Beer Matters - October 2014

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Hopping down to HerefordFuggle BunnyAcornWelbeck AbbeyAbbeydaleSheffield Brewery Co.Kelham IslandSteel CityBlue Bee

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Early September bringsone of the treats of the brewers calendar, a trip to the HopWalk organized by hop merchants Charles Faram. Thisyear the location was Pridewood Farm, Ashperton,Herefordshire. Hops havebeen grown there since the19th century and the PowellTuck family have been continuing this tradition for almost 20 years.

There were over 300 UKbrewers there to participatein a day of learning moreabout hop growing and harvesting and to listen to various experts giving updates onstate of the hop harvestaround the world and the effect on price and availabilityof this essential brewing ingredient.

Alongside all of this therewas of course, the chance tosample some beer, this yearsome beers brewed in theconventional way and somewith the addition of hop oils.This may be a way in futureof making hops go further by

extracting the oils andadding those tobeer rather than

whole hops orpelleted hops. Of

course this stimulated much debate

between traditionalists and those who see

this as a way forward. Iam sure it is a debate we

will hear more of if the

growth in small brewers continues to outstrip the plantingof hops.

This year Abbeydale decided to take advantage of theopportunity to obtain somehops straight from the fieldand make a “green hop” beer.Normally hops, once separated from the bine (stalk andleaves), are dried gently. Thisstabilizes them so they can bepacked and stored for quitelong periods so they can betransported and usedthoughout the coming year orso. Green hops are takenfrom the field, separated andthen put into sacks. Theythen need to make their wayinto beer within hours or, likeany vegetable matter they willstart to rot and compost.

Because the hops are notdried we needed eight timesas much in weight, so at theend of the day we loaded upour van with 100kg of freshlyharvested Early Goldingshops and in less than 24hours they were in the beer.Indeed one of the main challenges was fitting them intothe hop back!

Making a green hop beer issuch a special thing a sort ofbrewery harvest celebration that we wanted to make a bigthing of it. We have wantedfor some time to do a series ofbeers featuring English hops,our Albion Ale series, so whatbetter way to launch themthan to start with this greenhop beer. It will be calledScepter’d Ale, ABV 4.1%and in fermenter it is tastingvery soft, floral and sweet.Final flavours have yet to develop, but with no dark orcrystal malts to hide the hops,this should be one lovelybeer.

HOPPING DOWNTO HEREFORDwith Sue Morton of Abbeydale Brewery

BREWERY NEWS


We opened our Breweryon the 1st of February 2014and since producing andselling our beers in April ofthis year we are going fromstrength to strength.

Our Director and AwardWinning Brewer has over 37years experience in theBrewing Industry, and hispassion about Real Ale andwhat a 'proper pint' shouldtaste like therefore lead himto the decision of biting thebullet and going it alone.

We have a 6BBL plant andsince producing our Quintessential, Quality Craft Ales wehave gone from strength tostrength, which we put downnot only to the excellent beerwe produce, but our newmarketing strategy. We decided we wanted to be a littledifferent from the otherbreweries but still keepingthe principles of what thecustomer wanted. So we decided to treat our venture asa story, as in life we all gothrough different chapters,with a beginning, middle andend. Fuggle Bunny BrewHouse Limited was createdaround several key facts oneof which was the Hop namedFuggle which was the cornerstone for English Hops in the1800 to early 1900's. Thereare some differing stories tohow it was discovered, but Iam sticking by this one. In1861 Richard Fuggle from

Kent came across a casualseedling in George Stace'sflower garden, the seed fromwhich the plant arose wasshaken out along with thecrumbs from the hop pickingdinner basket used by MrsStace, and is why we havenamed one of our BeersChapter 5 Oh Crumbs 3.8%easy drinking sessional beer.It was then commercially introduced around 1875.

We then chose a Rabbitwhich is synonymous withrebirth and resurrection andas we live in Sheffield where3 of the biggest breweriesforeclosed several years ago,we therefore thought what agreat place to start our 'NewBeginnings'.

The pump clips are causing quite a stir, again wewanted something a little different, we researched whatdrinkers looked for at thebar, and so we incorporateda story to each pump clipwhich follows each chapterand in doing so we highlighted the aromas and tastesinto the story along withwhat type of beer it was under the Title name for e.g ourChapter 1 New Beginnings 4.9% (AMBER BITTER) so that the drinkers canactually see what kind of beerit is without having to continually ask bar staff.

The pump clips are designed around a book with

the top right hand corner being the page turnover andthat is where we decided toadd the Union Jack with thewords made in britain as weare proud of our Heritage.

We also wanted to be alittle more personal and flexible to our customers and onFriday it is Fuggles day whenthe public can call into theBrewery, taste our beers andtake home 4pt carry out jugswhich also have an interesting story label.

We are sponsoring theSheffield Steel City 40th anniversary Beer Festival andall our Chapters will be there,and hopefully we will have aNew Chapter 7 which wewill unveil on the night. Weare also entered into theSIBA North East Beer Competition in York. We have secured 3 major contracts todate with another on the horizon which is not bad goingto say we have only beenselling for 6 months. Our baris near completion and readyfor our first paying guests forthe Brewery Tour whichstarts on 24th October 2014which incidentally is with theCAMRA guys.

Finally I know the sun isstill shining bright butChristmas is looming in thewings, therefore in order tomake your Christmas go witha bang get your orders innow for a fuggling festiveChristmas hop to it!

Check us out on our website. A warm and friendlywelcome awaits everyone atthe Fuggle Bunny BrewHouse Limited.

For all your party needs,we sell to the public, trade,wholesale and landlords.

Wendy Steeple

Fuggle Bunny

Quite a bit happeningdown here.

After months of hardwork preparing thegroundwork, a variety ofAcorn Beers finally leftWombwell on Wednesday10th September bound forItaly. The fashion concious'stylistas' of Northern Italywill for this Autumn's season be mostly drinkingBarnsley brewed BarnsleyBitter, Yorkshire Pride, OldMoor Porter, BarnsleyGold and Gorlovka. Bellisimo!!

After even more hardwork the team in S73 aredelighted to announce thatOld Moor Porter has justbeen listed regionally within Morrisons stores acrossthe north of England.

New beers:Waimea IPA 5%,

brewed with New ZealandWiamea hops that impartan intense citrus fruitaroma with subtle pinecharacteristics

Strongheart 5.1%, astrong version of our verypopular Summer Pale. Aclear, light straw colouredwheat beer with slight bitterness and a floral aroma.

Dave Hughes

Acorn

BREWERY NEWS


We’re ploughing on withlots of new and excitingprojects here at Welbeck.

We have just extendedthe cold store here at thebrewery so that we canmake sure we keep sendingout our wide range of topquality beers to your localpubs. We’ve made the mostof the ground floor extension by turning the newspace upstairs into a rathernice ‘industrial’ bar area.This means there is a permanent cosy bar area inwhich we are now able tohost parties and brewerytours.

