The organisers of the recent 45th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival would like to thank the following for donating items to the festival tombola and to sell for the Burton Street Foundation Charity:- The Fat Cat, Kelham Island Tavern, Gardeners Rest, Shakespeares, Kelham Island Brewery, Abbeydale Brewery, Triple Point Brewery, The Brew Foundation, Brian … Continue reading Thanks from the beer festival tombola!
The festival is always one of the highlights of my year, but what you may not realise is that planning for the event begins way back in January. I have volunteered on the organising committee for the past two years and amongst other things oversee the press and trade session, press contact and social media … Continue reading My Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – Poppy Hayhurst
I’m Polly, I’m 23, and I’ve been a member of CAMRA for three years. This October’s 45th Steel City Beer Festival was the sixth I’ve attended, but the first I’ve volunteered at. As luck would have it, a week off work coincided with the setup of the festival, so I thought I’d give it a … Continue reading My Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – Polly
Kelham Island Museum was the setting once again for the annual Steel City Beer & Cider Festival which took place over 4 days in October. Over 6,000 visitors attended, drinking almost 20,000 pints of beer and 3,000 pints of cider. Thanks to help from our friends at Abbeydale Brewery we managed to keep the Keykeg … Continue reading Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – another roaring success!
Respected veteran beer writer Roger Protz is coming to Sheffield’s Steel City Beer & Cider Festival this year on the opening night to celebrate his new book “IPA – A Legend in our time”. His book will be available to buy on our CAMRA book stall at the festival and there will be meet the … Continue reading Roger Protz coming to Steel City 45
As we near the 2019 Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, it seems like the 500th edition of Beer Matters is a good opportunity to look back over the festival’s history. 1975 – 2018 The first festival was a single day affair, held in September 1975 at Sheffield University’s Tapton Hall of Residence and featured … Continue reading Steel City Beer Festival – 1975 to the present day
The limited edition set of 12 Beermats advertises the 45th.Annual Steel City Beer Festival (SCBF45). On one side of each mat is the SCBF45 logo, with the reverse printed for the sponsor. The logo-side, when arranged, gives a large image of the festival poster. The image is based on a 1979/82 TV series which was … Continue reading Limited edition Steel City Beer & Cider Festival 2019 beer mats
We’re pleased to be able to announce details of our 45th annual beer & cider festival which will take place from 16th to 19th October, again at the atmospheric Kelham Island Museum across the Victorian Courtyard, Brearley Room, Millowners Arms, Marquee and Upper Gallery. The festival will feature a range of over 250 beers including … Continue reading Sheffield’s 45th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival
It has been confirmed that the 45th Steel City Beer and Cider Festival will take place from 16–19 October 2019. The festival will again take place at the historic Kelham Island Industrial Museum for the sixth year running. Festival planning is already underway; we had our first planning meeting in January where many of the … Continue reading SCBF45 dates confirmed
The 44th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, held a little earlier than usual over the second weekend of October, was a huge success with more than 6,000 discerning drinkers descending on the Kelham Island Museum over the four days. Between them, visitors drank their way through more than 15,000 pints of cask ale; 1,600 … Continue reading SCBF44 a roaring success