ISSUE 466 - AUGUST 2016 @shfCAMRA /sheffieldcamra 16th - 18th September Over 200 beers and ciders in the heart of the Peak District
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THE OLD HALL INN & THE PAPER MILL INN WHITEHOUGH, CHINLEY, HIGH PEAK 01663 750529 WWW.OLD-HALL-INN.CO.UK 1/2 MILE FROM CHINLEY TRAIN STATION THE FREE MAGAZINE OF CAMRA SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT ISSUE 466 - AUGUST 2016
NEWS 4 Introducing Peel Ale Sheffield Beer Census
3,500 MONTHLY CIRCULATION BREWERIES 8 Emmanuales, Stancill, Fuggle Bunny, Steel City, Hop Jacker EDITOR Andrew Cullen 07554 005 225 [email protected] PUBS 10 Articles, letters and suggestions Pub History Walk are most welcome so please Hop Hideout send them in* Crookes and Walkley Broomhill Tavern Brown Bear Heritage ADVERTISING Paul Crofts [email protected] TRAVEL 14 Quarter Page £40+VAT Sons of the Desert on Tour Half Page £60+VAT Full Page £90+VAT Inside Cover £100+VAT Back Cover £110+VAT Discounts for regular placements AWARDS 18 PDFs or high-res (300 dpi) bitmaps Beer Engine only please Anglers Rest, Millers Dale Walkley Beer Company Design from £30 Updates from £10
NEXT COPY DEADLINE FESTIVALS 22 Friday 5th August Steel City 42 goes beermat mad! Bar Managers Training and Social Sponsor a Cask Opinions expressed are those of the author Festival Guide and may not represent those of CAMRA, the local branch or editor. Beer Matters is © CAMRA Ltd.
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COMMITTEE 30 a number of city centre crawls in the evening. Each crawl will be led by a designated leader who will have the survey forms and a planned route through the various pubs. Daytime crawls will start at 12 noon, and eventually arrive at the Red Deer on Pitt street by early evening Peel Ale to hand in the completed forms. Evening crawls then Beer Matters, as the news- start from the Red Deer letter of CAMRA Sheffield moving out through the & District, has throughout centre and regrouping in its life so far, all 466 issues the Kelham Island area. across over 40 years, in- The crawls are a sociable cluded the town of Dronfield way to try different pubs and the surrounding villag- and pubs from your usu- es. However Dronfield now als, as well as helping to has its own CAMRA branch further the beer scene with its own local group of in Sheffield. Most of the active volunteers as well routes will involve public as an absolutely booming transport at some point, good beer scene. but your route leader will Dronfield CAMRA will very have details and can ad- soon be launching their own vise on costs etc. quarterly magazine, Peel If you would like to join Ale. (For those that don’t on one of the crawls sim- get the pun, it is named after ply be at the start point for Dronfield’s Peel Monument) midday and look out for with coverage of pub, club someone carrying survey and brewery news from the Sheffield Beer Census forms, and a copy of Beer local area and information Matters. If you can’t make on what the branch is up to As many of you will be Capital of the UK. the start, simply email us as well as interesting beer aware, Sheffield CAMRA This claim was given at social@sheffieldcamra. related articles and adverts organises an annual city- further weight after the org.uk and we will pass from local businesses. wide survey to collect in- findings of the recent Beer on the mobile number of For information on adver- formation on which beers Report, commissioned by the appropriate leader so tising in Peel Ale, please visit are available in the city on Sheffield University and you can arrange directly dronfieldcamra.org.uk. a particular day. We have written by well-known beer with them where you can Once Peel Ale launches, it been doing this for a few writer Pete Brown. meet up. is anticpated that Beer Mat- years now, and we are It is now time to under- If you are unable to join ters will only be distributed pleased to say that despite take the census again, and on a crawl , but would still to certain key pubs in the various claims from other we are looking to enlist like to help with collecting Dronfield area with the cut cities such as Norwich, more volunteers to help information, we will have in circulation in Dronfield Derby and Nottingham, the collect the information. an interactive survey sec- allowing us enough copies information on the number There are several daytime tion on the Sheffield CAM- to distribute to the growing of beers on sale usually crawls, starting in various RA website where you will number of real ale venues in shows that Sheffield can suburbs and working into be able to enter details on Sheffield & District. rightly claim to be Beer the centre, followed by the day. It will be updated
ISSUE 466 NEWS AUGSUT 2016 in real time so you will be serves real cider and keg able to see which pubs still beer. need surveying. We will It would be great to see need the name of the pub, a few more faces on the and then for each cask ale crawls, and even better on sale that day we need if we can prove yet again the name of the beer; the that Sheffield is unrivalled brewery; % strength; and in it’s range and quality of price of a pint. There will beer on sale. be a Notes section where you can add if the pub Paul Crofts