It’s still a couple ofmonths away but you’reprobably planning yourChristmas activities already, and let’s be honest,you’ll probably need somereal ale over the festiveseason! We are able to sellyou bottled beer and casksin either 36 pint disposablepolypins, or 72 pint casks.Please contact Claire fordetails of brewery toursand beer sales on 01909512539 or Claire@Welbeckabbeybrewery.co.uk.

Did you know it’s Guidedogs week between the 4thand 12th October? We haveproduced a lovely Cascadehopped pale ale at 4.0%which was designed andbrewed by the Mansfieldbranch of Guide Dogs. Thiscitrussy creation is calledBarley May, named after

two of the active guide dogsin our region. For everypint we sell 10p will bedonated to the charity andwe will also be placing collection boxes in our regularpubs.

The official launch ofthis beer will be on Wednesday 24th September,6pm, at the Grey HorsesInn, Carlton in Lindrick.Please support this campaign and donate to theGuide Dogs charity – yesyou may be able to helpchange a blind person’s lifeby simply drinking a pint ofour beer!

The last and probablyone of the most excitingprojects is a Popup pub atCuckney House. Thisbeautiful early 18th Century, Grade II listed country house is currentlyunoccupied, however we’vebeen granted permission touse a few of the spectacularrooms for a pub during thesix weeks that the villagepub is closed for refurbishment. This will be open onThursdays to Saturdaysbetween 9th October and15th November. The profitfrom this venture will begoing to the local Yorkshireand Nottinghamshire AirAmbulance charity. Moredetails will be coming soonand we hope you are verymuch looking forward to it.

That’s all for now, we’vegot to get brewing!

Welbeck Abbey

To kick things off thismonth, we have are proudto launch our Albion Alesseries of beers withScepter'd Ale a 4.1%green hopped beer thatshould be hitting the barright about now! The Albionseries has come about inpartnership with AlbionChoir and will be championing British hops. Weplan to have a new Albionbeer each month, and coming up in October is FullEnglish Breakfast Stouta rich, full bodied 4.9%stout made with oatmealand coffee, before beingprimed with maple syrup.There is an excellent articleon both the Albion seriesand the green hopped beeron our website and elsewhere in this issue of BeerMatters.

New in our Dr Morton'srange are Gra'mmaChecker and Typopotamus both will be 4.1%with the Gra'mma Checker

being the paler of the two.We will also see the returnof White Lady, a 4.7%pale ale made with a smallamount of lager malt, withboth European and NZ hopsto give a fruity bitter finish.

A quick apology to thosewho were looking forwardto Temptation and theRussian Imperial Stoutwhich were promised in thelast edition. Temptation hasbeen pushed back in thebrew plan until 2015, andthe stout was sacrificed tomake way for the breakfaststout mentioned above!

Capacity in the brewery iscurrently being expandedwith the imminent arrival ofa gigantic new fermenterand conditioning tankwhich will take maximumweekly production to over225BBLs a week, we're justwaiting for the concrete todry!

Until next month, mine'sa pint!

Abbeydale

BREWERY NEWS


Forging aheadOur bottles of Forge

master are now selling atthe Chatsworth HouseFarm Shop and Beer Central at the market on theMoor. This golden ale iscertainly in demand and wehope to extend the rangesoon.

Forgemasters are alsosupporting The SheffieldBrewery’s cask sales by offering to support landlordswho take regular suppliesof the cask beer with an opportunity to receive freecustomised glassware, runners and beer mats allbearing the sought afterhallmarks of the breweryand Forgemasters logo.Contact the brewery atsales@sheffieldbrewery.com for more details.

Electrifying ale!Don Valley Railway, thegroup behind plans to reintroduce passenger services to the remaining section of the Woodheadrailway line on the Eastside of the Penninesbetween Stocksbridge and

Sheffield, wish to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the opening ofBritain’s first electrifiedinter city main line betweenManchester and Sheffield,which was officially openedon September 20th 1954.

We, The Sheffield Brewery Company, whose brewery is a few hundred yardsfrom the line, are delightedto be brewing a hoppy light,zesty electrifying ale forDon Valley Railway in itsmemory.

The Woodhead Railwaybuilt back in Victoriantimes was electrified inwork starting before thewar in 1938 and only completed in 1954, making itBritain’s first electrifiedintercity railway line.

DVR plans are beingproposed to feature revolutionary new Light RapidTransit vehicles that arelow fuel, low cost, easy torun vehicles that could revolutionise the operation ofrail branch lines fromhighly subsidized to breakeven, and the line toStocksbridge could be atthe start of this.

Don Valley Railway head

of publicity Chris Hyomessays:

“Alas the governmentcalled time on the Woodhead Railway, but as wellas a drink to the memory ofits opening 60 years ago,we’d like to raise a toast toa new future for the route.”

We’ll be selling the special direct to landlords sodon’t delay in ordering thismomentus ale!

Festival open dayWe can’t wait for this

year’s festival and what afantastic venue and showcase for all things Sheffieldat the Kelham Island Museum. In support of thefestival Sheffield Breweryare planning on openingour doors and the bar toCAMRA members from30th Oct 1st Nov and willoffer a great range of ourquality real ales plus a fewguests. There’ll be hot foodand a marquee to shelterfrom the inclement or Indian summer weather – never can tell! Should be greatthough so look out on ourwebsite for further details.

Sheffield Brewery Company

A great new beer and a returning classic for Kelhamfans in October.

Rye Plains Drifter 4.9%rye pale ale. You can take awalk out west with this brandnew rye pale ale. Choicest ElDorado and Cascade hopscomplement the complexmalt/grain flavour from agrist of tipple, caramalt andrye malt. A fine golden refreshing ale.

Radar Men From theMoon 4% cosmic golden ale.Makes its annual reentry tobring you an exciting adventure in a pint pot. Brewedwith a blend of Australian andAmerican hops to produce agolden ale with an out of thisworld aroma of fruit & earthylychee.

Couple of interesting comings and goings at Kelhamthis month. After 7 years atthe brewery Matt Emsall isleaving us to take a positionwith Great Orme Brewery, hewill be joining, Richard, another Kelham ex brewer & wewish them both every success.On the arrivals front a newpallet truck has arrived andfrom the smiles on the yardboys faces it really feels likeChristmas has come early.

In the shop we have bottlesof 125 Ale now in the stock.The first pallet sold out at theBramall Lane open day in acouple of hours. A greatpresent for a blades fan.

Kelham Island

BREWERY NEWS


Steel City's He's NotThe Messiah won the Silver Award in the Bitter category at Peterborough BeerFestival. Does this meanthere was a beer that wasmore bitter than 127IBU?!Seriously though, Dave andShazz (and guest brewerNoel!) are pretty please to

pick up an award, especially from a festival withso many beers.

Grateful Deaf American Pale Ale is now doing the rounds... it'sperhaps ironic the firstbeer Steel City named 'Pale'for years is three timesdarker than their usual offerings almost makesBlack IPA sound sensible!While the brew may lookmore like a traditional bitter, the taste is anythingbut, with tropical flavoursand a bitter finish.

