly expand to include a Best Bitter (4.3%) and Blonde (3.9%). Also in the pipeline are a Burgundy, Porter and other specials to be confirmed.
The name forms a tribute to Head Brewer and co-owner, Jonathan Stancill, who along with his father Bob formulate over 90 years of brewing heritage. The brewery team also includes MD, Mr Thomas Gill, Director Dr Adam Hague and support staff Mr Dean Pleasant. “Barnsley is my birth town but Sheffield has been my home throughout the past 6 years of Medical School. It is here where I developed my passion for Real Ale and opening this brewery in such a prolific city of brewing is one of my proudest moments. I’d like to speak on behalf of myself, Tom and Jonny and give thanks to all at Forum Café Bars Ltd for making this dream come true”, said Adam.
It’s a new year and we have a new plan to bring you delicious new ales. Over the past year we have grown into a thriving brewery with an expanding number of different recipes in our repertoire. Thank you to everyone who has helped us to grow, from drinkers to publicans, brewers to CAMRA bods, we’re looking forward to another successful year with you all.
As we’ve grown to work with a wider range of pubs, it’s allowed us to be a little more creative with our recipes. This year we’re bringing to you two limited edition beers every month, along side our core range of five ales. These exciting new beers will fall in three series’: Best of British, Continental, or New World.
Each and every month we will present to you a ‘Best of British’ beer. These will range from pale English ales to strong traditional IPAs but will all be brewed using only British Ingredients. The first in this series is Endeavor, using the brand new and highly sought after English hop.
On alternate months we’ll craft either a ‘New World’ beer using choicest hops from America, New Zealand or Australia, or a ‘Continental’ style using hops and techniques from the continent.
In January we have a Continental series beer – Henrietta Grande, brewed with Hallertau Brewers Gold. Look forward to February for Admiral Keppel, a 4.3% golden English ale brewed using Admiral hops in the traditional way to give a warming aroma of spiced oranges. It will be the turn of the New World hops to be showcased, and we’re kicking off this series with an old favourite, Dark Horse. This 4.8% black IPA is brewed using a combination of four different dark malts and hops from 3 continents, to give a complex citrus aroma that mingles with the burnt roast flavours. The dry addition of New Zealand hops gives an extra fruity zing.
The latest new 5% IPA will be Spalter, the 16th in a Second Series of European IPA’s. A rich golden coloured German Hopped Ale with floral, fruity, peppermint and sweetly spiced aromas.
We will also be brewing a well hopped light golden ale, Drop Kick, for start of the 6 Nations.
It’s been a very busy year at the Sheffield Tap and within the Pivovar company. At the beginning of 2013 they opened the fully restored first class dining rooms which features not only more amazing architecture but their very own onsite brewery “Tapped Brew Co”.
Since mid Jan 2013 they have steadily brewed 21 different beers of various styles, including a few specials with the help of some great friends and guest brewers.
Tue 21st Jan 2014 was the 100th brew day and 1st birthday. From 5pm a special evening brew took place where customers were invited to see the full brewing process and smell the wonderful aromas of malt and hops wafting into the comfortable surroundings of the brewery room.
The whole team was there to answer questions and explain the process as it occurred. Samples of some of the range was available to try while the brewers explained what flavours and aromas you should be able to taste and smell and how they get into the beers.
Steel City have dark and light beers doing the rounds at the moment. On the Dark Side is Unholy Trinity, brewed with David from Raw and Chris and Robin from the Shakespeare. The brew-day was going unbelievably well, until it came to time to transfer from the copper to the fermenter – the filter plate got clogged, so what should have been a 45 minute transfer took about 5 hours! It was worth it in the end, Unholy Trinity has come out as an intensely flavoured stout with massive coffee and chocolate taste. A variant was produced with half a bottle of rum in each cask, entitled Captain Morgan’s Revenge (after an Alestorm album, as well as the rum of course). On a lighter note, the latest brew is Phantom of the Hopera, and uses a standard Steel City mash of Low Colour Maris Otter and wheat malts. Hops are Admiral and Magnum for bittering, and Citra and Sorachi for flavour. The minikit saw its first action in its new home, and was used to brew Phantom IPA, essentially a stronger version of Phantom of the Hopera, featuring early runnings from Phantom, followed by almost the same bittering charge and the same ratio of flavour hops. Both ‘big brother’ and ‘little brother’ are dry hopped with Mosaic. Unholy Trinity, Captain Morgan’s Revenge and Phantom are all available in bottles from Beer Central – bottling has been a big success so far, with Beer Central shifting a hundred bottles of Communication Breakdown and All Hallows Eve in their first week! Finally, Hop Hideout are hosting a Steel City Meet the Brewer evening on Friday 21st March – only the second official MTB for Steel City. Beers expected to feature include All Hallows Eve, Unholy Trinity, Phantom of the Hopera, Phantom IPA, Grim Overlords (March’s planned collab with Great Heck), and one or two surprises! Places are limited to only 14, so don’t hang around – tickets available now from Hop Hideout.