Route A Emmanuales Dore, Totley, Millhouses, Broadfield Lead by Andy Cullen. Before starting Emmanu- Emmanuales, which is Meet at Devonshire Arms, Dore (bus 81 or M17). ales in 2014, I spent the now brewed at and as part best part of ten years try- of The Sheffield Brewery Route B ing to make it as a profes- Company, will feature on Norton Lees, Woodseats, Heeley, London Rd sional musician within the BBC’s Songs of Praise Lead by Matt Nedved. Christian music industry. program in August (trans- Meet at Cross Scythes, Derbyshire Lane (bus 18). For some unknown rea- mission date TBC). son, no matter how hard In other, less glamorous Route C I tried to kick down Cliff news, we have new beer Banner Cross, Hunters Bar, Ecclesall Rd Richard’s door to hand hitting the shops. Lead by Patrick Johnson. him my demo tape, I had A revised Jonah and Meet at Banner Cross Hotel, Ecclesall Rd Sth (bus 88). little success in getting the Pale makes its return my songs ‘out there’. this month, now brewed Route D And so, I decided to with more hops, yet still Deepcar, Wadsley, Hillsborough and Bradfield call it a day and pursue as smooth. In addition, Lead by TBA. Meet at Royal Oak (bus SL1 or 57). my other passion - mak- we’re releasing a Rhu- ing beer - which I felt, barb Saison (4.2%) - yet Route E unlike music, was more to be named, at the time Chapeltown, Burncross, Meadowhall, Attercliffe likely to earn me more of of writing - to quench that Lead by TBA. Meet at TBA. a crust than the pittance thirst on a hot summer’s of royalties from music day, and our biggest beer Route F streaming service such yet. Four Horsemen of Walkley, Commonside, Crookes, Broomhill as Spotify and Apple the Hopocalypse is a Lead by Paul Crofts. Meet at Walkley Cottage (bus 95). Music. 10% Quadruple hopped You’ll probably appre- with Chinook, Saaz, and Route G ciate the irony then, that Ahtanhum. Lodge Moor, Crosspool, Ranmoor over the last ten years I’ve Keep a look out in Au- Lead by John Beardshaw. had little exposure to my gust for more Oh Hoppy Meet at Three Merry Lads (bus 51). music over the airwaves, Day, Nothing But The and yet, seemingly within Blood - a Blood Orange Routes H, I, J ten minutes of word get- IPA (see what we did City Centre afternoon ting out about Emmanu- there!), and our Black IPA, Lead by John Bratley and others. ales, a researcher from Midnight Mass, making Meet at Sheffield Tap. Songs of Praise phones its first 2016 return. me to discuss putting For more details visit Routes K, L, M ‘the Christian brewer www.emmanuales.co.uk City Centre evening (7pm) with the Jesus beer’ on Lead by TBA. Meet at Red Deer. BBC One. Nick Law
ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 BREWERIES Fuggle Bunny
Just a few lines to keep place with some cracking everyone in the loop as to stalls and of course Fug- what’s been happening in gles pop up bar will be Fuggle land. Since Janu- there for both of these days ary this year Fuggle Bunny showcasing a selection of has gone National with our our finest award winning Stancill award winning beers sell- beers. ing the length and breadth Even more exciting Stancill Brewery has been given the honour of not of the Country and in or- Fuggle has been invited working on two new sum- only brewing the beer to der to continue with the to the GBBF at Olympia mer specials: First up is suit his own tastes, but to growth and demand we in London between 9th- a 4% summer ale and a also naming it. He chose have had to purchase yet 13th August 2016...... oh genuine first for new brew- Jaxon, naming his first another Fermenting Vesell my, Fuggle will be preening ery apprentice Jonathan brew in honour of his (FV). himself to look the part in Brown. newly born child. As well as the usual his best bib and tucker. Jonathan joined Stancill Stancill’s second sum- brewing we have also Hope to see you at the in April and after working mer special pays tribute been extremely busy with aforementioned but in the closely with head brewer to one of the best known private functions, wed- meantime we need to hop Dean Pleasant over the detectives of the 1980s dings, country fairs, and off now to brew more fug- past few weeks, Dean with a brand new Ameri- Charities. Looking ahead galicious beers but if you challenged him to make can pale ale, brewed using there are a few dates for would like to keep up with a beer of his own. magnum hops. The result your diary namely; a great more hoptastic news from Jonathan’s first beer is a delightfully moreish 2 day Festival being held Fuggle then please hop features First Gold and 4.5% brew called Mag- at the beautiful Stately onto our facebook, twitter Styrian Golding hops, re- num PA. We know what Wentworth Woodhouse @ or website accounts or hop sulting in a well balanced you’re thinking… and Rotherham organised by into the Brewery on Fug- brew with a slight orange you’re right. Hawaiian Gifts & Grub on the week- gletastic Fridays. In the aroma and delicate spicy shirt and big moustache end of the 16th & 17th of meantime Keep Calm and notes. Jonathan was optional! July, stunningly beautiful Fuggle On!