Somewhat unbelievably(to Dave and Gazza atleast), September marksthe fifth anniversary of thefirst Steel City brew.Brewed at The Brew Company, under Pete's license,Hop Manifesto seemed

pretty groundbreaking atthe time, marking SteelCity's arrival with whatthey would later term'Transatlantic Pale Ale', i.e.a very American hop profile but built on a very English pale malt base with nocoloured malts or grains atall. The lads are contemplating marking the occasion with theunprecedented step of repeating a brew a rebrewof Hop Manifesto in fact.Perhaps the most noticeable thing about the lastfive years for Dave andGazza is just how much thebeer market has changed hard to believe now thatthey got into brewing because it was so difficult tofind the hopheavy brewsthey favour!

Steel City

Bedford brewery Wells &Young's is to revert to itsformer name of CharlesWells. Wells & Young's wascreated in 2006 with the clos-ure of Young's brewery inWandsworth, London, and themerger of production withCharles Wells. Young's hassince withdrawn from thepartnership to focus on pubsand the business is now en-tirely owned by Charles Wells,hence the reversion to thecompany's previous name.Wells will continue to supplyYoung's beers to its formerpartner.

Ten years ago, in August2004, Kelham Island PaleRider became Champion Beerof Britain (CBoB) at CAMRA'sGreat British Beer Festival.Twenty years ago, the winnerwas also from Yorkshire,Timothy Taylor's Landlordwas CBoB for the third time.This year, again from York-shire, Timothy Taylor's Bolt-maker. Who's up for 2024?

BREWERY NEWS

One Sunday last monthwe had a group of Sheffield CAMRA membersdown at the brewery, assisting in making a specialbrew for Sheffield beerfestival. The result is a5.0% ruby coloured beerimaginatively named Rubee, it is packed withthree great Americanhops: Centennial, Simcoeand Columbus, impartingfruity and bitter flavours.So look out for Rubee onbars across Sheffield andof course at the beer festival at the end of October.

Also as you read this,both Nycto Black IPA(6.0%) and Sorachi IPA(5.0%) should be availablein pubs around Sheffieldand beyond. Nycto Black

IPA is Blue Bee’s first foray into this style of beer.Using Carafa malt to impart the colour, andMotueka, Simcoe andColumbus hops for aromaand flavour. Sorachi IPA isa single hopped beer usingthe interesting Japanesedeveloped hop Sorachi Ace

so expect lemon and coconut flavours.

We also have a numberof specials in the pipelineincluding a 4.2% pale aleusing a host of Americanhops including the superbCitra and Mosaic. On topof that, we are fast approaching our 200th brew

so we feel like we shoulddo something extra specialand have got our hands onsome Australian Galaxyhops, a personal favouriteof ours. The plan is tomake a 6.0% singlehopped IPA showcasingthis fantastic hop variety.

Blue Bee

Since Tracey and I tookover as managers, 10 weeksago, we have made quite afew changes. Neither of usare new to the pub as wehave both worked here, asbar staff, for a few years andwe both know the trade well.

One of the changes wehave made is to the numberof different guest cask aleswhich we have been able toput on since we got onto theSIBA listing. Recent ales in

clude Abbeydale Moonshine,Greenfield Silver Owl,Thornbridge Wild Swan andBradfield Farmers Blonde.Future cask beers on orderinclude Acorn Barnsley Bitter, Peak Ales ChatworthGold and Sheffield CrucibleBest. We have as our resident cask ales Easy Rider andDoom Bar.

Another big change is ourintroduction of Sundaylunches which are cooked

fresh on site, using meatfrom local farms provided bylocal butcher, Chris Beach.(Even the Yorkshire Puddings are cooked fresh!!)

We have continued with alive Band night on Fridayevenings. Future bands include Fahrenheit, MahoganyNewt and Amelia Carter.The ever popular Wednesday Jam night also continues.

Amongst coming eventsin the planning are; a schooldisco fancy dress night on27th September, Kids Halloween party during the dayon 31st October and anadults Halloween party onthe evening of the 31st October with fancy dress andReservoir Rocks providingthe live music. All the staffwill dress as burlesque zombies for this event.

PunchbowlCrookes

Bar Abbey, in the base-ment of the old Abbey-dale Picture House,closed when the buildingchanged ownership, wasdue to reopen on Friday19th September underthe new name of the Pic-ture House Social. Aninteresting changingrange of bottled beerswill be available, suppliedby Hop Hideout.

The old management ofBar Abbey haven't van-ished however, they havetaken the lease on theOld Crown on LondonRoad and giving it a bit ofa refurbishment and it willfeature cask ale and mu-sic along with a simple

Inn Brief...

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food offering of burgers,pizzas and chicken wings.It is due to reopen on Thu25 Sep.

A recent planning applica-tion to Sheffield Council isa proposed 'micro-pub' toreplace a former e-cigar-ette store at 623 EcclesallRoad (near Hunters Bar).The applicants say theconcept is 'keep it small,keep it simple', with a lim-ited range of real ales,ciders, soft drinks, wine,tea and coffee. If the plan-ning application is ap-proved, there will be nokeg beer, no hot food, noamplified music, no TVsand no electronic games.The emphasis will be on"convivial conversation,"say John Harrison andChris Sinclair in their sub-mission. The pub would beopen until 11 pm sevendays a week, the applica-tion stating that: "the pres-ence of loud and badlybehaved persons is coun-terproductive to attractingthe target patronage andtheir presence would beactively discouraged."

Pop up German bar - DasFat Cat @ 23b alma street.The Fat Cat will again beholding a small Germanbeer festival starting fromthe 2nd of October , with abit of live music and a bbqon Saturday night .

A 'Hop Forward' beer fest-ival is to be held at theBath Hotel on VictoriaStreet (off Glossop Road, ashort walk from WestStreet or University tramstops) from 2nd to 5th Oc-tober.

Three Merry Lads atLodge Moor will be havinga Spooky Walk in theWoods on October 31st.Barry the landlord, will beleading the walk in nearbywoods telling spooky stor-ies. Aimed at children ac-companied by adults, thewalk starts at 5pm followedby a buffet at 6.15 pm. Onthe bar will be AbbeydaleMoonshine, Abbot Ale anda guest beer and cider.

The nearby Sportsmanhas had an exteriormakeover including a newpub sign. Tetley Bitter andTimothy Taylor's Landlordis joined by Taylor'sHavercake Ale, a 4.7% ro-bust Yorkshire Ale.

Wetherspoons next beerfestival is to be held from17 Oct to 2 Nov.

The Tickled Trout, Barlowis the latest of our Dronfieldpubs offering CAMRA dis-counts. Fot the record,these are: Miners (Hundall),Travellers Rest (Apper-knowle), Coach & Horses,Talbot Arms and JollyFarmer

The Dove & Rainbow offers10% off all local ales to CAMRAmembers, so what better placeto seek refuge when the massinflux of new students hit themain bars and pubs for theirfirst few weeks away fromhome. The Dove is a realhaven in the center of town,with its brightly painted beergarden, and where you willoften find live music as well asrequestfriendly DJs and a wellstocked Rock juke box.

