ISSUE 474 - MAY 2017 @shfCAMRA /sheffieldcamra LEES HALL GOLF CLUB Hemsworth Rd, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8LL PRESENTS BREWS & BLUES CASK · CRAFT · CIDER · GIN · MUSIC · FOOD BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FRI 26 th MAY - FROM 6PM SAT 27 TH & SUN 28 TH MAY - from 12am FREE ENTRY TO OUR 5th ANNUAL BEER FESTIVAL ALL Festival drinks only £2.50 (pint & 25cl) LIVE MUSIC LINE UP Saturday Night - THE BASEMENT - BluesSoulFUNK Sunday Lunch @ 2PM- DAVID BROAD TRIO - SwingBluesRagtime For Regular updates on beer line up & other information, follow us on LEES HALL GOLF CLUB @LEESHALLGOLFCLUB THE FREE MAGAZINE OF CAMRA SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT ISSUE 474 - MAY 2017 NEWS 4 New Committee Mild in May 3,500 MONTHLY BREWERIES 6 CIRCULATION Abbeydale Thornbridge Stancill EDITOR Emmanuales Andrew Cullen Hopjacker [email protected] On the Edge Sheffield Brewery Company Articles, letters and suggestions Exit 33 are most welcome so please Steel City send them in* PUBS 12 ADVERTISING Micropub Revolution Paul Crofts Closed/Derelict Pubs [email protected] Pubs of Millhouses ACV and Planning Permission Quarter Page £40+VAT Update Half Page £60+VAT Full Page £90+VAT Inside Cover £100+VAT TRAVEL 16 Back Cover £110+VAT Grand Days Out: The Road to Discounts for regular placements Wigan Beer Festival PDFs or high-res (300 dpi) bitmaps only please AWARDS 18 Design from £30 Pub of the Month Updates from £10 Cider Pub of the Year CAMRA Branch Website of the Year NEXT COPY DEADLINE Sheffield & District Pubs of the Year Friday 5th May National Pub Design Awards Opinions expressed are those of the author FESTIVALS 26 and may not represent those of CAMRA, Festival Guide the local branch or editor. Beer Matters is 3 Valleys © CAMRA Ltd. GBBF Volunteers Required *For legal reasons a full name and address must be provided with all contributions. DIARY 36 COMMITTEE 38 Mild in May CAMRA promotes Mild inappropriate. Alcohol lev- throughout May. els are typically low. New Committee This year we are asking pubs in the area to consider Pale milds tend to have a Our branch AGM last month members - including new stocking at least one Mild lighter, more fruity aroma saw a number of commit- Chairman Mick Saxton - and during May for the local with gentle hoppiness. tee members stepping down some of the old faces will be pub-goers to try. - Kate Major (Chair), Tony changing roles, this will all Dark milds may have a Kennick (treasurer) and Ri- be confirmed at the com- What is mild? light roast malt or cara- chard Short (Secretary). All mittee meeting which takes Milds are black to dark mel character in aroma three have left the commit- place the day this issue of brown to pale amber and taste. tee as a result of needing to Beer Matters is delivered, so in colour and come in concentrate on other things more on it next month. a variety of styles from Scottish cask beers may going on in their lives - in the We’ll also be taking a warming roasty ales to have mild characteristics case of Kate taking over a look at the amendments to light refreshing lunchtime with a dominance of pub (Rutland Arms), so our the Pub of the Month rules thirst quenchers. Malty sweetness, smooth body beery paths are still likely proposed at the AGM by and possibly sweet tones and light bitterness. to cross! Thanks to all three Richard Hough which was dominate the flavour pro- for all the great work done voted to be referred to the file but there may be a Original gravity: <1043 during their time volunteer- committee, the result of this light hop flavour or aroma. Typical ABV: <4.3% ing with us. will be presented to the next Slight diacetyl (toffee/but- Final gravity: 1004 - 1010 We welcome a few new branch meeting. terscotch) flavours are not Bitterness: 14 - 28 EBU TOM, BRIGITTE AND THE TEAM WELCOME YOU TO... 