ISSUE 466 BREWERIES AUGSUT 2016 ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 every other brewer in the country did one...! Forked Tongues is 5.5% and 120IBU, with a pale malt and wheat base, Co- lumbus and Magnum hops for bittering, Chinook and Mosaic hops for flavour, and of course an obscene amount of grapefruit. A special one-off keg was produced for Cotteridge Wines’ 21st birthday bash Hop Jacker with the addition of orange, and according to Untappd With summer well and truly is one of the best-received here we’ve been struggling Steel City beers ever! to keep up demand for Forked Tongues will our core beers, but have be harder than usual to managed to sneak in one find, as most of it is being or two exciting specials shipped to Catalunya, but for your enjoyment! First the usual suspects (Shake- off we have our Session speare, Devonshire Cat IPA, brewed in collabora- and Dronfield Arms) will be tion with Stuart from North getting some. The beer is Riding brewery and heavily unfined, so is likely to be hopped with Comet, Cas- hazy, if this is successful cade and Chinook for a Steel City will probably tropical fruit aroma, an go unfined permanently intensely citrussy flavour Steel City - who wants fish in their and a long dry finish. beer anyway? We’ve also just racked Wait ages for a Steel City oats keeps the colour as Finally, back to Mexbor- off Almighty Zeus, a beer then three come along light as possible, while fer- ough for a four-way col- 7.2% triple dry hopped at once... sort of! menting out as far as the lab (originally planned as IPA, which, as the name Three collaborations, two yeast would go means it nine-way but trying to suggests, is packed full of ‘away’ and one ‘home’. avoids the stickiness and get that many brewers in Zeus hops, but with the Firstly, away at Imperial booziness found in many one place is like herding addition of a little Comet in Mexborough along with DIPAs, allowing the Cen- cats...), involving Imperial, for a more celestial feel. Isaac from Catalan brewery tennial, Citra, Chinook and Steel City, Raw and James Expect orange notes, fol- Reptilian. Isaac’s favour- El Dorado hops to shine. & Kirkman. Named If Tha’ lowed by a big pine hit be- ite style is Double IPA (His Next day, back at ‘home’, Brexit, Tha Fixes It, the fore a lightly spicy finish. IBUprofano weighs in at Dave and Isaac (with cameo brew is a Transatlantic Pale The ABV is well hidden, so 9.5% and 256IBU!), so appearance from Steel City Ale featuring a multitude treat Zeus with respect or Dave and Dale were hap- and Hopcraft brewer Gazza of hops including Dana, feel his wrath! py to indulge... As it was and Waen Brewster Sue) Centennial, Summit, To- We’ve lots more excit- brewed the weekend after brewed Forked Tongues, paz and Ahtanum. Unfortu- ing beers in the pipeline, Britain lost its collective a Grapefruit Transatlantic nately given the theme for including return collabo- mind, the brew is named Pale Ale. Dave had been the names, the guys didn’t rations with North Riding, Turkeys Voting for Xmas, planning a grapefruit beer have any European hops Steel City and Neepsend, and is 8.5% and a slightly for some time, but as al- to hand! so watch this space! more restrained 130IBU. ways seems to happen A base of pale malt and before he got round to it Dave Szwejkowski Edd Entwhistle
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Following on from this years amazing 3 Val- leys festival, this bank holiday weekend the Dronfield Arms will be hosting its second annual August bank holiday beer fest, with a bouncy castle and childrens entertain- ment throughout the day, and live music all evening, along with great food from Pub History Walk Proove pizza and amazing ales from As part of Heritage Open There will also be Victorian Hopjacker. days 2016, I’m leading tilework, terrazzo floor- a Pub Heritage Walk on ing, art deco glasswork, Stancill Brewery now Friday 9th.September. a mention of both long- have a pub to call This short tour will take in gone Sheffield Breweries, their brewery tap! some of the entries in the Samuel Plimsoll and much The Horse & Jockey CAMRA Yorkshire’s Real more …. at 250 Wadsley Lane, Heritage Pubs book (cop- The walk will take place near Hillsborough (on ies will be available for pur- twice: 14:00 and 17:30. bus routes 57,61 and chase). Also included are a Places are limited (to 15) 62) is now theirs and number of ‘try also’ pubs and may be booked via following a refurbish- which include aspects of Eventbrite: ment has 10 hand- architectural merit. pumps showcasing We will commence at 14:00 start their range of cask Fagans and proceed to tinyurl.com/jh3ogzz beers. A discount is the Dog and Partridge currently available via a short stop outside 17:30 start for CAMRA mem- the Grapes. After a short tinyurl.com/jgqfa2r bers. You can also refreshment break, we try the Stancill lager will proceed past the Red Participants who wish to and gin here too! The Deer and Bloo88, before sample the beer served at grand opening party completing the walk at the various en route stops is on 29th July from Bath Hotel. are recommended to use 4pm and will feature En route we will pass: public transport. live music and a food Stanch, (the statue of a If you can’t wait until Sep- stall from Nether Edge Pointer dog), the building tember, you could try the Pizza. with three different date e-book, ‘History of Work- stones, and the then home sop and Retford Brewery’: of the company whose tinyurl.com/j4d34ow claim to fame is that the owner was the first man Dave Pickersgill to climb Nelson’s Column. Pub Heritage Officer
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Hop Hideout
Thu 25 - Mon 29 Aug Pucker up, a bank holi- day weekend homage to sour beer. Sour beer covers a myriad of styles and we love them all here at Hop Hideout. We’ve decided to dedicate the Bank Holiday weekend in August to host our hom- age to these styles. We’ll be dedicating our full keg Crookes and Walkley taps to sour styles. Plus we’ll be spending the next Last month we looked that serve real ale are Hallamshire House few months sourcing some at the great beer scene listed, however due to Known as the “tardis” special bottle stock for you that has developed in the space constraints we this small frontage pub to try over the weekend ‘Heeley Triangle’ creat- are just featuring those has a snug, pool room, too. ing a beer destination with the more interesting bar area leading through Throw into the mix tick- away from the usual City beer range. to a large lounge and eted Mikkeller: Spontan Centre and Kelham Island More information about oak panelled snooker Your Face beer tastings circuits. This month we all the pubs can be found room with full size table. on the Friday and Satur- look at another part of at www.whatpub.com. Is now run by Thorn- day evening (tickets on- Sheffield with a cluster of bridge Brewery offering line £13pp inc 5 samples). good pubs a short bus Closed Shop at least 5 of their cask It’ll be a special few days ride from town. Traditional friendly local ales plus guest beers all in all. One for the sour The two key