Steel City Brewing - Our Beers Or, you can tell us your opinion! Where it got to : Brew 29 : Full Marx, 28/11/2011 Forged at The Bull , Highgate, London, in collaboration with Steve and Dan of London Brewing ABV : 4.3% Colour : 6 EBC = Pale Style : Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale Gazza visited this new brewpub in leafy Highgate not long after they had started brewing their own beers back in Autumn 2011 and immediately hit it off with Dan, the owner, and Steve, head brewer, after they let slip they'd been the team behing the "Sloaney Pony" which had ordered our beers! So, ever one to piss about on someone else's brewkit, Gazza soon blagged a brewday... With a base of low-colour Fawcett Maris Otter and Herkules, Green Bullet and Columbus hops, this is a pale and pungently hoppy brew with all the hemp notes you'd expect from CTZ although the house yeast, Mauri, leaves in a little sweetness to keep it all in balance.

It's only fair to say that I was fantastically looked after on brewday and I'd recommend everyone to visit the Bull for the beers and superb food on offer there, also there was a slight problem with the beer which Steve managed to sort out... but everything was OK in the end! Why "Full Marx" then? Well, one of Gazza's heroes, Karl Marx, is buried in nearby Highgate cemetery (and in a case of Capitalism gone mad you are supposed to pay to see his grave!!!) so the name basically wrote itself. Watch out for a future follow-up brew with an even better name... ! Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 28 : The Grim North BIPA, 12/11/2011 Forged at Fortiverd , Barcelona, Catalunya in collaboration with Cervesas Marina of Blanes ABV : 7% Colour : 60? EBC = Black Style : Black IPA This was the return leg of our Collaboration with Pep and Kevin from Cervesas Marina of Blanes, Catalunya, and for this brew Gazza travelled to Barcelona to cook up what must be the first Black IPA to be brewed in Iberia!

With the hops and yeast delayed in transit, Gazza helped out by packing 2.5kg of Galaxy, 600g of Super Alpha and a pack of K-97 yeast in his suitcase (along with a suitable amount of bottled beer to keep us entertained during brewing) so the planned brew could go ahead... Fortiverd is based on an industrial estate to the North of Barcelona and brews on a lovely plant installed by Ca l'Arenys of Barcelona, the sort of plant where everything works and makes me wish we had one just like it... it's the kind of brewery that wouldn't be out of place in a brewpub and looks (as well as operates) beautifully making the brewday less of hard work and more enjoyment with plenty of time to drink beer and discuss beer with visiting brewers! Belgian pale ale and Cara50 malt, Weyermann Carared and Carafa spezial 3 plus a dash of rolled oats gave the big malt backbone for the brew and with Galaxy at first wort, Super Alpha for bittering and yet more lusciously fruity Galaxy for flavour and aroma this is going to be one monster of a beer and I can't wait to try it!

Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 27 : DILLIGAF, 12/11/2011 Brew 25 : Escafeld, 24/09/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart in collaboration with David from Raw of Staveley ABV : 5.2% Colour : 16.6 EBC = Orange / Red Style : American Red Ale Brew 25 sees the return leg of our collaboration with David of Raw Brewing, Staveley, and this time he has come to the little brick shed to see how we roll with the Heath Robinson contraptions contained therein! Using pale malt along with Vienna and a whole sack of Weyermann Melanoidin for colour, we have brewed a complex orangey-red brew with plenty of hop character as you'd expect from three of the more enthusiastic users of the sticky green bracts! US Warrior and German Herkules were used for bittering before bucketloads of Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Sorachi Ace were added for flavour and aroma resulting in the deepest hopbed I've seen since Mental Hop Bastard down at Brodies!

Dry-hopped in the fermenter and cask with deliciously pungent Nelson Sauvin hops, this should be a hugely hoppy yet succulently malty brew and should, in an event that's rare for us, have some semblance of balance to the flavour, although the hops will win out in the end! The brewday went so well - even with Gazza dropping (as is now customary) something into the just-filled mashtun, this time the mash hopper stand - that we may even do another brew! Plenty of ideas are flying around so you never know... Variants on the brew " Westby Rant " - A special for Nottingham beer festival, the right colour but wrong hops for Mr Westby!!! " It's Better oop North " - Another special, this one for Oxford. " Červenï¿½ Bez Dva " - If we do this it'll be the beer just as it comes out of the FV with no dry-hops! " A Slight Case of Overhopping 5 " - The usual performance with way too many hops added in the cask! From the Mini-kit...

