Sheffield Beer Week

[jemson]

Bigger n better this year!

 

http://sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk/

 

Anyone else going to get involved?

[milquetoast1]

When isn't Sheffield beer week?

 

[SteelCityAle]

I plan to mark the occasion by going to the Shakespeare and Dev Cat for a plurality of beverages. as opposed to any other week when, erm...

 

def gonna do the Buxton MtB, some top beers going on that night!

[SpiderPete]

I can only do the Tuesday as rest of the week I shall be in BeerX beer festival.

[jemson]

I plan to mark the occasion by going to the Shakespeare and Dev Cat for a plurality of beverages. as opposed to any other week when, erm...

!

 

Dev Cat that good for beer now? Not been in for ages.

[SteelCityAle]

on the up. Liz from the Tap has taken over as manager and has already started getting more interesting guest beers and bottles

 

they're even getting some Steel City, been a while since ours were available in the centre!

[mr craig]

def gonna do the Buxton MtB, some top beers going on that night!

 

Defiantly looks like one of the stand out event of the week.

 

All this talk of beer means i'll have to nip into the Shakespears on the way home.....

[Andy C]

Monday 14th March

London Beer Showcase at Shakespeares

 

Venue: Shakespeares, Gibraltar Street, S3 8UB

Website: http://www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk/

Date: Mon 14th March

Time: From venue opening, check website

Cost: Free entry

Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th: London Beer Showcase. Cask and keg beers from the best of the capital’s breweries including Brodies, Brew By Numbers & Weird Beard.

Sheffield Beer Week Twitter Hour: Beer Cocktails

 

Venue: Picture House Social, 383 Abbeydale Road. S7 1FS.

Website: http://picture-house-social.com

Date: Throughout Sheffield Beer Week, check website for venue opening hours. Launch Mon 14th March 7.30pm

Cost: Free entry

Buses: to Abbeydale Picture House 75, 76, 85, 86, 97, 98, 218

The Picture House will be rustling up a couple of beer cocktails to celebrate Sheffield Beer Week. What does everyone really think about beer cocktails? As a cocktail mix it seems to divide drinkers – we want to know your thoughts, good or bad. Beer cocktails will be available to buy throughout Sheffield Beer Week at The Picture House Social for you to try and let us know your thoughts. Use #SheffBeerWeek to share these during the week. We will also be launching the beer cocktails at Picture House Social during a live Twitter Hour hosted session 7.30pm-8.30pm.

The Devonshire Cat Big Beery Quiz

 

Venue: The Devonshire Cat, 49 Wellington St, S1 4HG

Website: http://www.devonshirecat.co.uk/

Date: Mon 14th March

Time: 9pm

Cost: Quiz team £

BIG BEERY QUIZ! What better way to kick off the week than a quiz night dedicated to all things beer? Hosted by our talented quiz master Connor Lightfoot, with free half time snacks!

[SteelCityAle]

I tripped on my way home last night and fell half a mile in the opposite direction landing in the shakey...

 

Caribbean Chocolate Cake, Wild Brett-Brett, Cloudwater Double IPA... that'll do for a starter!

[Andy C]

Tuesday 15th March

London Beer Showcase at Shakespeares

 

Venue: Shakespeares, Gibraltar Street, S3 8UB

Website: http://www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk/

Date: Tues 15th March

Time: From venue opening, check website

Cost: Free entry

Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th: London Beer Showcase. Cask and keg beers from the best of the capital’s breweries including Brodies, Brew By Numbers & Weird Beard.

Fourpure Tasting at The Sheffield Tap

 

Venue: The Sheffield Tap, Sheaf Street. S1 2BP

Website: http://www.sheffieldtap.com

Date: Tues 15th March

Time: 6pm

Cost: Free entry, must book place via Eventbrite

Buses: All serving Sheffield Interchange

Trams: Sheffield Station (Blue or Purple route)

Join John Driebergen, Head Brewer from London based, family run, Fourpure Brewery at beer destination The Sheffield Tap. This will be an informal tasting and Q&A session with Fourpure’s Head Brewer, hosted in the Brewhouse room at the Tap. Free entry, however, it is advised to sign up at Eventbrite to secure your place: https://fourpureatthetap.eventbrite.co.uk

Women’s Beery Networking Event

 

Venue: The Devonshire Cat, 49 Wellington St, S1 4HG

Website: http://www.devonshirecat.co.uk/

Date: Tues 15th March

Time: 7pm

Cost: Free entry

Women and beer networking event hosted by Dev Cat manager Liz Casserly. An event for all levels with an informal beer tasting and networking for non-beery and beery ladies looking to try something new! Free entry, head to the main bar on the evening to sign up.