The Dove is very studentfriendly too, and will belooking forward to welcomingSheffield's newest residents, aswell as the returning studentswho have already discoveredthem, tucked away in

Hartshead Square, just behindPizza Hut and the BankersDraft, by Castle Square tramstop. For the latest news anddetails of gigs and events etc,just add "Dove AndRainbowPage" as a friend on facebookand you'll happily be welcomedinto the friendly bunch of allages who like to call the Dovetheir "local". You can evenbring your own food, makingfor a cheap pub lunch betweenlectures...

Halloween is one of theDove's biggest and best nightsof the year, and this year it fallson a Friday, so you can expecta massive party with plenty offancy dress and drinks offers toliven up proceedings!

Dove & RainbowInn Brief...

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The bar at Crookes SocialClub is now being run byMaurice Champeau, who somemay remember as bar manager at the Hearty Oak inDronfield Woodhouse (fromwhere he got made redundantwhen the pub closed).

Maurice has been set thechallenge to get a lot morebeer drinkers in and increasemembership, making the cluba bigger success.

As well as the usual kegbeers, lagers and ciders thatare subject to a tied supply arrangement, he has introduceda guest cask beers on handpump supplied by Stancill Barnsley Bitter is alwaysavailable with two others onrotation. On my visit I foundthe beer well kept, tastinggreat and very reasonablypriced.

It is quite a big venue.

There is a concert room, function room and two main barrooms the members loungeand the tap room. Nonmembers are welcome to dropinto the tap room for a drinkand there is a friendly atmosphere. If you enjoy your timein the tap room you may consider becoming a member.There are regular gigs and theyalso play bowls, snooker andpool.

The club is on MulehouseRd, which branches off themain road just after the Ball; itis a few minutes walk up thehill from here. Bus 52 dropsoff just before the Ball.

A beer festival is plannedfor November, date TBC butexpect a range of beers fromYorkshire breweries at reasonable prices and a modestadmission fee. Keep any eyeon the Facebook or website.

Crookes Social Club

PUB NEWS

Sheffieldpubs by tramThe trams are now running afull service again following en-gineering work over the sum-mer to replace some rails, andfor a two week period (29Sep-12 Oct) there'll be pro-motional fares to celebrate.See the page 20 (or the backcover if you've pulled this out)for details.

So to celebrate both facts,here's a guide to some of thepubs along the tram route. It'snot intended to be compre-hensive as there are a lot ofpubs and limited space. Seewww.whatpub.com to find outabout other pubs you couldvisit and www.supertram.comfor more information aboutthe tram service.

Sheffield's home to many greatreal ale pubs, with a concen-tration along the tram route inthe City Centre and UpperDonValley. Between FitzalanSquare and Hillsborough thetwo combined routes give atram every 5-10 mins).


Across from the stop, next toSainsburys, is the Harley.Thehotel bar is home to TwistedBurger Co. until 10pm and thencontinues until the early hourswith live music or DJs. Coupleof local real ales available.

Further up Glossop Road is theStudent Union.There are twobars with real ale, Bar One isthe livelier and Interval themore relaxed café bar. Interval is

open to the public during the dayand normally offers the more in-teresting beer range.

Leave the stop the other way, uppast the University's InformationCommons, turn left at Brook Hillroundabout and you will cometo the University Arms. Oper-ated by the Uni but open to alland recently refurbed. Relaxed,traditional atmosphere, nice beerrange and proper garden.

A very lively part of Sheffieldwith countless places to eat anddrink. However, if you aren't upfor the party atmosphere onWest Street, there are more laid-back, civilised places parallel!

Closest is the Wick at BothEnds. In the day, quality food isserved with table service and arelaxed vibe. At night, there'susually a DJ and a livelier atmo-sphere. Normally 3 real ales andlook out for 'after work social'discounts.

Walk further up to the junctionand turn left and on the edge ofthe West One complex you willfind the Hop, a two level bar runby Osset featuring a large range

of their beers plus guests. Duringthe daytime, pie & peas are avail-able, in the evening is a pro-gramme of live music, quizes,games nights and more. CAMRAdiscounts available Sun to Thu.

On the other side of West Street,just up from the tram stop is theCavendish, a craft beer baraimed at students with an out-side drinking area. However,round the back, on Pitt Street, isthe Red Deer where you canescape the riotous crowds ofWest Street and stumble intowhat feels like a nice country pubin the middle of the city.There isa good beer range here, food,friendly service and beer garden.CAMRA discounts available.

From the tram, walk uphill to thetraffic lights then drop down thepassageway beside MaidaVale(also offers real ale) onto Trip-pett Lane where you will find acluster of three venues.

The Dog & Partridge is aproper old- fashioned multi-room pub with a recent refurb.Choice of local beers on the barand during food hours you canget 'Irish Tapas'.Always a warmwelcome from the landlord andstaff. CAMRA discounts available.

Also offering a traditional envir-onment is the Grapes a fewdoors up. Across the road isDada, run by Thornbridge. Afairly quirky place with a barserving both a relaxed frontroom, with windows and art, anda darker back room that feelslike a miniature nightclub. Mostnights there are either DJs orlive music. Although craft kegdominates, there are 4 hand-pumps serving quality real ale -at least 2 Thornbridge casks of-ten with guest ales, plus cider.

From the tram stop, walk acrossthe Cathedral forecourt, downthe side path onto Campo Lane,cross over to Paradise Square,walk along the road along thetop of the square and you willcome to the Three Tuns, anunusual, thin, triangular pub thatis smartly decorated but with arelaxed, friendly atmosphere. 6real ales including at least onefrom Blue Bee Brewery (whichis owned by the same people)along with Westons Cider andhome-cooked food.

PUBS BY TRAM

On the outbound platform, is theRawson Spring Wetherspoonswith the usual good value rangeof beer and food, in a convertedswimming baths.

This stop is near the Wednesdayground, however on CatchbarLane is the Riverside Café &Bar. Downstairs is an excellentlittle bistro, upstairs is a bar (only-open weekends) with three localreal ales and a terrace overlook-ing the river and football ground!

A short walk along the one waysystem is Champs, a sportsbar with real ale and snacks.

4. City Hall

5.West Street

6. University of Sheffield

11. Hillsborough 12b. Leppings Lane

12a. Malin Bridge

From Middlewood tram ter-minus there's a bus link toDeepcar and Stocksbridge,and from the Malin Bridgeterminus there's one to Stan-nington.There are morepubs in these places,however, that isanother articlein itself...

Further afield...

Sheffieldpubs by tram


From the tram, walk uphill to thetraffic lights then drop down thepassageway beside MaidaVale(also offers real ale) onto Trip-pett Lane where you will find acluster of three venues.

The Dog & Partridge is aproper old- fashioned multi-room pub with a recent refurb.Choice of local beers on the barand during food hours you canget 'Irish Tapas'.Always a warmwelcome from the landlord andstaff. CAMRA discounts available.