" Red Eye IPA " - Red in colour with plenty of hops at flame-off, a total Citra and Sorachi overkill - but just what we like! Escafeld - The Melanoidin malt gave it a reddy/amber colour and Or, you can tell us your opinion! Where it got to : Brew 24 : Darkthrone Sorachi Porter, 20/08/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart in collaboration with David from Raw of Staveley ABV : 4.5% Colour : 57.7 EBC = Almost Black Style : Porter (kind of) People are always telling us that our dark beers don't get the recognition they deserve as we're always banging on about our "pale'n'hoppy" beers and forget to big up the stouts and porters... well, let's start with this one!

Our latest brew, our 18th at Little Ale Cart, uses our beloved hops of Japanese origin - the bizarre Sorachi Ace - in alliance with lots of Maris Otter pale malt, Caramalt for body and Chocolate malt for flavour plus some Galena and Herkules for bittering, to create a right old mouthful of contrasting yet enticing flavours; bitter chocolate, cocoa, roasted grain, pineapple, coconut... you name it, it's probably in there somewhere! With 40g of extra Sorachi Ace hops in each cask to bump up the aroma and flavour this should be a brew well worth seeking out and will prove that Porter doesn't have to be a sweet, caramelly mess but can instead be complex, hoppy and interesting! The variants come thick and fast this month with coconut, honey, almond and "biscotti" (coffee, almond and vanilla) all appearing; these have been made with natural flavours and/or extracts and should be interesting even if not to your taste! We are particularly looking forwards to the biscotti one which smelt absolutely gorgeous in the cask...

so come along to the Sheffield Tap from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th September when we will be taking over the pumps for the weekend! Variants on the brew " Alco Clag Coconut Porter " - With 500g of toasted coconut flakes added to the cask. " Biscotti Porter " - This should be interesting! Madagascan Vanilla extract, American Almond extract and self-steeped coffee liquor from hand-crushed beans! " Honey Porter " - With a whole jar of honey added to the cask. " Černï¿½ Bez 3 " - The brew without any dry-hops in the cask, just to prove how much better it is with them in there! " Knackerneck Almond Porter " (kegged) - One of our 20 litre kegs with American almond extract added to the beer. From the Mini-kit... " Commissar Swejkowski's Imperial Porter " - a strong and very flavoursome Sorachi porter from the mini-kit! Or, you can tell us your opinion!

Where it got to : Brew 23 : Sheffield Hop Infusion Team, 06/08/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart ABV : 5.7% Colour : 8.7 EBC = Golden Style : Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale Having travelled around the country emptying everyone elseï¿½s hop stash, we decided it was about time to clear out our own! Basically, our desire to experiment with as many different hops as possible, combined with our infrequent brewing, left us with too many open bags - so rather than let them deteriorate this was our ï¿½letï¿½s throw in absolutely everything and see what we getï¿½! With Gazza away in London drinking in overpriced trendy beer bars, Sheffield Tap barsteward Dan continued his training with Dave (maybe "training" is a touch optimistic, but apparently he will be doing some brewing for the Tapï¿½s forthcoming brewery, so hopefully our influence will rub off!). We started off by emptying our sack of Columbus as the First Wort Hop and followed this up with two charges of Galena, all of which combined to give a respectable 120IBU of smooth bitterness.

At flame-off we then lobbed in (in a very carefully calculated and technical manner, obviously) over 3 kilos of a mix of Simcoe, Chinook, Pacific Jade, Citra and Nelson Sauvin and, for good measure, we dry-hopped the casks with Citra. All this was overlaid on our strongest ï¿½big kitï¿½ brew wort yet (low colour Maris Otter and wheat malt), coming in at 5.7%. Variants on the brew " Bez 11 " - Without any dry hops, but you know that by now. " Fudge's Legacy" - Festival Special for Tamworth Beer Festival dry-hopped with Simcoe in memory of Chris Fudge, one year on. " Melissaï¿½s Milestone " - Another festival "mod", this one for our friends at York, dry-hopped with Amarillo. " A Slight Case of Overhopping 4 " - Extra dry-hopped variant for the Sheffield Tap Or, you can tell us your opinion! Where it got to : Brew 22 : Raw Steel, 23/07/2011 Collaboration with David of Raw Brewing, Staveley, Derbyshire.

Forged at Raw Brewing , Staveley The brewday photos are here... ABV : 6.2% Colour : Amber Style : IPA Another week, another collaboration... life does seem to be one long round of them at the moment! If this sounds like we're not enjoying it you've got the wrong impression because we most certainly are, but it does seem as if suddenly, for some inexplicable reason, the whole world wants us to come brew on their plant and use all their hops! Dave gets the blame (or was that credit?) for this one so expect, as per the usual script with us, something pale and very hoppy with - maybe - a whole load of Apollo, Herkules, Pacific Gem and Nelson Sauvin... business as usual, then, and we look forwards to using all David's hops for him! The brewday went stunningly well and we're quite pleased with the resulting wort! It will be a touch darker than our usual beers yet still packed with hops and should be well worth seeking out... there will only be 19 or 20 9's so you'll need to be quick... See what Ratebeer folks think about it here ...

