Sheffield Brewery Company are now taking orders online for collection from the brewery, with beers available in bottle or bag-in-box. Abbeydale Brewery‘s two pubs – the Rising Sun at Nether Green and the Devonshire Cat in Sheffield City Centre – are now opening limited weekend hours to buy take home beer from cask, keg and … Continue reading Beery bits and bobs
Carlsberg and Marston’s have announced a joint venture: the Danish firm will own 60% of the new Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company with Marston’s holding 40% and receiving a cash payment of up to £273M. The new business will provide a mix of Carlsberg’s mass-market lagers and Marston’s cask, and will also supply Carlsberg beers into … Continue reading Carlsberg / Marston’s joint venture
It is with great regret that the Sheffield branch of the Campaign for Real Ale have to announce that we are cancelling this year’s Steel City Beer & Cider Festival. Obviously we were looking forward to staging another great festival, but with the current social distancing measures looking set to continue for some time, it … Continue reading Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – announcment
A new website has been launched by the guys behind Heist Brew Co – who are in the process of relocating to the Neepsend area of Sheffield – celebrating everything independent in Sheffield which will help to support local businesses amidst government guidelines impacting their current operations and bringing you at home some great treats! … Continue reading Sheffield Survival Box launched!
The Campaign for Real Ale is launching a new app called Brew2You on 6 May which will allow customers to order their favourite drink from local pubs and breweries trying to stay afloat during lockdown. Pubs and breweries can use the app to create a menu which customers can order from, making it easy for … Continue reading Pubs and breweries offered a new route to market with CAMRA app
With pubs and restaurants now ordered to close until further notice except for takeaway, this new national website is to help pubs and breweries get through by publicising initiatives to keep in business such as operating as an off licence or offering home delivery. If you run a pub or brewery you can add a … Continue reading Pulling Together
‘A Passion for Vaux – Sunderland’s Lost Brewery’ is a documentary film which was premiered in Sunderland recently: ‘The story of the people of Sunderland & how the ‘City Financiers’ took away their beloved brewery.’ The film also mentions the closure of Sheffield Brewery S.H.Wards (owned by Vaux) in July 1999, 20 years ago. Included … Continue reading “A passion for Vaux”
The Pubs Code was established in 2016 and regulates the tenancies of large estates of tied pubs in England and Wales. It is enforced by a Pubs Code Adjudicator. Since its introduction, CAMRA has raised concerns about the failure of some pub companies to act within the spirit of the Code, and has drawn attention … Continue reading Pubs Code update
CAMRA has announced the best Cider and Perry in Britain to be Mayfayre’s Cider (Herefordshire) and Cleeve Orchard’s Perry (Ross-on-Wye). The winners were revealed at the Reading Beer and Cider Festival, home of the National Cider and Perry Championships. Mayfayre’s Cider impressed judges for being well-balanced and more-ish, boasting distinct spicy and woody notes and … Continue reading National Cider & Perry Championships
On Saturday 30 March, members of the Sheffield & District branch headed all around the city and its surrounds to complete the Annual Beer Census (although we were unable to do one last year). The purpose of the event was to take a snapshot of the range and cost of real ales and real ciders available … Continue reading Annual Beer Census – the results