Also offering a traditional envir-onment is the Grapes a fewdoors up. Across the road isDada, run by Thornbridge. Afairly quirky place with a barserving both a relaxed frontroom, with windows and art, anda darker back room that feelslike a miniature nightclub. Mostnights there are either DJs orlive music. Although craft kegdominates, there are 4 hand-pumps serving quality real ale -at least 2 Thornbridge casks of-ten with guest ales, plus cider.

From the tram stop, walk acrossthe Cathedral forecourt, downthe side path onto Campo Lane,cross over to Paradise Square,walk along the road along thetop of the square and you willcome to the Three Tuns, anunusual, thin, triangular pub thatis smartly decorated but with arelaxed, friendly atmosphere. 6real ales including at least onefrom Blue Bee Brewery (whichis owned by the same people)along with Westons Cider andhome-cooked food.

Castle Square tram stop is alsohome to the Bankers DraftWetherspoons pub. Range ofreasonably priced real ales areavailable across downstairs andupstairs bars with food servedall day.

At the rear of Bankers Draft(accessible via passageways byArgos or Pizza Hut) is theDove & Rainbow, a rock pubfeaturing real ale and cideralong with pool and pinball.CAMRA discounts available.

The tram stop is linked to therailway station by the stationfootbridge and on platform 1Byou will find the SheffieldTap, a'World Beer Free House' locatedin the restored Edwardian re-freshment rooms. It also has itsown on site brewery that can beviewed, producing a range of ales

under the 'Tapped Brew Com-pany' banner. On the bar you willfind 11 handpumps - 10 dispens-ing a range of real ales includingTapped Brew Co, ThornbridgeBrewery and guests.The remain-ing handpump is for cider.Thereis also a massive range of craftbeers on keg and bottle.

1. Sheffield Station

Right on the tram stop (wellaround the corner anyway) youwill find the Wellington, a tworoom pub that hasn't changed inyears.This is the tap for the LittleAle Cart Brewery. Look out forevidence of humour from the staffand regulars. Beer garden at rear

Over the roundabout is the ShipInn, another pub that hasn'tchanged in years. Selection oflocal ales and friendly service.

Keep walking along the dual car-riageway past the Ship and whenyou come to a small block ofshops and cafes, turn left ontoBowling Green Street and this willbring you out alongside two real

ale pubs. On your right is Kel-ham IslandTavern, CAMRA'scurrentYorkshire Pub of theYearand on your left is the Fat Cat,which was one of Sheffield's firstmulti real ale free houses.The FatCat is also the tap for Kelham Is-land Brewery. Both pubs offer agreat range of beers, a traditionalmulti-room atmospheres and welltended beer gardens.

If you walk past the Kelham IslandTavern back to the main road,cross over onto Gibralter Street,you will come to Shakespeares.This has a large ever changingbeer range, multiple rooms in-cluding upstairs live music venueand beer garden at rear.

Couple of brewery taps near here.On the other side of the roadfrom Tesco, at the city end of theplatform, walk down BedfordStreet, past the bus depot, straightover Penistone Road and contin-ue down Rutland Road. Go left atthe next crossroads for theGardeners Rest, the SheffieldBrewery tap and one of the few

pubs with bar billiards. It also hasa snug, lounge, conservatory andriverside beer 'garden'. It has anever changing range of guestbeers and is known for its newand rare ales.

Alternatively, carry on up RutlandRoad and under the railway to theForest,Toolmakers Brewery tap.

PUBS BY TRAM

Walk away from the tram stopin the Hillsborough directionand down Bamforth Street andat the bottom on the left, youwill find the New BarrackTavern, a multi-room road-house. Owned by Castle RockBrewery, it serves their beersplus guests and reasonablypriced food. Live music andcomedy clubs often feature atthe weekend and the more dis-cerning Wednesday and Eaglessupporters have made this theirhome on match days!

2. Castle Square3. Cathedral

7. Shalesmoor

8. Infirmary Road

10. Bamforth Street

Just a few yards from Langsetttram stop, towards the city, isthe Hillsborough, home to

Wood Street Brewery.The baroffers their beers plus guestales and good value food.

9. Langsett - PrimroseView

Max single £1.70All day tram pass £3Weekly tram pass £10Monthly tram pass £31.50

Max single £2.20Stagecoach Bus & Tram Dayrider £4Stagecoach Weekly Bus & TramMegarider £13.50.

Promotional fares29 Sep - 12 Oct 2014

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The Dronfield & Districtsub branch are pleased toannounce the winner oftheir Cider Pub of the Yearcompetition, voted for bylocal members, as theThree Tuns in Dronfield.

The Three Tuns being aSpire brewery run pub surprises many people bymaking as much effort tooffer a good range of cideras well as their beer, although with the success ofcider at the pub SpireBrewery has started todabble in cider makingwith a test batch made towards the end of last year

sold at the pub during theThree Valleys Festival inJune.

The Tuns offers a regularly changing range ofcider and perry of varyingstrengths and sweetness,all served cellar cool. Inaddition to the real cidersthere are usually also somefruit flavoured variations,together making up achoice of around 13. A listof the current choice can befound on the bar.

The Three Tuns will beDronfield's entry into theDerbyshire round of thenational competition.

AWARDS

CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR

The Three TunsDronfield

Photo by Ned Phillips

DRONFIELD & DISTRICT

Nominate Sheffield & District'sCider Pub of the Year!

We now invite nominations for this award fromour members. Any pub inthe City of Sheffield plus theparts of Derbyshire that fallinto our branch area (including Killamarsh and theHope Valley) are eligible ifthey serve real cider and/orperry.

The purpose of the awardis to recognise those pubs

that are making the effort tooffer and promote real ciderand real perry and serve it ina good, enjoyable condition.

The deadline for nominations is the start of ourJanuary branch meetingwhere we will vote for thewinner, which will form ourentry into the regionalround of the national competition.

Within CAMRA is agroup called APPLE the'Apple & Pear Liaison Executive' who campaign for theavailability of real cider &perry.

Whilst some may arguethe Campaign for Real Alehas been won, the one forreal cider & Perry certainlyhasn't with very few pubsand bars offering a range ofthe real thing.

At a basic level, the defin

ition of REAL Cider & Perryis that which is made fromnothing more than fermented fresh apple or pear juice no use of concentrates, artificial flavouring, gas or industrial processes.

National Real Cider &Perry Month is celebrated inOctober as that is whenapples are harvested andtraditional cider makers arebusy pressing that freshcrop!

It's National Real Cider & Perry Month!

Woodthorpe Hall Apple Pressing

See the diary on page 34 for details.Sat 11 Oct

Nominate Sheffield & District'sCider Pub of the Year!

Our Pub of the Month award is abit of positive campaigning, highlighting local pubs that consistentlyserve well kept real ale in friendlyand comfortable surroundings.

Voting is your opportunity to support good, real ale pubs you feel deserve some recognition and publicity.

All CAMRA branch members arewelcome to vote at branch meetingsor on our website.

It's not one pub against another,simply vote YES or NO as to whether you think the pub should be

PotM. If we get enough votes in timewe will make the award.