Our Verdict - This was a big departure from our "normal" style of beer but equally as good! Plenty of maltiness and a long bitter finish were the obvious characters although a fruity hoppiness gradually took over and all flavours combined well in the finish to give a rich, hoppy beer which was deceptively strong and moreish. (8/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 21 : Blanes Half IPA, 16/07/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart, Sheffield The brewday photos are here... ABV : 3.2% Colour : 9.9 EBC = Golden Style : Half IPA And now, as they say on dated unfunny "comedy" programmes, for something completely different... From Gazza's chance meeting with Kevin and Pep from Cervesa Marina of Blanes in the superb 2D2DSpuma bar/shop/Catalan beer showcase in Barcelona came the first ever collaboration between cuckoo brewers in the UK and Catalunya and this beer is the result of the "home leg" (for us, obviously) of that collaboration!

A half IPA is a rare and unusual beast being, as the name suggests, a weak version of the hopped-up IPA style. Taking Brewdog's last decent beer (How to Disappear Completely) as our starting point and Grassroots' stunning Den Lil IPA as further refinement of the idea, the four of us - Gazza, Dave, Kevin and Pep - have created what we think will be an absolute monster of a brew with the biggest hop hit we have used thus far - by quite a margin - allied to a low gravity mash albeit with plenty of flavoursome malt to (hopefully) add some body to carry the huge lupulous assault. First-wort hopped with our beloved Columbus, kettle hopped with smooth and bitter Warrior, then flavour and aroma hopped with the "dream team" of Columbus, Simcoe, Citra and Sorachi Ace this promises to be an extreme brew of potentially awesome proportions! It may work, it may not, but we're pretty sure that we have brewed up something that will be remembered - for the right or wrong reasons - for many years to come! On the upside, we feel that we might have cracked the clarity issues which have dogged our last few beers... time will tell on this one!

If we have proved one thing with this brew it's that you don't need strength to have flavour... in this case, it's quite the opposite! " Bez 10 " - As usual, a single cask without the dry hops... " Mighty Hop " - A special for the Rutland Arms dry-hopped with our beloved Sorachi Ace hops! " Palin Hoppy " - Another special for the Rutland Arms just because we love playing around with dry-hopping to see what happens! " A Slight case of Overhopping 3 " - Extra dry-hopped variant for the Sheffield Tap From the Mini-kit... " Sorachi IPA " - 100% Sorachi Ace hops in an amber 7%-ish brew... expect honeyed malt, coconut, pineapple, oranges... all manner of flavours! Brew 18 : Riot in Paradise, 21/05/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart, Sheffield The brewday photos are here...

ABV : 4.7% Colour : 5.6 EBC = Quite pale Style : Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale With Dave away, Gazza roped in as guest brewer old-skool beer scooper, long-time mate and dedicated hophead Dean from Devon and this beer is the result of a long hot day's brewing in the little brick shed! With no yeast available, and the decision having been taken to experiment with dried yeast anyhow, we borrowed yet another pack of Safale US-05 from our original collaborator Pete Roberts at the Brew Company (cheers, Pete... you'll get them back one day!) to ferment the wort made from Munton's low-colour Maris Otter and a whole stack of hops which should give this brew a right old mix of flavours; peach from Simcoe, mango from Citra, coconut and pineapple from Sorachi, gooseberry from Nelson Sauvin, hefty bitterness and citrus from Galena and lean zestiness from Green Bullet are all in there somewhere!

Over 3kg of hops went in at flame-off so this should be one hop-monster of a brew and weighs in at 108 IBUs, plenty to balance out the malt in a 4.6% pale ale! Just for a change, we also added a dash of Caramalt which Dean had brought along to give a touch of body (but very little colour) to the brew; we don't want to be typecast as only brewing extremely pale beers, do we? No, so this one is merely very pale in colour...! Variants on the brew "The Rapture" - this variant - dry-hopped with Sorachi Ace - will happen, unlike the Rapture which was prophesized for brewday and didn't! "No Doss!" - A special mod of the main brew for John Bratley's 60th Birthday, double-dry hopped with the double-A side of Citra and Simcoe; only 2 casks exist! From the Mini-kit... "Spanner in the Works" - 100% Simcoe in this 8% or so IIPA... over 120 IBU.

So named due to Gazza dropping the brewery's (only) spanner into a just-filled mashtun! And yes, we did get it out, after much fishing around... Brew 17 : Weapons of Mouth Destruction, 16/04/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart, Sheffield The brewday photos are here... ABV : 4.5% Colour : 5.3 EBC = Rather pale Style : Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale Well, they are the way we use 'em! Our latest brew utilises a new hop for us, Galena as the first-wort charge, which Gazza was impressed with at Otley the other week and thought we should try out, plus lots of lovely Green Bullet for bittering then flavour and aroma additions of Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Pacific Jade... what a mixture! It clocks in at a mere 84 IBU but that's not an issue given the varieties we used at the start of the boil which should mean a huge hop flavour! And, anyway, 84 isn't exactly a low IBU level...!