bus cor- in a residential setting. and a wide range of heads and those wanting ridors here are the 52/52a With a focus on custom- bottled beers. to take their first sip and along the main road in er service and traditional pucker up! Crookes and the 95 along pub values. Taken over in Blake Hotel The garden area will be the main road in Com- 2013 by the team from the At the top of a steep hill open, so fingers crossed monside and Walkley, Rutland Arms and went (pedestrian handholds for sunshine. They will also supplemented by the less through a major refurb. provided), this commu- be a select menu of scotch frequent route 31 which A wide range of ales and nity pub reopened as a eggs and pork pies on offer wends its way to Walk- ciders is always available free house in 2010 after from Liberty Foods and ley via a more off-piste and the food is very good seven years of closure. extended opening hours. route! proper pub food. Weekly Extensively restored, Find out more: It is walkable between quiz each Wednesday and it has retained many hophideout.co.uk/events all the pubs featured, Sunday. 8 real ales avail- Victorian features, with however note there are able featuring Blue Bee original etched windows Julia & Will hills involved. All pubs Brewery and guests. and mirrors. At the rear
ISSUE 466 12 PUBS AUGSUT 2016 is a large decked garden. Punchbowl cider. Wooden panelled The five guest beers Large pub with 8 real ales, snug area still remains usually include a stout extensive selection of with carpeted floor. Two or porter, the majority rums and a pizza oven. pool tables in raised area from small independ- at the back. Can show ent breweries. The pub Crookes Social Club three sports channels on BROOMHILL also provides probably A kind of twin scene TV screens. Large out- the largest selection of venue - the main lounge door patio area. Recently TAVERN whisky in Sheffield with is members only but the refurbished. over 200 available. No tap room is open to all The Broomhill Tavern is electronic games, TV or visitors. There is also a Bus operators are a mix- on a prominent corner at jukebox. concert room which hosts ture of First, Stagecoach the top of Glossop Road regular gigs and an annu- and Sheffield Community and following it’s exte- Walkley Beer Co. al beer festival. Whether Transport. Travelmaster rior refurbishment is quite A small specialist beer drinking in the members offer a range of unlimited outstanding. This family shop that opens week- lounge or tap room, there travel tickets valid on all run pub has seven hand ends only with a tasting is a selection of reason- operators including the pumps serving Abbey- bar offering the choice ably priced real ales avail- Citybus day ticket at £4 dale Moonshine, Bradfield to drink inside. A choice able, usually from Stancill and the Citywide bus & Blonde, Sharp’s Doom Bar of three cask beers are Brewery. tram day ticket at £4.30. and Tetley Bitter. Full food available with beer served Available from bus driv- menu served 12-6pm. on gravity, the range Ball Inn ers and tram conductors Quiz nights on Monday changes each weekend. Large pub served from (cash only). More informa- and Tuesday. Sky and BT There is also a craft keg one bar. Has 15 hand tion at: Sports, free Wi Fi. Bus 120 line. pumps with at least one travelsouthyorkshire.com runs past the pub.
TOM, BRIGITTE AND THE TEAM WELCOME YOU TO... THE HILLSBOROUGH HOTEL 54-58 LANGSETT ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S6 2UB - 0114 232 2100 - 6 REAL ALES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY SOURCED HOME-COOKED, LOCALLY SOURCED FOLK AUGUST 6TH MUSIC AUGUST14TH FOOD M&J HOSTED BY JIM MCDONALD JIM’S TUESDAY NIGHT AND DAVE YUNG BLUES AUGUST 28TH HOSTED BY FATHER & SON DUO QUENTIN RAWLINGS AND JANE FOGGIN QUIZ 8-ISH START
ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 13 Brown Bear Heritage
The Brown Bear (109 of the centuries old game Norfolk Street, S1 2JE) is of ‘Trou Madame,’ which Sons of the Desert on tour one of the oldest pubs in is still played in Belgium Sheffield city centre. It is a and France. Played on a A group of Laurel and The museum dedicated to square-set Georgian build- raised board, balls were Hardy fans, Sons of the the comedy duo showed ing, with a fine pediment rolled down a sloping top Dessert, took a mini bus some of their most popu- above the single door, with towards nine numbered to Ulverston in Cumbria, lar films and the stage just the public bar to the right arches. the birth place of Stan outside had entertainment and the lounge to the left. The Brown Bear was Laurel. throughout the day. The pub features walls bought by Sheffield Cor- The Stan Laurel Inn Nearby was the Piel covered with theatre post- poration in the 1930’s. The has six hand pulled beers, Castle Inn with high ers from the nearby Cruci- pub survived the Sheffield mainly from local brewer- beamed ceilings, stone ble and Lyceum Theatres blitz and planners in the 50s ies and my choice was wall and fireplace. This and is one of five Samuel and 60s. In 1981, when the Barngates Brathay Gold. Robinsons pub had four Smith pubs in Sheffield. lease was up for renewal, A few minutes walk beers and I had Bonj Eu- 97–117 Norfolk Street a stipulation was included away is the house where ros, a special blonde ale. (including the Brown Bear) that the character of the pub Stan Laurel was born so All the pubs were busy and was grade II listed in 1972. could not be altered. The after seeing this we went there was time to call in the It was built late 1700’s to winning bidder was John to Ulverston Brewery, a Rose and Crown, a pub 1875, predating most of Smiths who had been lease former livestock market with five distinct areas and the buildings in the sur- holders since 1955. The pub hall with brewery, bar and four Robinsons beers. rounding area (which in- was in the first CAMRA shop under one roof. Their There were ten hand clude the Town Hall). There Good Beer Guide (1974). beers are named after Lau- pulled beers at The Mill, has been a pub on the site However, it was erroneously rel and Hardy films and the four from Lancaster for over 200 years. It was named, the ‘Brown Bull.’ two on offer were Perfect brewery and six guests. probably named after the About ten years ago, the Day and Lonesome Pine. The pub was developed bear baiting pit which was premises were taken over It was Festival Weekend round a restored water in the botanical gardens. by Samuel Smith. There was and the town was busy wheel and the layout is on The pit closed in the 1870s an extensive facelift soon with street food, stalls, various levels. There are when a curious child got after: a rare example of a entertainment, bands many other good pubs in too near and was killed by typical 18th.Century Shef- and drummers and much Ulverston but not enough the two resident bears. field house being restored more, even the bronze time to visit them all. In the 1920’s, the Brown to how it used to look. statue of Stan and Ollie Bear had a game called “ was decorated with flow- John Beardshaw bumble puppy, “ a version Dave Pickersgill ers and coloured scarves.