Nomination forms are available atbranch meetings and on the website.The pub must have been open andserving real ale for a year and underthe same management for 6 months.

Winners compete alongside ourGood Beer Guide entries for branchPub of the Year, the winner of whichis entered into the national competition.

The list of nominees includeswhich buses to take if you fancy atrip to try them out:

The BallCrookes (bus 52)

The ForestNeepsend (buses 2, 53)

Fox & DuckBroomhill (buses 51, 52)

Old Nags HeadCastleton (bus 272)

Princess RoyalCrookes (bus 52)

The RoebuckCity Centre

Scotsmans PackHathersage (bus 272)

Vote for yourPub of the Month!

VOTE NOW AT sheffieldcamra.org.uk

The Nominees

AWARDS


40TH STEEL CITY40TH STEEL CITY

WHEN ANDWHERE...

As well as great beer and cider,we also have some great enter-tainment planned for the courseof the week. However for thosewho like to enjoy their beer inpeace Wednesday night is for youwith as it is quiet night with noentertainment.

The band for Thursday is still tobe confirmed but I am sure theywill be great. On Friday night wehave the Sheffield’s Number 1Soul band the Soulfaces, an 8piece including a 3 piece hornsection. I’m sure they will get youup to dance the night away.

For those with a more traditionaltaste for music we have LoxleySilver Band returning for thesecond year after delighting thecrowds last year. They will enter-taining on Saturday afternoonperforming a collection of tradi-tional marches, show tunes andsome more modern hits they arebound to go down a storm! Forthose who like to do a bit ofthinking with your beer then Sat-urday afternoon sees the returnof our charity pub quiz. No cheat-ing with smart phones though!

Bringing the festival to a raucousclose on Saturday night is Do$chbringing you “Maximum” highenergy British rhythm and blues.

On Friday and Saturday night wewill also be having local bands onthe stage in the marquee.

ENTERTAINMENT

In early September thebranch brewed twobeers to celebrate the40th anniversary of SteelCity Beer & Cider Festiv-al. Early on a Saturdaymorning, several mem-bers of the branch ar-rived at Blue BeeBrewery to help ownerAndy and brewer Joshbrew a festival special.Rubee is a 5% nearlyruby coloured IPA.

On the following Tuesdayseveral more membersof the branch helpedbrewer Tim at SheffieldBrewery brew Ruby,Ruby, Ruby with apolo-gies to the Kaiser Chiefs,a 4.8% malty beer.

Both beers will be com-ing to a bar near yousoon, so look out for andsee how good a collec-tion of beer and ciderdrinkers can brew beer!

ANNIVERSARY BREWING

We would like to thank the following companies for generously supporting the beer festival:

Blue Bee BreweryBradfield BreweryDyson Signs and GraphicsEaston Safety Engineering LtdFat Cat, Kelham IslandFuggle Bunny Brewery

Gardeners Rest, NeepsendKelham Island BreweryRaw BrewerySheffield Brewery CompanyStancil BreweryThe Forest, Neepsend

The Hop/Ossett BreweryThornbridge BreweryToolmakers BreweryTyzack Machine KnivesWelbeck Abbey Brewery

Fancy a works do at thisyear’s festival, why not pro-mote your business at thesame time?

Group of friends who fancydoing something different ona night out?Something to celebrate?

You can sponsor a barrel forjust £125 and your name willappear on the beer label be-hind the bar, plus your namewill be included in the pro-gramme and on the website.

We will provide you with 6complimentary tickets to thefestival and a free pint to getyou started. £25 of the spon-sorship goes to the festivalcharity, which again this yearwill be the Master CutlersChallenge. We can also dis-cuss any corporate hospitalityrequirements you may have.

For more info, please email us [email protected]

40TH STEEL CITY

Apart from the vast se-

lection of incredible ales

and cider from all over the

world on offer, it is the

mingling of people from all

walks of life, united for a

few days simply to enjoy

themselves, which makes

me love Sheffield Beer

Festival so much. They

say a pub is only as good

as the landlord and it’s

true, it’s the people who

both run and attend the

Sheffield Beer Festival

which make it so special.

When I work on the

cider bar my favourite

thing to do is to guess

which cider a certain

punter will like. When I get

it right, it makes my shift,

the punter is delighted

and many of them say

they’ve discovered a new-

found love of cider. Again,

it’s the people who make

the festival.

It was my husband,

amateur cider-maker Bri-

an Trevelyan, who first in-

troduced me to beer

festivals thirteen years ago

when we met. In only just

over a decade, how

they’ve changed. Beer

festivals really did used to

be the preserve of real life

“Real Ale Twats”, the

popular comic strip from

Viz, with which many of

you will be familiar. Blokes

with beards and beer-bel-

lies, propping up the bar,

guffawing and knocking

back their pints with

barely a woman in sight.

A few years ago, I no-

ticed that the demograph-

ic was changing at every

beer festival I attended.

Suddenly there were more

women. There were stu-

dents, not a few of them

but loads of them, in

groups of males and fe-

male friends, all drinking

sensibly with no trouble

caused. Hipsters started

to appear with a different

type of beard, ones they’d

only just sprouted to ride

on the beard new-wave.

And this new clientele

spread from its beer fest-

ival spawning ground out

into the world where a

couple of years back there

was a sudden explosion of

“craft ale” pubs and “brew

houses”, an explosion

which led to real ale sud-

denly being hip and fash-

ionable.

But it started at beer

festivals. Now, beer fest-

ivals are a must-visit for

any discerning hipster, the

likes of which intermingle

with the trad beer festival

attendee, creating a won-

derfully harmonious and

inclusive atmosphere of

real ale (and real cider)

aficionados from every

demographic, whether

young, old, male, female,

trad- bearded or hipster-

bearded. As a woman, I

particularly like the fact

that every year there are

more and more women

attending. Sheffield Beer

Festival is honestly some-

where I’d feel comfortable

attending on my own. And

I can’t say that about

many High Street bars!

Jude Calvert-Tomlinson

WORKING AT THE FESTIVAL


FESTIVALS

Keighley CAMRAThu 25 – Sat 27 Sep

Around 60 beers at this festivalheld at Central Hall. To get therefrom Sheffield by train change atLeeds.

Scunthorpe CAMRAThu 25 – Sun 28 Sep

Hosted at the Bridge Hotel on Station Road (next to the railway station)with around 25 beers. Fast trains runfrom Sheffield every hour.

Amber Valley CAMRAThu 25 – Sun 28 Sep

Hosted at the Strutts Club in Belper, a minute walk from the town’srailway station which is on the DerbyMatlock line, featuring around 100real ales, ciders and perry. Live music features and food will be available.Entry price varies by session.

Huddersfield CAMRAThu 2 – Sat 4 Oct

Oktoberfest hosted at the APNAvenue, a 10 minute walk from therailway station with around 75 realales plus cider and perry.

Sheffield BrewfestThu 2 – Sun 5 Oct

Sheffield’s lovingly curated independent beer festival, located at TheBath Hotel, a Grade II listed heritagepub dating back to 1867.

