CAMRA Sheffield & District
Sheffield & District branch of CAMRA
| Category | Company Name | Location |
| Supermarket of the Year | Waitrose | |
| Chain of the Year | Oddbins | |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – London | Real Ale | Twickenham |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – North | Hop Hideout | South Yorkshire |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – South | Beer Emporium | Bristol |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – Midlands/East | Hopology | Nottingham |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – Scotland | The Beer Hive | Edinburgh |
| Regional Retailer of the Year – Wales | Gwin Llŷn Wines | Gwynedd, Pwllhel |
The pub is open plan and has original etched glass windows. There is a heated stable yard at the back which has it’s own bar for private parties. Although there is no menu, snacks are always available, including locally made pork pies. Quiz night is Thursday with free chips served.
On the bar is Abbeydale Deception, Bradfield Farmer’s Bitter and Farmer’s Blonde with
Woodforde’s Wherry and a rotating guest beer. The 120 bus serves the pub and is
frequent service. 
Reet Ale Pubs will be celebrating 2 years of running the Closed Shop on Commonside on the 11th of February with bit of a party. Expect a build a butty buffet, cake, a Christie’s quiz special, Blue Bee special beer and much fun and games, alongside the usual selection of great ales and atmosphere. Bus 95 stops close to the pub on a regular basis!
A couple of new quiz nights recently started in our area – Tuesday nights at the Dronfield Arms and Wednesday night at the Beer House on Ecclesall Road.
Legends Sports Bar at Hillsborough has had a bit of a makeover and an improved beer range introduced along with a change of name – it is now the Hillsborough Tap & Kitchen.
Sheffield Heeley MP Meg Munn recently visited the New Inn on Hemsworth Road following a £110,000 refurbishment scheme overseen by licensees Clive and Andrea Fletcher and owners Punch Taverns. The work saw major changes take place both inside and outside, including a new seating plan, a new bar and a new beer garden.
The Friendship on Manchester Road in Stocksbridge reopened on 19th.December with ‘real ales at reasonable prices,’ ‘log burning fire’ and an aim to ‘return the pub to its Edwardian glory.’ Currently available are two Bradfield beers at £2.20/pint. Buses 57 and SL stop nearby.
The Albion on London Road, which for a time recently was known as the Bell Jar, has reopened as a simple, traditional free house pub with a range of cask beers, mostly so far from Abbeydale Brewery.
Anchorage, the smart American inspired bar and restaurant on West One Plaza, have expanded their range of craft beers to include a couple of quality cask beers, one of which is usually sourced locally from Skys Edge Brewery.
There are some new tenants running the Castle Inn in Bolsterstone – Tracy and John Raynor have moved there from the King and Miller at Deepcar.
Meanwhile at another Castle Inn that closed and reopened – the one at Bradway – Craig and Marie continue to run a great local pub on behalf of Tandem Leisure on a use it or lose it basis. Three real ales are always available, all sourced from Yorkshire and the East Midlands and food is available at meal times too (generally 12-2pm and 5-8pm but not on Mondays).
The Anglers Rest in Bamford is holding a beer festival on Sunday 22nd February featuring a range of 10 beers, half of which will be from the local Intrepid Brewing Co.
The Sheffield Tap celebrated the 2nd birthday of the Tapped Brewing Company with a week of special events in the bar at the end of January.
The Rawson Spring in Hillsborough has been named by the Sheffield Star newspaper as their ‘best bar of the year’. The Rawson Spring is a Wetherspoons pub with their usual offering of reasonable priced real ales and all day food menu, it has also recently benefited from an upgraded outdoor drinking area. The building is a former swimming baths, located at the tram stop. 