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The Beer Engine was (currently) always available in the Beer Engine when it opened in its current guise Neepsend Blonde, the re- first opened and the num- about a year and a half maining four featuring an bers turned up exceeded ago, having been through ever changing range of the size of the room, such a number of incarnations ales. There are also 4 guest was the interest, the beer such as Delaney’s Music craft keg lines and an ex- and food was enjoyed Anglers Rest, Millers Dale Bar since the premises last tensive selection of spirits. and now members have District Pub of the Year - 2016 since carried the current The staff are friendly and voted it as the winner of name. knowledgable and if you our August 2016 Pub of the Behind it is Tom Har- want to try several beers Month. We’ll be presenting rington (known as Baz to you can buy tasting flights the award certificate at the some of his friends), who of 1/3 pints. Beer Engine on Tuesday has previously worked for Food on Monday to Sat- 16th August with the pub others such as Thornbridge urday is pub tapas, with holding a bit of a celebra- and Hillsborough Hotel, this a selection of around 8 tion, all are welcome to join is his first own pub venture, dishes on a menu which us from 8pm onwards. where the focus is almost changes weekly, on a The Beer Engine is at entirely on serving good Tuesday. At present every 17 Cemetery Road, next beer and simple but qual- Monday - the last day of to Waitrose petrol station ity food that compliments the menu rotation - dishes off London Road and the the beer nicely. are offered on a two for the Chinese Firework Com- The pub is furnished and price of one basis. On a pany decorated simply but is laid Sunday the Beer Engine Closest buses are routes out to appeal to all - a main offers home cooked roast 3,4 and 4a, however the open area around the bar dinners with a choice of stop on London Road is and a couple of small, cosy meat of the week, veggie also very close. rooms along with an out- and vegan options. Food is The pub is open from door area. The atmosphere served 5-8pm Monday to 4pm to 11pm Monday is laid back. Thursday, 12-8pm Friday to Thursday, midday to The bar is home to 6 and Saturday, 12-5pm on midnight Friday and Sat- handpumps, one of which Sundays. urday, midday to 11pm Walkley Beer Company often hosts a real cider and Sheffield & District CAM- Sundays. Pub of the Month - July 2016 one which dispenses the RA held our branch meeting
ISSUE 466 18 AWARDS AUGSUT 2016 Your Pub needs your vote!
Sheffield Pub of the Month PotM. If we get enough District Pub of the Season Our Pub of the Month votes in time we will The District Pub of the Sea- award is a bit of posi- make the award. son award programme runs tive campaigning, high- Nomination forms are alongside our established lighting local pubs that available at branch meet- Pub of the Month awards to consistently serve well ings and on the website. encourage more people to kept real ale in friendly The pub must have been visit and recognise the Der- and comfortable sur- open and serving real ale byshire pubs in our branch roundings. for a year and under the area, many of which require Voting is your oppor- same management for 6 that extra effort to get to be- tunity to support good, months. cause of their rural location. real ale pubs you feel de- Winners compete Many of these pubs are in serve some recognition alongside our Good Beer picturesque Peak District and publicity. Guide entries for branch villages, in contrast there All CAMRA branch Pub of the Year, the win- are some urban community members are welcome to ner of which is entered pubs in towns such as Kil- vote at branch meetings into the national com- lamarsh too. or on our website. petition. This awards works slight- It’s not one pub against The list of nominees ly differently to Pub of the another, simply vote YES includes which buses to Month - we get a number of or NO as to whether you take if you fancy a trip to nominations from members Anglers Rest, Millers Dale think the pub should be try them out: at the start of the season District Pub of the Year - 2016 then open it up to all the membership to vote for their Nominees favourite, which is awarded at the end of the season. Bulls Head Ranmoor (bus 120) Nominees Gardeners Rest The Angel Neepsend (buses 7, 8) Spinkhill (bus 71) Cheshire Cheese Lescar Hope (bus 272/273/274 Hunters Bar (buses 65, 81, 82, 83, 83a, 88, followed by a short walk) 272) Ladybower Inn Bamford (bus 273/274) Hillsborough Hotel Old Hall Hotel Hillfoot (Blue or yellow tram (to Langsett); Hope (bus 272/273/274) buses 57, 81, 82, 85) Olde Nags Head Castleton (bus Old Queens Head 272/273/274) City Centre (next to Sheffield bus Interchange) Three Stags Head White Lion Wardlow Mires (bus 173) London Road (buses 10, 10a, 20, 24, 25, 43, Yorkshire Bridge 43a, 44, X17) Inn Walkley Beer Company Bamford (bus 273/274) Pub of the Month - July 2016 sheffieldcamra.org.uk/potm /pots
ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 AWARDS 19 ISSUE 466 20 AUGSUT 2016 Old Hall Hotel Real Ale, Real Food & Real Fires
A Traditional 16th Century Coaching Inn Market Place, Hope, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 6RH Established 1719 /TheOldHallHotel @oldhallhope
Homemade Food Served All Day | 6 Cask Marque Ales Outstanding B&B | Roaring Open Fires Muddy Boots & Dogs Welcome | Friendly Atmosphere
A Pub Done Different Peak Hotel
The Peak Districts’ Eccentric Alehouse How Lane, Castleton, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 8WJ Established 1809 /ThePeakHotelCastleton Find us on TripAdvisor @peakcastleton
Homemade Food Served All Day | Outstanding B&B 5 Cask Marque Ales & Large Selection of Craft Bottles Muddy Boots & Dogs Welcome | Roaring Open Fires
ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 21 Steel City 42 goes beermat mad!
