With well over 200 cask beers to try during the Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, it’s impossible to try them all even with four days to do it so it usually requires some planning beforehand to make sure you get to sample all the interesting ones. But the best made plans often go astray … Continue reading Poppy & Dom’s Casks of the Month
I got a little bit ahead of myself at the end of last month’s article when I promised to bring you three of my favourite beers from the Steel City Beer & Cider Festival; printing deadlines mean that as I write this the festival is still a couple of days away and we are all … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
It was great to see some beers from further afield featured in Poppy’s Casks of the Month column last time out. GBBF was a great event and the range of beers on offer was simply staggering – I would have been hard pushed to only choose three! It’s back to business as usual this month … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
In August, I was lucky enough to receive a press pass for CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival at the Kensington Olympia. Myself and Beer Matters editor Dom travelled down to London on Tuesday morning for the opening session of the festival. We had a great day and saw plenty of members from Sheffield & District … Continue reading Poppy’s Casks of the Month
I almost feel bad for saying it but I’m not the greatest fan of this hot weather we’ve been having recently. The fan has become a permanent fixture in our flat and we’ve had the air conditioning on every day at work. One good thing about it, however, is that it’s a great excuse to … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
Nearly every month I offer the chance for somebody else to write in with their three favourite beers from the last month. Nobody has been in touch yet so I’m assuming people are happy to keep reading about mine – either that or nobody is reading at all! If you do fancy writing your own … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
In last month’s Beer Matters, I promised to make a special effort to break with tradition and try some of the paler offerings on Sheffield’s handpumps. The recent spell of decent weather has made it easier to do just that, with the golden ales, IPAs and wheat beers perfectly complimenting the longer, warmer days. How … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
Since the last time I wrote this column, we’ve been treated to a range of beer-focused events across Sheffield, not least Sheffield Beer Week, which once again was a great success. The various festivals and events have given me the opportunity to try a whole range of new and interesting beers from around the country … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
The last few weeks have been especially busy for me, so I’ve not had as much time as usual to explore the pubs of Sheffield and try out all the delicious cask beers on offer. That said, when I have had the chance to sample an ale or two, they have all been up to … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month
After just about making it through Dry January, it’s been good to get back into the swing of things. The real ales on offer around Sheffield seem to have gone all exotic during my month off; since I’ve started drinking again, I’ve had beers with mint, salted caramel, mangoes, pork scratchings, raspberries and more. Some … Continue reading Dom’s Casks of the Month