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Hop to it... Another real ale venue springs to life in 2011! The latest new real ale bar in Sheffield is due to open at the end of November. The Hop will be in the West One complex on Fitzwilliam Street in the City Centre. It is part of a chain owned by Ossett Brewery (their other venues being in Leeds and Wakefield) and features real ale, live music, modern décor and pies! The bar is expected to feature a range of Ossett beers plus guests and the music is expected to be mainly cover bands, playing popular hits to a high standard. INSIDE BEER MATTERS THIS ISSUE... We end the year with a roundup of some of our new pubs The Three Tuns host a bangers and beer-fest Yorkshire Cider of the Year revealed Old Albion Brewery - a look back 2 This month’s Page 3 STUNNER... dARK AND DELICIOUS! To get some call 07791 662484 3 Your local Brewery news... Steel City Brewing - www.steelcitybrewing.co.uk Our November beer is Trees Come Down, named to reflect the season, but also in honour of a track from Fields of the Nephilim’s Fallen album. The beer itself was brewed by Gazza as Dave was swanning off around the Adriatic coast, and is a 4.5% pale beer, mellow for us at only 90IBU but packed full of tropical fruit flavours from the Ozzie hop duo of Stella and Galaxy. Galaxy instantly became a favourite hop of ours, and so features again in our December beer, DILLIGAF - this time brewed by Dave and Dan, while Gazza was busy in Blanes brewing the return leg of our collaboration with Marina. DILLIGAF sees the IBUs safely back in 3 figures, while keeping the massive tropical fruit aroma and flavour. The mini-kit was pressed into action again to produce our Jimmy Savile tribute Top of the Hops. Now then, now then, Jim’s fixed it for us to brew a single-hop Galaxy IPA. Peak Ales - www.peakales.co.uk Peak Ales sponsored September’s Great Kinder Beer Barrel Challenge this year (www. kinderbeerbarrel.org.uk) and some of the team popped along to watch. Brewery proprietor Rob Evans handed out a bottle of personalisedBakewell Best Bitter to everyone who took part in the challenge! Bakewell Best Bitter also won the Bronze Award in the Best Bitters 4 category at the SIBA Midlands Region Competition held in Nottingham. The seasonal ale Paxton had a slight recipe tweak this year and a quantity of roast barley was added to give a darker hue and closer to the ruby colour that was originally intended. Peak Ales entered Halloween Hop into the Battle of the Beers contest run by Chesterfield CAMRA for its Market Beer Festival over Hallowe’en Weekend. The brew was generously dry hopped with Fuggles to give plenty of impact and hop character to the brew. Welbeck Abbey Brewery - welbeckabbeybrewery.blogspot.com November’s Special is a 5% Blonde beer called Cavendish. A gorgeous Blonde beer laced with zesty notes of grapefruit. This beer showcases the fresh zing of Cascade hops without being over powering - the high strength and simple Maris Otter malts give great balance. Cavendish, incidentally, is one of the family names from the Portland Estate where the brewery is based. December special will be Santa’s super stout at 6% this is a smooth dark beer crafted with a blend of punchy coffee, liquorice, and smoked flavours - It’ll be one to warm you up when it’s snowing outside this Christmas. If there’s something special happening at one of my pubs, I like to try and create something unique for them. The Mallard at Worksop train station had their annual ‘Aleoween beer festival, for which I brewed The Witching Hour, a special Pumpkin and Clove beer at 3.9%. The beer was sweet with the pumpkin addition, with a subtle but well balanced spice note from the cloves. In December The Grey Horses at Carlton in Lindrick will be having a special porter brewed for them using traditional Christmas Pudding spices so make sure you keep an eye out for that too. More Brewery news overleaf... The fuller flavour. WWW.FULLERS.CO.UK WWW.DRINKAWARE.CO.UK 5 Continued from previous page... Bradfield Brewery - www.bradfieldbrewery.co.uk Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg paid a visit to Bradfield Brewery in Sheffield to officially open the new 40 barrel brew plant. The family run brewery which was established in 2005 at Watt House Farm within the picturesque village of Bradfield was awarded a certificate of recognition by The All Party Parliamentary Beer group for having one of their beers, Farmers Brown Cow on sale at the Strangers Bar in the House of Commons in May. On his visit Nick Clegg was given a guided tour of the brewery and a brief explanation