The first sponsored items both the festival and their Thanks again to all our for this years festival have business. The mats will be beermat Sponsors: begun to appear at pubs, released in phases up to clubs and various venues the Festival in October, so Abbeydale Brewery across the city. Beermats! collectors will need to be Acorn Brewery Lots of them. A number of eagle-eyed to get one of Bradfield Brewery sponsors have kindly con- each. Emmanuales tributed to a bumper print Alternatively for the se- Little Critters Brewing Co. run of 90,000 mats, which rious collectors, we have Lost Industry Brewing started appearing in early put together three collec- Network Taxis July to put the festival in tors sets containing one Shakespeare’s front of the 100,000 people of all 13 designs and will Sheffield Brewery Co. who come into Sheffield for be auctioning them on Stancill Brewery the Tramlines Festival. ebay once a month over Thornbridge Brewery A total of 13 sponsors the summer with proceeds Travelmaster took advantage of our spe- going to the Childrens Hos- True North Brew Co. cial rate to help promote pital Charity.
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THE HALLMARK OF A PERFECT PINT
Since launching our rst beers in 2006, we have gone from strength to strength, producing a range of award winning real ales.
Ten years later in 2016 here at The She eld Brewery Company, we are celebrating our Ten Year Anniversary with a brand new look, website and ten monthly specials.
Come and join the celebrations this year by booking a brewery tour, joining our beer club on the last Friday of the month, or purchasing our beer down your local.
STEEL YOURSELF... SOMETHING’S BREWING!
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As part of the planning for space and time allows we this year’s Beer Festival we may also have one of the will be holding a training festival bars available, so session and social get-to- we can build that, attach Sponsor a cask gether at the same time as a couple of beer engines brewing a special festival and run through the serv- One of the more inexpensive options for this years festival beer within the Blue Bee ice side of things. is sponsoring a cask. Brewery at Neepsend. All It should be an enjoyable For only £50+VAT you or your company can sponsor volunteers wishing to of- day, and help make sure a specific cask and have the pleasure of showing your fer their services as Bar everyone is clear on what friends or colleagues your support for one of Sheffield’s Managers or help with the they will doing before, dur- best festivals. build-up of the bars and ing and after the festival. With a highly visible new label design, you can incorpo- stillage can come along (Did we mention clearing rate your company logo and details, and with 4 free entry and be shown the ropes, or up and dismantling on the tickets included in the price, you will be able to invite your simply refresh the knowl- Sunday?) To help us plan guests to see (and taste!) your sponsored beer. edge they already have. It the day properly, we need The picture shows the newly designed layout, seen will also be a full brewing an idea of how many peo- here with the details for The Commercial at Chapeltown, day, and depending on the ple are likely to attend. If our first label sponsor. weather, a barbeque for you wish to come along, Contact [email protected] for lunch, so there will be lots even if it’s only for part of more details. to get involved with. the day, please email fes- The day will start at 9am [email protected]. and should last around 6 uk and let us know. Buses and Trams or 7 hours. Most of the ac- South Yorkshire: tivities will be fitted around Location Travel Line 01709 51 51 51 www.travelsouthyorkshire.com the brewing timetable so Blue Bee Brewery, Units Derbyshire anyone wanting to help 29-30, Hoyland Road In- www.derbysbus.info brew the beer won’t miss dustrial Estate, Sheffield, Trains any of the training. We’ll S3 8AB National Enquiries 08457 48 49 50 build up a set of stillage www.nationalrail.co.uk racks and then fit casks Date onto them to make sure Sat 17 Sep 2016 Trading Standards everyone knows the cor- [email protected] rect way to do it. This sec- Time Consumer advice (0114) 273 6289 Sheffield Trading tion will also cover basic 9am finishing around 4pm Standards, 2-10 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield S9 2DB Health & Safety training. If
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5IF4IISSUEJQ* O466O 4IBMFTNPPS 4IFGGJFME 46- AUGUST 2016 25 fESTIVAL gUIDE Pioneer Club, Dronfield ill-Rotherham connects at Kiveton with Fri 12 – Sun 14 Aug route X5 (Sheffield-Dinnington). Note Beer from the local area and live mu- Harthill is in Rotherham so a South July sic. Bus 44 (Sheffield-Chesterfield) Yorkshire bus ticket is required rather stops outside. than a Sheffield one – South Yorkshire Mallard, Worksop Connect Bus+Tram is £6.30 all day or Thu 28 – Sun 31 Jul Fat Cat Travelmaster Gold Bus+Train+Tram is One of the Mallard’s regular beer Thu 18 - Sun 21 Aug £7.70 all day. festivals where this cosy station pub 35th Birthday Festival. thebeehiveharthill.co.uk opens up the basement function room to host an extended beer and Barlow Carnival Dronfield Arms cider range over the weekend. Trains Sat 20 Aug Sat 27 – Sun 28 Aug run hourly from Sheffield to Worksop, The