Brooklyn Brewery Big Bottle Tasting

 

Venue: Hop Hideout, 448 Abbeydale Rd. S7 1FR.

Website: https://www.hophideout.co.uk

Date: Tues 15th March

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: £15pp

Buses: to Abbeydale Road 75, 76, 85, 86, 97, 98, 218

Brooklyn Brewery’s UK ambassador will be hosting a big bottle (750mls) tasting at Hop Hideout. This event is now sold out.

Abbeydale Brewery Host #CraftBeerHour

 

Venue: Rising Sun, 471 Fulwood Road, S10 3QA

Website: http://www.risingsunsheffield.co.uk/

Date: Tues 15th March

Time: 9-10pm

Cost: Free entry

Buses:

Abbeydale Brewery host #craftbeerhour on Twitter to celebrate their 20th birthday. Join them in person and/or online to find out about their upcoming special anniversary beers and events. Follow @AbbeydaleBeers and use the hashtag #craftbeerhour to join in.

 

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Wednesday 16th March

The Five Points at BrewDog Sheffield

 

Venue: BrewDog, 5-6, Eldon Court, 108-110 Devonshire St. S3 7SF.

Website: https://www.brewdog.com/bars/uk/sheffield

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 5pm

Cost: Free entry

Buses: Buses to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

The Five points Brewing Co will be at BrewDog Sheffield during Sheffield Beer Week for a tap takeover and meet the brewer event. Their beer will be on the bar all evening and folks from The Five Points will be on hand from 5pm for a chat about their brewery, beer and what they’ve been up to, so come down to this informal meet up and have a beer!

Hump Day Social

 

Venue: Various in Sheffield city centre

Date: Wed 16th March

Buses: to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Time: 6pm

Cost: Free entry

Celebrate Hump Day with a mini city centre pub trail hosted by Sheffield food and drink blogger Clare Tollick (@feastandglory). Kicking off at 6pm this event will take in six pubs and bars. It will be a great way to meet up with like-minded beer lovers from across the city, and we’ll be asking attendees to keep it social online too. Using Twitter, Facebook, Untapped and Instagram let’s get social and share the beers we try whilst spreading the word about the fabulous venues we’ll be visiting! Join from the start or at a venue along the way. Register your attendance by tweeting the event organiser, Clare Tollick, at @FeastAndGlory

Itinerary: The Red Deer 6-7pm / The Bath Hotel 7-8pm (Tiny Rebel tap takeover) / Anchorage 8-9pm / The Devonshire Cat 9-10pm / The Old House 10-11pm / Brewdog 11-12pm (Five Points tap takeover)

Tiny Rebel Tap Takeover & Meet The Brewer

 

Venue: The Bath Hotel, 66-68 Victoria St, S3 7QL

Website: http://www.beerinthebath.co.uk/

Date: Wed 16th March

Buses: to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Time: 6pm

Cost: Free entry

Four cask & four kegs lines dedicated to Tiny Rebel Brewery from Wales, who won Champion Beer of Britain 2015. The Tiny Rebel guys will be onsite from 6pm. The Hump Day Social (listed above) will be passing through, if you’d like to join in the city centre mini pub trail.

Francis Newton’s Sheffield Beer Week Pub Quiz

 

Venue: The Francis Newton, Clarkehouse Rd, Sheffield. S10 2LA.

Website: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/south-yorkshire/the-francis-newton-sheffield

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: £1 per team

Buses: to Glossop Road 6, 120, 271

Join quizmaster and Francis Newton Manager Andrew as he hosts a special Sheffield Beer Week Quiz. Expect questions focused on beer and Sheffield in this weekly quiz. Winner takes jackpot and additional donations go to CLIC Sargent charity. Free chip butties at half time. Max 6 per team.

Karma Citra Beer & Food Pairing in association with Louro Portuguese Deli

 

Venue: The Greystones, Greystones Road. S11 7BS

Website: http://www.mygreystones.co.uk

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: £20pp (Tickets at The Greystones or email to book Karmacitra@gmail.co.uk)

Karma Citra team up with Moor Market based Portuguese deli Louro to host this beer and food pairing evening. Expect five craft beers alongside five cured meats and a guided tour through the flavours over the course of this evening. In addition you’ll receive a delicious sharing style Portuguese tapas board with cheese, olives and pickles.

Great Heck Meet the Brewer

 

Venue: The Devonshire Cat, 49 Wellington St, S1 4HG

Website: http://www.devonshirecat.co.uk/

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: free entry

Meet the Brewer and Tutoured Beer Tasting with the one and only Denzil from Great Heck. Hops and hilarity guaranteed.