Over twenty specially selected regional and national cask ales, plus international craft beers, rare andinternational bottled beers alongsidea handpicked selection of qualityciders. Free entry.

Opening hours: Thu 511pm, Friand Sat 12pm12am, Sun 5 12pm11pm.

Nottingham CAMRAWed 8 – Sat 11 Oct

Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival.A big and popular tented festival inthe grounds of Nottingham Castle.The main bars are in a large marqueeon the top of the hill and there are illuminated pathways at the bottom ofthe hill lined with food stalls andsmaller beer tents. Live music features on the bandstand. The RobinHood beer & cider festival boasts arange of around 1000 different realales and 200 different ciders & perries. Advance tickets are advisable asit is a very popular event.

Gainsborough CAMRAThu 16 – Sat 18 Oct

An atmospheric setting is providedby a 15th century manor house andthe festival is celebrating 100 yearssince the start of the Great War withbeers from towns and cities withPALS regiments. Cider and food alsoavailable. Admission free. Open from7pm on Thursday then noon to10:30pm Fri/Sat.

The venue is a few minutes walkfrom Gainsborough Central station,which has a train service from Sheffield on Saturdays only. A more regular train service runs toGainsborough Lea Road where busesare available.

Chesterfield MarketFri 24 – Sat 25 OctFestival held in the market hall,

originally to celebrate the marketsanniversary, now takes place annuallyand features the ‘Battle of the Beers’where local brewers enter brand newbeers to be judged. This small,friendly festival features around 35beers from Derbyshire and SouthYorkshire along with a selection ofciders.

Two sessions are held each day,lunchtime session 11am4pm which

This is our guide to events that weknow of in or near Sheffield overthe next few weeks.

September

October


you can pay the £ 1 entry fee on thedoor and an evening session from6:3011pm which is advance ticketsonly, costing £3. advance tickets areavailable from the Winding WheelBox Office and selected pubs in theChesterfield area (Closest to Sheffield/Dronfield is the Beer Parlour atWhittington Moor).

Chesterfield market place is in thetown centre and easily accessed fromSheffield by Stagecoach buses 43, 44,50, 50A, X17 or by train.

Sheffield 40th Steel CityWed 29 Oct – Sat 1 Nov

Sheffield CAMRA’s Ruby Anniversary of their Steel City Beer &Cider Festival. NEW VENUE! Thefestival will this year be held at themuch more atmospheric location ofKelham Island Industrial Museum, afitting venue for a Steel City event!

Over 100 real ales plus a large selection of cider and perry will feature.The majority of our local brewerieswill have beer at the festival withsome brewery bars, there will also bean interesting selection of beers fromfurther afield. We aim for our beerlist to cover the whole spectrum ofbeer styles and a mix of new/rarebeers and old favourites.

Bars will be spread across the Upper Hall and a Marquee outside, therewill also be an outdoor area hosting avariety of street food stalls.

Live music will be available atmany sessions, organised by Saxbob(the real ale loving musician that runsthe blues stage at Tramlines festival).

The festival will also have old fashioned pub games, retail stalls, ourtombola and a CAMRA membershipstand.

The festival is open 5pm to 11pmon Wednesday and Thursday, middayto 11pm Friday and Saturday. Pleasesee separate advert/website for admission prices and more details.

Nearest bus routes – to NurseryStreet (outside the Harlequin) buses

47, 48, 53, 87 or to Gibralter Street(outside Shakespeare’s) buses 57, 79,79A, 81, 82, 84, 85, 85A. Nearesttram stop is Shalesmoor.

Wakefield CAMRAThu 6 – Sat 8 Nov

Again held at the Space on WaldorfWay, this festival features around 110real ales, cider & perry and bottledbeers. Note Friday night is advancetickets only, pay on door for all othersessions.

Grimsby CAMRAFri 7 – Sat 8 Nov

The inaugural Grimsby beer festival is being held at Bar Matrix onBethlehem Street, a couple of minuteswalk from Grimsby Town railway station (SheffieldCleethorpes trainsstop here every hour) offering freeadmission to CAMRA members anda range of just over 20 real ales plusa small selection of ciders.

Rotherham CAMRAThu 13 – Sat 15 Nov

New York Beer Festival held at theNew York Football Stadium, 5minutes walk from Rotherham Central Station and less than 10 minuteswalk from Rotherham bus interchange, this festival offers a range ofaround 70 mostly local real ales pluscider & perry, continental beers, wineand entertainment. Hot food (principally pies) available.

Advance tickets are advisable asthe event is popular and tickets arenot always available on the door.Tickets can be ordered online andCAMRA members get their first pintincluded in the price.

Frequent and fast trains run fromSheffield to Rotherham, there are alsoregular direct buses on routes 69 andX78 operated by First.

November

FESTIVALS


The following are cryptic clues related in one way or anotherto a 75th Anniversary (and others) or the work of TBPF.

1. What do you get if you score three times + half score+ half of a half score? (74)

2. Your wife wouldn’t mind you throwing this rock at heron this occasion. (7)

3. Who were those bugs who bit Uncle Sam all those yearsago? (3, 7)

4. What the old sailor may expect to receive on thisanniversary? (4)

5. Accommodation offered by TBPF in the west countrywhere part of a pig’s leg smoked by a northern streamplayed about with a blow gun. (7, 8)

6. Spoil arose anew to raise the aim of this quiz. (5, 9)

7. All should become clear on the 15th. (7)

8. Twas on the Ides of March that the modern day Antony& Cleopatra would have for the first time aroundcelebrated a golden event. (7, 6 & 9, 6)

9. No time for mixed talks whilst basin breaking – whichleads us to the developers of polio vaccines. (4, 5)

10. An alternative to this tot somehow could result in youbeing given a bracing experience by him or her. (9)

11. There’s no way with a confused brain or regents couldhe have run that fast. But he did – it’s on the record –it was a gem of a year! His running mate couldn’t stoptalking about it (once he got his breath back?). (5, 9)

12. Is this the colour of the ale CAMRA members will becelebrating with this year? (4)

13. Weave rug as gift on this occasion. (5)

14. After effects which lead to moodily person? TBPF doestry to help those suffering from this. (4, 5, 8)

15. Probably not the preferred container for CAMRAmembers when celebrating this festival. (3)

16. Even though he wrote bugger all, on reflection he’swell remembered. (5, 6)

17. One way of coping with the ups and downs of life. (5, 4)

18. 4 fatalities short of a century but a quarter of a centurylater we’re still looking for those accountable for thattragedy. (3, 12, 8)

19. Can CAMRA members remember what they werecelebrating 3 years ago? (8, 8)

20. Steal nine quinces? Naughty! We’ll not be around toenjoy them by this time but no doubt the TBPF will becelebrating this anniversary. (16)

DIAMOND

Any additional donations from family or friends willbe gratefully received and should be sent to: TBPF75th Anniversary Quiz, c/o 80 Kendal Road,Sheffield S6 4QH (cheques payable to: The BritishPolio Fellowship).