annual carnival brings a party The second annual August bank journey time about half an hour. atmosphere to the village and features holiday weekend festival, as well as well dressings, themed parade, funfair, an extended beer range this event is stalls and a mini beer & music festival designed to offer fun for all the family August at the brewery. An enjoyable day for with a bouncy castle and childrens both locals and visitors. entertainment during the afternoon Grantham CAMRA and live music in the evening. Proove Wed 3 – Sat 6 Aug Peterborough CAMRA Pizza’s stall will also be present. The A new venue this year – Hunting Tow- Tue 23 – Sat 27 Aug Dronfield Arms is a few minutes walk er CP Academy – which is next to the Held in a complex of marquees on from Dronfield railway station or bus railway station, served by direct trains the Embankment, this festival fea- 44 passes the front door. Open from from Sheffield (Liverpool-Norwich tures around 400 real ales including a midday. route). The festival features around number of one off specials plus cider, 40 real ales, ciders and perries perry, bottled beers and wines. There West Street Alehouse www.granthamcamra.org.uk are various food stalls, games, retail Sat 27 – Sun 28 Aug stalls and live entertainment too. See The West Street Alehouse offers Great British Beer Festival www.beer-fest.org.uk for more details. and expanded beer range and mu- Tue 9 – Sat 13 Aug Direct East Midlands trains run from sic programme for the bank holiday CAMRA’s national flagship event at Sheffield to Peterborough (Liverpool- weekend. London’s Olympia Exhibition Cen- Norwich route). tre organised and staffed by volun- Hope Valley teers from not just across Britain but Beehive, Harthill Fri 26 – Mon 29 Aug around the world. Around 900 real Fri 26 – Sun 28 Aug The Old Hall Hotel in Hope present ales, ciders and perries are on offer This annual festival takes place in their regular bank holiday beer festival including a range of rare cask ales a marquee on the field behind the contained in a marquee in the car park from America and a selection of Euro- Beehive pub in the village of Harthill with a great range of ales and ciders, pean and world beers. There are also and features around 50 real ales, 30 food and entertainment all set in the a range of food stalls, games, shops, ciders, hog roast, BBQ and live music. beautiful Peak District National Park. entertainment and more. The venue Open from 6pm Friday, 2pm Saturday Bus 271/272/273 (Sheffield-Castleton) is next to Kensington Olympia sta- and midday Sunday. Entry fee is £6 for pass directly outside the pub or Hope tion on the London Overground net- an advance ticket or £7 on the gate, railway station (Sheffield-Manchester work. East Midlands Trains, National One ticket is valid for all sessions (so line) is a 10-15 minute walk away. Express Coaches and Megabus all go Friday and you can get in again Sat/ provide services from Sheffield to Sun) and includes a souvenier glass Durham CAMRA London with cheaper tickets avail- and your first drink. The festival charity Wed 31 Aug – Sat 3 Sep able for those that book in advance. is Macmillan Cancer Support. Opens from 6pm Wednesday and Festival entry tickets are also cheaper Bus 74 runs from Sheffield to Harth- 11am Thursday to Saturday, the venue if booked online in advance: ill in the daytime and bus 26a runs is Durham Students Union. Regular gbbf.org.uk from Crystal Peaks to Harthill in the trains run direct from Sheffield. daytime. In the evening bus 29a Harth- www.durhambeerfestival.org.uk
ISSUE 466 26 FESTIVALS AUGSUT 2016 ISSUE 466 AUGUST 2016 27 different beers & ciders available plus Robin Hood September food and entertainment. (Nottingham CAMRA) Wed 12 – Sat 15 Oct Elsecar by the Sea On the Edge presents 9 Pin A big, popular and legendary real ale (Barnsley CAMRA) Fri 23 Sep and cider festival held in the grounds Thu 1 – Sat 3 Sep This is a regular event and I’m sure you of Nottingham Castle with a huge 30+ real ales, ciders and world beers, all get how it works – 9 one off quite range of drinks in the main big tent live music on Friday and Saturday interesting beers brewed, a pin of each on the top of the hill and further nights. Fringe events in nearby pubs. beer on the bar, on sale until the pin smaller beer tents and food stalls The venue is Milton Hall, a short walk is empty. The venue is the Old Junior along the pathways lower down that from Elsecar railway station (Sheffield- School on South View Road at Nether lead to the old bandstand, which Leeds/Huddersfield line). Edge (a 5 minute walk from London plays host to a programme of live Road up Sharow Lane, postcode S7 music. Tamworth CAMRA 1DB), the event opens at 6pm, free Open from 5:30pm Wednesday Thu 8 – Sat 10 Sep entry, pie & peas on sale in the cafe from and 11am Thursday to Saturday, A new venue this year, the Masonic 7pm, there will also be local artwork closing 11pm each day. Expect Halls on Lichfield Street. Range of real and music to enjoy. a choice of over 1000 beers and ales including a number of new beers 200 ciders. Advance tickets are and festival specials plus cider and Doncaster Town advisable as it is a popular festival, perry. Food available. Thu 22 – Sat 24 Sep however it is possible to pay on LSTCamra.org.uk. The normal CAMRA festival isn’t hap- the gate subject to capacity. Entry