of the brewing process he said “I was delighted to open the new brew plant. It was great to meet John and the staff and see first hand their enthusiasm and commitment. It’s no wonder Bradfield Brewery is expanding because the beer is delicious, as I’m sure many of my parliamentary colleagues who tasted it in the Strangers Bar would agree.” Bradfield Brewery has recently undergone major changes expanding from a 10 barrel brew plant to a 40 barrel brew plant to keep up with demand. In August planning permission was also granted to fit 158 solar panels on the roof of the brewery generating 30,000kw of electricity each year, enough to supply six family homes. Most recently the brewery has won the ‘Best Beer Brewed in Sheffield’ award with its Farmers Blonde at the cities 37th annual beer festival held in September. THE DEVONSHIRE CAT DEVONSHIRE QUARTER 49 WELLINGTON STREET S1 4HG - Tel: 0114 2796700 www.devonshirecat.co.uk OVER 100 BEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CHOOSE A REAL ALE FROM OUR SELECTION OF 12 DIFFERENT REAL ALES AT ALL TIMES! EVER TRIED A TRAPPIST BEER MADE BY MONKS? THERE ARE 7 DIFFERENT TRAPPIST BREWERIES; WE HAVE BEERS FROM 6 OF THEM! MAYBE SOMETHING A BIT SWEETER? WE HAVE FRUIT BEERS ON DRAUGHT AND IN BOTTLES WE OFFER FRESHLY PREPARED FOOD FOR ALL! WHETHER YOU WANT A LIGHT SNACK, A LIGHT OR HEARTY MEAL, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED! AND OF COURSE, YOU COULD TRY ONE OF OUR RENOWNED HOMEMADE BEEF BURGERS. YOU MAY HAVE HAD FOOD MATCHED WITH WINE? HERE AT THE DEVONSHIRE CAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DIVERSE SELECTION OF BEER STYLES & FLAVOURS TO COMPLIMENT OUR FOOD! ENJOY EXCELLENT BEER & FOOD IN OUR RELAXED AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE HERE AT THE DEVONSHIRE CAT! 6 Abbeydale Brewery - www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk Abbeydale is making the most of the additional capacity by brewing larger batches of regular beers and so leaving more space to brew specials. December beers this year include the return of old favourite Advent 4.6%, pale and hoppy of course. The Beerworks beer for December is a new one, BiPolar Bear ABV 4.1% this is a pale beer with Columbus hops giving spicy and orange marmalade flavours. There is also a single brew planned of a new Abbeydale beer called Thaw at 4.8% and there will be a new Christmas beer called Oh Santa! at 4%. Acorn Brewery - www.acornbrewery.co.uk The new Acorn beers for November and December are: Freebird (4.5%), a pale straw coloured American Pale Ale with a high zesty aroma, and 9th Noel (5.6%), a rich ruby coloured ale. Acorn will also welcome Dave Broadhead to the team in December. His role as Sales Manager is to concentrate on the local South Yorkshire area. Acorn Blonde won another award at the SIBA North beer completion receiving a silver award in a highly competitive competition. More Brewery news overleaf... 7 Continued from previous pages... Kelham Island Brewery - www.kelhambrewery.co.uk Kelham Island Brewery have produced two Christmas Specials to go on sale from the end of November. Sleigh Rider 4.0% is a light refreshing golden ale, made from the choicest lager malt. Specially selected hops from the USA give Sleigh Rider a light fruity crisp aroma. Kelham’s second Xmas offering is Santa’s Little Helper 5.2%, Cranberrys and Bramling Cross hops combine to produce a great amber fruity beer. The Kelham Island Brewery Shop is now in full swing. It offers beers and ciders from around the world, clothing and interesting gifts. Every month there are additions to our range of numbered limited edition bottle conditioned beers. These are only available through our shop. This month sees the arrival of, Honey Daze, Bud Ekins, Now 39, Bete Noir & Stockwell Rocker. Our shop is open 9am until 3pm, Monday to Friday & 11am until 5pm on Saturdays. Christmas is just around the corner and a date for everyone’s diary should be the Kelham Island Museum Victorian Christmas Market on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December. It’s a great family event and the Kelham Island Brewery Shop will be open until 7pm on the Saturday and 5pm on the Sunday for you to buy that stocking filler for Mum, Dad or Uncle Eric. Look out in January for a very special beer. A West Coast Pale Ale of 4.9%, produced with a new breed of American hop and the first beer to be brewed at Kelham with an American Ale Yeast. This will be Kelham’s very own Blonde with a bit of a twist. Thornbridge Brewery - www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk The new beer from Thornbridge is Crux.