ISSUE 458 - NOVEMBER 2015 THE FREE MAGAZINE OF CAMRA SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT ISSUE 458 NOVEMBER 2015 NEWS 4 BREWERY NEWS 6 Blue Bee 3,500 MONTHLY Steel City CIRCULATION Stancill Fuggle Bunny Emmanuales EDITOR Kelham Island Andrew Cullen Drone Valley 07554 005 225 Abbeydale [email protected] Hopjacker Articles, letters and sugestions are most welcome so please send them in* PUB NEWS 14 Hillsborough Hotel DESIGN Wisewood Inn Robin Angel [email protected] Mount Pleasant White Hart ADVERTISING Ship Inn Alan Gibbons [email protected] Quarter Page £40 Half Page £60 HERITAGE 18 Full Page £90 Heritage Pub Walk Back Cover £110 Discounts for regular placements PDFs or high-res (300 dpi) bitmaps only please AWARDS 20 Design from £30 Pub of the Month Updates from £10 NEXT COPY DEADLINE Friday 6th November FESTIVALS 22 Opinions expressed are those of the author and may not represent those of CAMRA, the local branch or editor. Beer Matters is DIARY 24 © CAMRA Ltd. *For legal reasons a full name and address THE COMMITEE 26 must be provided with all contributions. ? ? ? ? ? VOTE FOR BEST LOCAL BEERS FESTIVAL WORKERS AND It’s last calls for CAMRA is your postcode). members to vote for their The beers in each NEW MEMBERS SOCIAL favourite beers from category with the most We’re running a coach and if you signed up as a Yorkshire and the East votes will then be judged trip to Huddersfield to do new member at the festival Midlands to be entered at various beer festivals a crawl of some of the good we would like to welcome into the Champion Beer over the coming year, pubs there and drop in to you, by offering you a free of Britain competition. with regional winners put the Magic Rock Brewery place on this trip. The voting deadline is forward into the nation- Tap on Saturday 21st No- Please book your seat Sunday 1st November and al competition and you vember. with our social secretary, the vote is conducted on- never know - a beer you If you worked as a vol- Phil Wood. Email him at line at www.cbobvoting. supported could be being unteer at the festival we [email protected]. org.uk, you will need to named as Champion Beer would like to thank you log in with your member- of Britain at the Great ship number and pass- British Beer Festival in word (default password two years time! PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHANGES WOODTHORPE HALL CIDER We thought we’d flag this tickets valid on any bus op- up in Beer Matters for you erator have been reduced APPLE PRESSING all as it could affect your from the same date. A new Back in early October, a the apples and sorting out means of getting to and ‘Citybus’ ticket is to be in- small group from Shef- rotters, putting them in a from the pub! troduced valid on all buses field & District CAMRA chopping machine then the The Sheffield bus net- in Sheffield costing £4 for including festival cider bar results from that is put in work has been reviewed a day ticket or £14 for a managers Sarah & Hazel, an old garden shredder and significant changes weekly ticket and the exist- festival equipment man- that has been adapted to routes and timetables ing ‘Citywide’ ticket, that ager Rod Sprigg, Chair- into a scratting machine. launch on Sunday 1st No- also includes Supertram, is man Andy Cullen and a The apple pulp that results vember. reduced to £4.30 for a day few others joined the ap- is then pressed to obtain You can download the ticket or £15 for a weekly ple pressing volunteers at the juice that goes into the new Sheffield Bus Partner- ticket. The existing single Woodthorpe Hall. fermenting tanks. ship maps and timetables at: operator deals remain The equipment set up is There is currently just travelsouthyorkshire.com/sbp. available unchanged. quite Heath Robinson. The one Woodthorpe Hall cider Additionally the cost of process involves washing - Owd Barker - at about ISSUE 458 4 NEWS NOVEMBER 2015 10.5% ABV although a area wanting to stock a lo- sweetened version called cal cider! Rubie Suzie is also sold. As well as working as However come next year volunteers, there was a when this batch is ready, social side of the day too, there will be a new lower with a pub lunch at the strength version of Owd Angel in Holmesfield, af- Barker - at about 5%, as ternoon tea in Woodthorpe one of the fermenting Hall’s garden, a few social tanks this year will not drinks of cider in the receive any priming sugar. evening and supper in the It is hoped this new more Hall’s dining room. We’d sensible version will be like to thank the Shepley’s attractive to pubs in the for their