The latest in the pUnK-tuation series is out. Solidus is described as a 5.4% ABV one-stop-hop-shop, deep gold/amber in colour. And that, folks, is a Solidus, nestling ‘twixt ‘gold’ and ‘amber’. The hops featured are Willamette (USA), Cascade (USA) and Admiral (UK). And fermented out to the sounds of the first Leatherface LP, for added wow-factor.
After a cracking New Year’s Eve at the Cross Scythes on Derbyshire Lane to the south of Sheffield, King Bee Rich got chatting to Boss-of-the-Cross Steve.
The result is that Blue Bee will be featured at the pub in February, with at least four different ales available on hand-pump; Solidus is likely to feature.
Local artist Martin Bedford is putting on a monthly blues night at Bar Abbey on Abbeydale Road (under the old picture palace). He is calling it Honey Bee Blues Club, and approached Rich with a view to producing a special beer for the event.
It will be 4.0% ABV, and similar to Nectar Pale. There is a wealth of local blues talent lined up; the first night in January featured The Mudcats and M&J Blues, amongst others. “Knock 3 times and say necessity sent you!”
We saw out the year with the highest sales ever seen at Abbeydale. As quick as the production team were filling the store room, our draymen were filling up their vans and delivering our beers throughout Yorkshire and beyond. Humbled and exhausted by the demand, it was nice to have a few days off to recuperate!
The New Year has also brought some new beers as well as the return of some old favourites: White Knight and Black Bishop. Last brewed in 2010, the pair of polar opposite ales make an appearance this month.
The 4.5% White Knight is a beautiful blonde session ale with aromas of grapefruit and elderflower and flavours of citrus and pine.
Contrasting this, the 4.2% Black Bishop is a full flavoured porter with a sweet and malty aroma. Driven by its complex roast malt and black treacle character, Black Bishop‘s pleasant bitterness is complemented with citrus and spices from the hops.
Anyone who missed the exquisite dry hopped Dr. Morton’s Crispy Automatic Duck, you need not worry; the good Dr. will be cooking up some fantastic new pale and experimentally hoppy specials throughout February.
Chronoform 4.1%, Reality Filter 4% and Pylon Climber 4.1% all will make an appearance this month. So, to those still going with New Year’s resolutions of gym sessions and healthy eating, make sure you find time for a pint or two, it’s what the Dr. ordered!
Our Christmas seasonals will be out and about from late November: Fairytale Of New York 4.2% dark Christmas ale is a fine full-bodied winter warmer brewed with a specially selected Belgian yeast, a trio of roasted malts and Slovenian hops resulting in a spicy, sweet toasted aroma with hints of chocolate and a lavish warming flavour.
The Adventures of Captain Chrimbo 5.4% strong IPA is full flavoured and golden with a blend of our favourite hops. Fruity with a full malty body and perfect for the festive season.
The Kelham Brewery shop is now fully stocked with a great selection of gifts and beer gift packs. Beer for your Christmas celebration is available in bottles, 5 litre cans, 18 and 36 pint boxes. Our brewery tour vouchers make great Xmas gifts or treat a loved one to our Brewer for the Day experience.
Our Port & Cheese evening in November sold out straight away so we have added a second Port & Cheese night on Saturday 14th December. We have various tours and tastings throughout December so check out the website.
Finally a big thank you to everyone who has supported Kelham Island Brewery over the last 12 months. It is much appreciated.