Belgian Beer Tasting hosted by Hop Hideout & Shakespeares

 

Venue: Shakespeares, 146-148 Gibraltar Street. S3 8UB

Website: http://www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 8pm

Cost: £10pp

Buses: to Gibraltar Street 57, 61, 62, 81,82,85, 86.

A joint beer tasting event held at Shakespeares pub shining the light on Belgian beer and its influence across the world. Think classic beer styles, new Belgian breweries and US/UK breweries influenced by the Belgian brewing tradition. Jules and Chris will take your tastebuds on a tour highlighting this country’s incredible history and influence. Includes 5 samples of beer, £10pp, book places via Shakespeares.

Meet the Brewer Traffic Street Special (TSS) Dan Gilliland with Lewis Townsend from Castle Rock Brewery

 

Venue: New Barrack Tavern, 601 Penistone Rd, Sheffield. S6 2GA

Website: http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/new-barrack-tavern/

Date: Wed 16th March

Buses: to Penistone Road 7, 8, 86

Tram: Yellow tram to Bamforth Street.

Time: 8pm

Cost: Free entry

New Barrack Tavern plays hosts to Castle Rock Brewing and their experimental off shoot Traffic Street Special for a Meet the Brewer session. As Castle Rock explain TSS was launched in 2014, “The range of beers are crafted using our new five barrel fermenting vessel and are designed to challenge conventions, with our Traffic Street Special Developer Dan Gilliland given the freedom to experiment with not only a variety of different flavours and yeasts, but also with the process itself”.

With live music at 9pm from The Stamp Collectors.

Sheffield CAMRA & Reet Ale Pubs: Beer Tasting Competition

 

Venue: Three Tuns, 39 Silver Street Head. S1 2DD

Website: http://threetunssheffield.co.uk/

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 8pm

Cost: £5 (inc 5 thirds beer)

Your ticket includes a number of tasting samples of mystery beers from the pub cellar, along with a sheet containing a list of beers with tasting notes. Using only your sense of taste and smell, you need to identify which beer is which. There will be a prize for the participant that gets the most beers correct with a tie breaker round if necessary! (For those that want to come to the pub early, the normal pub quiz precedes the beer tasting competition and food is available until 7pm).

Meet the Brewery with Brass Castle at Kelham Island Tavern

 

Venue: Kelham Island Tavern, Russell St. S3 8RW

Website: http://www.kelhamtavern.co.uk/

Date: Wed 16th March

Time: 8pm

Cost: Free entry

Brass Castle from Malton, North Yorkshire brew great go to beers alongside big Yorkshire strong aged ales with black treacle (Wallop). Find out more about this brewery by joining this hosted meet the brewery session at award winning pub the Kelham Island Tavern.

 

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Thursday 17th March

The Brew Foundation at Craft & Dough

 

Venue: Craft & Dough, Kelham Island

Website:http://www.craftanddough.co.uk

Date: Thurs 17th March

Time: 5pm

Cost: Free entry

James from The Brew Foundation will be at Craft & Dough, Kelham Island, at 5pm on the 17th March to share his journey on his recently launched Sheffield brewery. Interested to hear how he started his new beer venture, join the conversation, it’s free entry!

Intrepid Brewing Tap Takeover

 

Venue: Interval Bar, Sheffield University

Website: http://su.sheffield.ac.uk/food-drink/interval

Date: Thurs 17th March

Time: 5pm

Cost: Free entry

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to top West Street

Hope Valley brewery Intrepid take over the taps at Sheffield University Interval Bar, entry open to all. Buy a beer and enjoy discovering this new brewery.

Thornbridge Meet The Brewer & #First Pour of new Irish Stout

 

Venue: The Bath Hotel, 66-68 Victoria St, S3 7QL

Website: http://www.beerinthebath.co.uk/

Date: Thurs 17th March

Buses: to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Time: 6pm

Cost: Free entry

Join Thornbridge Brewery for first pour tastings of their newly released beer – a dry Irish stout released on St Patrick’s day. Continue celebrations at the Bath Hotel with a further ticketed event listed below (Thornbridge Hall Tasting from 8pm, £5pp).

Brass Castle Brewery Meet The Brewer

 

Venue: Tramshed, 51 Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S8 0RL

Website: https://www.facebook.com/The-Tramshed-411632215664267/

Date: Thurs 17th March

Buses: To Chesterfield Road 20, 24, 25, 43, 43a, 44

Time: 7pm

Cost: Free entry

North Yorkshire’s Brass Castle will be hosting this free Meet the Brewer Night. Brass Castle and The Tramshed pair up to explore beer and food pairings. Free entry; book your place in advance via The Tramshed.