hospitality. Steel City A mere 18 months after cropping up almost as fast Blue Bee Dave and Shazz trav- as new breweries! The students are back in banana and pear so this elled to Hebden Bridge The minikit went a lot Sheffield and beer is flying is sure to be something a to brew So Craft It Hurts more smoothly to produce out at the moment how- little different. at Bridestones Brewery, an as-yet-unnamed impe- ever we are still finding If you prefer your beer they finally managed to rial milk stout at around time to squeeze in brewing a little more sessionable coordinate a day for Dan 8%, a pin of which will go plenty of specials. Firstly we have brewed Centen- to come to Sheffield for to the Shakespeare with we had Stuart down from nial Pale 3.9%, a refresh- the return collaboration. the remainder being bot- the excellent North Riding ing hoppy pale ale with The brewday from hell saw tled, look out for it at Beer Brewery in Scarborough to lemon and pine flavours the transfer from copper to Central and Hop Hideout. brew a colab with us. So we once again using American fermenter take seven hours Meanwhile, the Beer Cen- decided to brew something hops. On top this we are rather than the usual 60- tral collaboration Mango extra special, the result is on to American 5 Hop 90 minutes, Dave finally Fruit Machine proved Little & Large IPA 6.5% Version 7 4.3% which leaving the brewery at very popular, the 60 bot- which combines 3 of our this time will combine: 0030! Hopefully it’ll all tles selling out within 6 favourite American hops: Citra, Columbus, Comet, be worth it when we get hours of going on sale! Citra, Mosaic and Sorachi Centennial and Jarrylo. to taste Craven D’Ale The next exclusive is for Ace. This beer is big on Finally it is not often milk oat stout at 4.6%. For Cotteridge Wines, one hops with loads of tropi- we rebrew our specials the limited edition Mac- keykeg and 60 bottles of cal fruit flavour and citrus but Ginger Beer 4.5% chiato, Dave has teamed Maple & Vanilla Por- aroma. is proving that popular up with local coffee roaster ridge Stout. Upcoming As ever we also have an- we will be brewing it for a Buckshot who supplied collaborations include a other single hopped IPA third time in November, their ‘The One’ Espresso gose with North Riding this month this time us- it will be packed with as Blend, which was cold- entitled Get In The Sea ing the new American hop: much fresh root ginger as steeped and added to the and a return to Hopcraft, Jarrylo IPA 5.0% which before if not more to give cask. Local coffee roasters no idea what it’ll be but it’ll has the rather interesting that fiery kick! seem to be a booming in- be the third in the Insult to characteristics of spice, dustry, with new roasters History series. ISSUE 458 BREWERY NEWS NOVEMBER 2015 ISSUE 458 NOVEMBER 2015 Fuggle Bunny It is that time of the year Stancill when the cold is creeping NEW RECRUITS! from ensuring our Pilsner timed to start your Christ- in so Fuggle Bunny has Stancill Brewery is de- is reliably and consistent- mas shopping. You’ve got some great new beers for lighted to announce the ly supplied, to advising on to be in it to win it, with you to try. appointment of Steph- cellar management. tickets costing £2, avail- We are launching our anie Urquhart (left) and Tom Gill, Stancills’ able now from Crookes brand new beer Chap- Abi Weigold (right) to the MD, commented. “We Social Club. Managing ter 8 - Jammy Dodger Sales Team. are pleased to welcome Director Tom Gill com- 4.5% ruby red ale with Abi will be developing both Abi and Steph to the mented “We are all re- aromas of liquorice and and improving our tele- business. I believe their ally looking forward to blackcurrant. sales operation, ensuring appointment will have a the event at the brewery. Back again by popular our customer services are significant impact on im- We hope to see lots of demand is our Halloween second to none. Abi’s cus- proving and developing new faces, as well as the special - Deadly Night- tomer facing and retail our sales and customer more familiar!” shade 5.0% amber ale experience will be put to services.” Fancy dress is op- with dark malty hoppy good use within the de- tional, but there may be treacleness, which we partment. HALLOWEEN PARTY spot prizes for those who created for the Sheffield Steph will be spear- Stancill Brewery is pleased make the effort! Everyone 40th Beer Festival last heading and extending to announce their latest will be able to enjoy the year and sold out as soon our Stancill Pilsner offer Stancill party this Hal- live music and fabulous as it was brewed.