pening this year due to venue issues fee on the gate is either £10 or £15 York CAMRA and this new event has been put on to depending on session, this includes Wed 14 – Sat 17 Sep provide an alternative. A CAMRA fes- a souvenier glass and £5 worth of A slight change in location for this year tival bar featuring around 50 real ales, beer tokens (extra tokens included – still on the Knavesmire but now in world beers and ciders will be found at for CAMRA members, ensure you the new course enclosure opposite the Diamond Lounge on Wood Street show your card at the admissions the grandstand end of the racecourse where entry will be simply the cost booth). which is offering a number of oppor- of a souvenier glass. Various nearby Trains run from Sheffield-Not- tunities to improve the facilities and pubs will also be joining in offering an tingham every half hour for most underfoot conditions of this great tented extended beer range, food and enter- of the day and the venue is about beer festival. Expect around 450 real tainment. 10 minutes walk from Nottingham ales and 100 ciders & perries, foreign station. beers, live music and an increased Scunthorpe CAMRA beerfestival.nottinghamcamra.org choice of food stalls. Thu 29 Sep – Sun 2 Oct 25 real ales plus cider and Perry along Scarborough CAMRA Cleethorpes Rail Ale & Blues with food. Venue is the Royal Hotel on Thu 13 – Sat 15 Oct Fri 16 – Sun 18 Sep Doncaster Road. Free entry for CAMRA A brand new event, held in the old A busy programme of blues music along members, £2 for others. scunthorpe. Parcels Office at Scarborough rail- with around 50 real ales at the Cleethor- camra.org.uk way station, features 60 real ales pes Coast Light Railway, which will be and 15 ciders and opens midday running steam trains all weekend. to 10:30pm (may close earlier on Direct trains run from Sheffield to October Saturday depending on beer stocks). Cleethorpes regularly throughout the Entry £5, or £3 for CAMRA members. day. Amber Valley CAMRA The venue is currently being restored Thu 29 Sep – Sun 2 Oct as an art space and the festival will Old Hall & Paper Mill Inn Held at the Strutts Club in Belper, a 5 also feature art under the theme of Fri 16 – Sun 18 Sep minute walk from the bus and rail sta- “Shape the Future together” and This event takes place in the two neigh- tions, featuring over 70 beers, ciders “What is Real Art”. bouring pubs and beer garden in the and fruit wines plus food and enter- scarboroughbeerfestival.camra.org.uk. village of Whitehough near Chinley (15 tainment. minute walk from station) with over 200 ambervalleycamra.org.uk
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INFO AND BOOKINGS: Kate Major [email protected] Chair North Derbyshire [email protected] Pub of the Year 8pm Fri 29 Jul Louise Singleton Vice Chair The presentation party at the Miners Beer Festival Organiser Arms in Hundall. [email protected]
Branch meeting Richard Short 8pm Tue 2 Aug Secretary The usual monthly formal members [email protected] Steel City 42 get together to discuss branch busi- Wed 19 – Sat 22 Oct ness; share pub, club and brewery Tony Kennick Back at Kelham Island Industrial news and catch up on what is hap- Treasurer Museum for the third year and yet pening in the campaign. The venue [email protected] again bigger & better to reflect the is the New Inn at Gleadless Com- growing numbers attending. Over mon. Bus 51 or Blue/Purple tram to Andrew Cullen 200 beers and ciders plus live music Hollinsend. Membership Secretary and various street food stalls spread [email protected] across several atmospheric areas Pub of the Month of the venue – Victorian Courtyard, 8pm Tue 16 Aug Paul Crofts marquee, Millowners Arms, Upper Our members have voted the Beer Press Officer Gallery Hall and Craft Room. Engine as our August Pub of the Beer Matters Advertising Month, join us for a beer or two and [email protected] Rotherham CAMRA show support as the certificate is Thu 27 – Sat 29 Oct presented. Buses 3,4,4a,20,43,44, Dave Pickersgill A new venue this year, replacing the 75,76,85,86,97,98,218. Pub Heritage football ground – Rotherham College [email protected] on Eastwood Lane, which is within Beer Matters distribution walking distance of both Rotherham and committee meeting Sarah Mills Cider Officer Interchange bus station and Rother- 8pm Tue 23 Aug ham Central railway station. If you have signed up for a magazine rotherhamcamra.org.uk delivery run, come along to collect Mark Boardley your supply of the new issue and Patrick Johnson Social Secretaries enjoy a beer with other distributors. Pub Officers November Please ensure you check the number [email protected] of copies you take are appropriate Commercial, Chapeltown as we’ve struggled to get copies to Matt Nedved Thu 24 – Sun 27 Nov every pub some months recently. Young Members Contact One of the regular beer festivals at Committee meeting at same time. the ‘Commie’ which sees a few extra Alan Gibbons handpumps added to the bar and a Pub of the Year and Good Beer Guide Coordinator list of beers not previously featured [email protected] at the pub cycled through over the weekend. A simple bar food menu is available including home made CAMRA (National) pies. 230 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Herts, AL1 4LW www.camra.org.uk 01727 867201
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