Stancill Brewery Tap Takeover & Meet the Brewer at The Red Deer

 

Venue: The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield. S1 4DD

Date: Thurs 17th March

Buses: to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Time: 7pm

Cost: Free entry

Buses: to mid West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Stancill Brewery join forces with The Red Deer to showcase their beers and host a Meet the Brewer session at this ale friendly city centre pub. Expect Stancill classics such as their Barnsley Bitter alongside specials like their South Pacific pale ale. Free entry.

Meet the Brewer & Tap Takeover with Chantry Brewery

 

Venue: Railway Hotel, 184 Bramall Lane. S2 4RF

Date: Thurs 17th March

Time: 7pm

Cost: Free entry

An opportunity to share a pint and a chat with the guys from Chantry Brewery in Rotherham. There’ll be examples of their pales, bitters, stouts and porters on tap.

Grab a half of all 5 beers for only £5 and join in the tasting!

Followed by a Sheffield & Beer themed quiz from 8.30pm

Meet the Brewers with Exit 33 & Emmanuales

 

Venue: The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, S3 8GG

Date: Thurs 17th March

Time: 7pm

Cost: Free entry

A double meet the brewer event with Sheffield brewers at The Harlequin in Kelham Island. Join Exit 33 Brewing in their tap pub alongside new ‘nano’ brewery Emmanuales. Both breweries will have their beers on the bar. Buy a beer and join in this free meet the brewers session to discover more behind both breweries and their beers.

Thornbridge Hall Bottle Tasting / Brewer Q & A

 

Venue: The Bath Hotel, 66-68 Victoria St, S3 7QL

Website: http://www.beerinthebath.co.uk/

Date: Thurs 17th March

Buses: to West Street 6, 10, 10a, 51, 52, 120, 271

Tram: Blue or Yellow tams to West Street

Time: 8pm

Cost: £5pp, tickets via The Bath Hotel

Five tasters of the exclusive Thornbridge Hall bottle range, including barrel aged specials and collaboration brews. Tickets £5 pp sold at The Bath Hotel.

St Patrick’s Day Stout & Porter Tasting hosted by Shakespeares & Beer Central

 

Venue: Shakespeares, 146-148 Gibraltar Street. S3 8UB

Website: http://www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Date: Thurs 17th March

Time: 8pm

Buses: to Gibraltar Street 57, 61, 62, 81,82,85, 86.

Cost: £10pp

This St Patrick’s day join Shakespeares and Beer Central as they look beyond Guinness and together present 6 different dark beers. Expect a range of styles from classic dry stouts most associated with the Irish tradition, to big strength historic drenched styles such as Baltic porter and mega hopped big strength Imperial stouts. Sign up at Shakespeares or Beer Central.

 

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Friday 18th March

Buxton Brewery Tap Takeover & Meet the Brewers

 

Venue: Shakespeares, 146-148 Gibraltar Street. S3 8UB

Website: http://www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Date: Fri 18th March

Time: 5pm

Cost: Free entry

Showcasing four keg and four cask (yes, cask!) from the brilliant Buxton Brewery, rated in the top 100 brewers in the world in 2015 by beer rating website Rate Beer (http://www.ratebeer.com/ratebeerbest/BestBrewers-World2016.asp). Beers will include Bomba Generation 4 Imperial stout innoculated with a 1970’s Brettonomyces yeast strain, and The Living End Bourbon Barrel aged stout and their collaboration with Omnipollo of Sweden, Cloudberry Ice Cream IPA. The brewers will be here from 5 to talk about the beers and brewery.

Sheffield Beer Week Twitter Hour: Thornbridge Brewery Home Brew Forum

 

Venue: Online only

Date: Fri 18th March

Time: 7-8pm

Join Chris Lewington from Thornbridge Hall during this Sheff Beer Week Twitter Hour on home brewing. Looking for hints and tips or even ideas for the next brew? Join in online for this unique home brew forum. You’ll also get to hear the lowdown on Thornbridge Hall beers.

Founders Brewing Tasting at Hop Hideout

 

Venue: Hop Hideout, 448 Abbeydale Rd. S7 1FR.

Website: https://www.hophideout.co.uk

Date: Fri 18th March

Buses: 75, 76, 85, 86, 97, 98, 218

Time: 8.30pm

Cost: £10pp

Specialist, award-winning, beer shop Hop Hideout welcomes Tim from Founders and Will from Vertical Drinks to host this special Founders Tasting as part of Sheffield Beer Week celebrations. This Michigan based brewery produce outstanding beers from Dirty ******* to All Day IPA and the ridiculously great tasting impy barrel aged stout KBS. They’ve recently announced news on expansion, and, had further investment. So there’s lot to find out about this brewery over the course of the evening. Founders have visited Sheffield before, where they collaborated with Abbeydale Brewery a couple of years back; so there’s existing connections and stories to share with the city. Inc 5 samples beer. This event is now sold out.