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Fabulous of hops, we have used been a successful core ence to drink our beer just new designs from Luke mugwort, yarrow, juniper beer within the Thornbridge yards away from where it Bailey and Ross Evans, berries and heather flow- range for a number of years was brewed! If you are and you’re sure to see ers, alongside some lightly and has gained a commit- reading this after May 6th, more of their distinctive smoked malt to emulate ted and loyal following. So then we hope you enjoyed work on our pump clips flavours garnered from why brew a mango ver- yourself! coming up. more ancient malt drying sion? Rob Lovatt, head Right then! Onto beer Last year, Pat and Sue techniques. It’s ABV will brewer at Thornbridge, news! Our mega collabo- took a trip to Barcelona, be quite high at 7.4%, tells us why. ration with Magic Rock, and on their travels hap- and has been fermented “One of the main fruit Northern Monk and Siren pened upon a brewpub with both our own house aromas I always get from was a monumental suc- called Abirraderro who yeast strain and a Belgian Halcyon is mango and so cess, with all cask and brew beers under the name Abbaye strain. We are it seemed a natural choice kegs being sold before Istituto de la Cerveza Arte- splitting the brew half into to use mangoes in trying the release date, and the sana. They brew a beer to some oak barrels to be to develop a fruit version cans selling out (from the a Neolithic recipe that was mixed with wild yeasts and of this IPA. To produce a brewery) fairly soon after! unearthed at a nearby ar- bacteria to age for nearly a beer like this is not without You should still be able to cheological dig. This was year, while the other half is a challenge to ensure that grab a one from your local an unhopped ‘Gruit’ beer has had copious amounts when using real fruit, as we reputable bottle shop. (meaning herb), very popu- of fresh raspberries and have done, that the sweet- We’ve got some new lar in medieval times prior Brett Lambicus. This will ness does not clash with specials and some old fa- to the Reinheitsgebot pu- be our Encantada and the bitterness. We want a vourites returning, some rity law in 1516. should be available from harmony of flavours but in with a facelift! Both Larce- Pat and Sue were so im- the start of the month. a drink that is still unmis- ISSUE 474 BREWERIES MAY 2017 Thornbridge Stancill takably a beer despite us Stancill Brewery have overpowering, the Jarrylo everything you should using over a tonne of man- been exploring the ebony hops add plenty of subtle expect in a typical porter goes into 20,000 litres of and ivory of the beer world flavours, resulting in a dry with an intense chocolate beer during the secondary and have spent time de- aftertaste. finish. fermentation process. ” veloping a new, not-to-be- Dean Pleasant, Head Brewed using a selec- Rob and his team recog- missed chocolate porter Brewer at Stancill Brewery tion of dark chocolate and nised that haze in a beer of as well as experimenting said: “Jarrylo is a relatively cocoa nibs to intensify the this type was always going with a new hop variety to new variety of hop which flavours of the chocolate to be evident but that was create what promises to provides a hint of banana malts featured in the part of the challenge. “It’s be one of their hoppiest and pear which also adds beer, the result is a well pointless even considering beers to date. a little spiciness. It’s com- flavoured brew. The coffee trying to get it bright,” says Jarrylo is a new pale monly used in saison and flavours of the brew give Lovatt “so we centrifuged 4.8% brew and takes its Belgian-style beers. The way to a powerful choco- the first third of the beer name from the US hop va- result of our latest brew late finish, resulting in a and then transferred the riety featured in the new is a very pale beer which well flavoured beer which rest of the raw beer back beer. It is the first time is packed with flavour. is already shaping up to be on top. This results is the Stancill has brewed with Since unveiling the brew something very special. perfect level of haze and the Jarrylo hop variety and it’s created a lot of interest Jarrylo and Coco are yeast count whilst still re- the result is a fruity, slightly and I can’t see it hanging both available at Stancill’s taining bags of juicy mango spiced beer which is as re- around for long” brewery taps: The Norfolk flavour.” So a challenge yes freshing as it is unusual.