CHARITY QUIZ 2014

QUIZ ANSWERS

The British Polio Fellowship 75th Anniversary Quiz

This was a very closely contested quiz which resulted in mybeing a little bit mean by only awarding ½ marks to entrantswho submitted numerical answers (even though these werecorrect). Now, before those of you who did this start booing andhissing, I’ll hastily add that you did also get at least one other

answer wrong so, perhaps, you’ll forgive me? By the way, Isuspect that a couple of the entrants know me as they suggesteda possible answer to Q17 as ‘Drink beer’. No comment!

Total proceeds included some very generous donations, forwhich many thanks, were £220. The winner was Roy Smith,Sheffield S6 who had a perfect score of 20/20. Roy has, verykindly, donated his prize money to TBPF and consequently theywill receive the total proceeds. Roy’s generosity is very muchappreciated as is your support of my quiz and the work of TBPF.

For further information about the work of The British PolioFellowship visit their website. For details of local or regional branchactivities please contact Ann Kay ([email protected]).

British Polio Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales (1108335) and in Scotland(SC038863). A company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales No. 5294321.

SEVENTYFIVE

THE BEATLES

SALT

BURNHAM BUNGALOW

POLIO AWARENESS

CRYSTAL

RICHARD BURTON & ELIZABETH TAYLOR

(JONAS) SALK, (ALBERT) SABIN

ORTHOTIST

ROGER BANNISTER

RUBY

SUGAR

POST POLIO SYNDROME

TIN

DYLAN THOMAS

STAIR LIFT

THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER

FORTIETH BIRTHDAY

SESQUICENTENNIAL

Guided pub crawl8pm Fri 26 Sep

Our monthly ‘walk about’ takes youto pubs in a different area each time,possibly introducing you to some youmight not have visited before. Thistime we are in the City Centre for ‘Notthe West Street crawl’. Meet at theSwim Inn Wetherspoons on GlossopRoad then depending on time we aimto include some or all of the following – Bath Hotel, The Hop, Devonshire Cat, Red Deer, Dada, Grapes,Dog & Partridge, Three Tuns andThree Cranes.

There is plenty of public transportto West Street – its on the Blue andYellow tram route along with busroutes 51,52,70,95 and 120.

RambAleSat 27 Sep

Our monthly country walk, takenat a leisurely pace enjoying thescenery and stopping off at one or tworeal ale pubs along the way.

Annual Beer Census12pm Sat 4 Oct

(aka Beer Capital Survey) A numberof towns and cities across the UK nowdo this survey, partly to gather usefulcampaigning data that takes the pulseof the local beer scene but also for a bitof light hearted competition to seewhere can be named the Beer Capital ofEngland on the basis of beer choice!

A number of pub crawls will be ledaround Sheffield on the same day andin each pub we record the beer range onthe bar along with, where possible,prices. At the end of the day this data iscollated to see how many different beerswere available along with which aremost commonly sold, average prices etc.

As well as the business angle it is alsoa great day out and the opportunity tovisit pubs in an area of the city you don’tnormally visit. The suburban and ruralpub crawls start at midday, the CityCentre crawls at 11am and Kelham Island/Upper Don Valley crawls at 7pm.

If you are joining us on a suburbanor rural crawl we suggest you buy acitywide all day bus and tram ticket for£4.50.

The current choice of start points are:Old Mother Redcap, Bradway(bus 25, 25A, M17)Three Merry Lads, Lodge Moor(bus 51)Mount Pleasant, Norton Lees(bus 20A)Commercial, Chapeltown(bus 265)Banner Cross(bus 65/70/81/82/83/88/272)Old Grindstone (bus 52)Bankers Draft(for City Centre crawls)Red Deer (for evening crawls)

Sheffield & District

Info and bookings:Richard Ryan (see over page)

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Branch meeting8pm Tue 7 Oct

Our usual formal monthly get together to discuss pub, club and brewery news, campaigning issues, awardsand more – all over a pint or two ofcourse. All members are invited. Thevenue this month is the Mount Pleasant on Derbyshire Lane (TBC). Getthere on bus 20A.

Festival planning meeting8pm Tue 21 Oct

We finalise plans for our Steel CityBeer & Cider Festival to be held thisautumn. The meeting venue is theNew Barrack Tavern on PenistoneRoad. Bus 53 and 79A passes the pub.

Evening at Fuggle Bunny7pm Fri 24 Oct

A pre beer festival social, a brewery tour with beer and food includedat Fuggle Bunny Brewery. Cost £20.We are getting there by tram – thebrewery is a short walk from Halfwaytram terminus. Please book places viaRichard Ryan.

Beer Festival constructionMon 27 – Tue 28 Oct

We build the festival – this involves getting all the kit from thestorage locations, building all thestillage, bars, stalls etc and preparingfor open. We need as many volunteers as possible – if you can helpplease fill in a staffing form on ourwebsite.

Beer Festival openWed 29 Oct – Sat 1 Nov

Lots of real ale, cider, perry andmore… We need both volunteer staffand customers – see elsewhere in thisissue for details!

Beer Festival takedown10am Sun 2 Nov

We need to dismantle the wholething, return kit to where it camefrom, get empty casks arranged forcollection and return the venue to the

state we found it! We need as muchhelp as possible with this and thosevolunteers working with us all daywill be rewarded with dinner on us.Don’t forget to fill in a staffing form!

Subbranch meeting8pm Wed 8 Oct

The usual monthly business meeting, all local members welcome. Thismonth we are at the White Swan inDronfield. Bus 44 (or 43 and walkfrom fire station) will get you there.

Woodthorpe Hall apple pressing11am Sat 11 Oct

We join the ranks of volunteersworking at the annual apple pressingto make the legendry WoodthorpeHall cider in the village of Holmesfield. If you are interested in learninghow farmhouse cider is made andgetting involved, it is manual workand you will get your hands dirty butit is fun and in return for volunteering you will be looked after in the afternoon with complimentary refreshments including cider from lastyears batch!

To get there we catch the 43 busfrom Sheffield Flat Street at 09:55 toDronfield Woodhouse and connectwith the 16 bus up to Holmesfield.

Pheasantry Brewery trip6pm Sat 18 Oct

Our minibus will pick you up fromthe usual choice of Dronfield locations (Three Tuns, Dronfield Arms orCoach & Horses) and take you toPheasantry Brewery in Worksop fora tour and beer. The brewery tour is£5, transport costs TBC.

Alan GibbonsChairmanGood Beer Guide CoordinatorPub Awards CoordinatorBeer Matters [email protected]

Andrew CullenMembership SecretaryBeer Matters [email protected]

Rob CarrollTreasurerLocal Guide EditorBeer Festival [email protected]

Mike RosePress [email protected]

Geoff MasonPubs [email protected]

Dave WilliamsVice ChairmanPublic Affairs [email protected]

Richard RyanSocial SecretaryClubs [email protected] 293 513

Mike HumphreySecretaryBranch [email protected]

Dave PickersgillPub Preservation [email protected]

CAMRA Sheffield & District is a branch ofCAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans,Hertfordshire, AL1 4LW. www.camra.org.uk

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