Over a kilo of hops per barrel went in so there should be plenty of hop flavour and aroma, plus we're going to use our new hop-steeping bags in the FV with Crystal (hops not malt!) and more Pacific Jade, and in addition the casks will be dry-hopped with something which we've not yet decided! The main deviation from the norm, however, was in the use of dried yeast owing to a shortage of the Ale Cart house strain and so many thanks to Pete at Brewco for stepping in at very short notice and donating a pack of S05 for us to pitch in! We've used S05 once before, at Pete's during our second-ever brew, and think it's probably the best dried yeast around so we feel pretty confident something good should come out of FV2 next weekend! S05 gives a neutral character with a hint of Burton sulphur to the beer - not something we normally go for - so it will be interesting to see how things pan out!

Variants on the brew "All at Sea" - A special version (Simcoe dry-hopped) of the beer for the " Ocean of beer " cruise to celebrate the 10th birthday of the superb beer temple that is Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa' in Rome! "Aston Clowne" - this variant, dry-hopped with US Crystal hops, is named after two villages on the way into Sheffield from the M1. "Bez 8" - Bez is the normal non-dry-hopped thing we do... but you know that by now I hope. From the Mini-kit... "Sweating Bullets" - Green Bullet and nothing else, over 500g of hops in a single 9 and almost 9%... oh yes!! Barley wine or IIPA? You decide... Brew 16 : Oxymoron Black IPA, 28/03/2011 Collaboration with Otley of Pontypridd, South Wales Forged at Otley, Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales The brewday photos are here...

ABV : 5.5% Colour : Nearly black Style : Black IPA In yet another trendy "Collaboration" brew with mates of ours who are daft enough to let us go rummaging around their hop store, Gazza visited old friends from University (well, he did hand his entire grant over the bar in the Otley Arms...) the Otley family of South Wales where, after a lot of rubbing hops, making hop tea, slurping said tea and generally pissing around, Matt Otley and Gazza formulated what they reckon will be an absolute belter of a Black IPA! I know, the world needs another Black IPA like the proverbial hole in the head, but after the success of Shadowplay and the realisation that fruity hops work so much better than citrussy ones, Gazza reckoned that just one more wouldn't hurt... I'm really, really excited about this brew and think it should be very special indeed...

think about it; Sorachi Ace, Columbus, Citra, Chinook and super-sub Galena coming together in huge amounts to produce a jet-black beast loaded with Weyermann Carafa Spezial 2 should, adding in the two brewers' skills and enthusiasm for the job, result in something very exciting indeed! See what Ratebeer folks think about it here ... Our Verdict - Wow, that was a hop-fest! A big smooth chocolate and roasted grain flavour carried the big hop charge perfectly and, although I think we underhopped at the bittering stage slightly, the aroma and dry hopping shone through like a beacon! The mix of Columbus, Citra, Sorachi and Chinook in the cask gave a gloriously complex and oily hop aroma and flavour which I'm very pleased with indeed and the interplay with the malt was delightful; it must be, I drank 4 pints the other evening! (8.5/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 15 : Decadent and Desperate, 27/03/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart, Sheffield The brewday photos are here...

ABV : 5% Colour : 5.5 EBC = Rather pale Style : Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale With the previous week's brewing cancelled and Gazza away on a birthday scooping trip in Warsaw, Dave (and guest brewer Danny) stepped up to create a strong pale ale absolutely stuffed full of three of his favourite hops; Citra, Columbus and Chinook. The name, in case you've not realised, is from another of our Musical heroes this time Industrial Goth-metal top geezer Mortiis from Norway... This won't be a beer for those who think British beer needs to be brown, toffeeish, vaguely dry and with the merest suggestion of dusty old hops; no, this will be a very pale, very bitter (120+ IBU) and ludicrously hoppy monster which might even top the awesomeness of CTZ, our last brew, in the hop stakes! (CTZ was reportedly described as "almost undrinkable" by, presumably, someone who likes brown beer!) . Well, Gazza racked it on Sunday and it tasted very impressive indeed from the fermenter and drop-test... this should be yet another hop monster of a brew from us, but would you expect anything different?

There was also a brew done on the "mini-kit" of Citra IPA which should come in at around 5.8% or so and we did the customary Bez variant with no dry hops too as Richard at the Cask & Welly thinks they are our best beers (we don't agree but when there's a pin left in the FV we may as well do one!) Variants on the brew "Beards and Guts Society" - A Chinook dry-hopped version of the main brew which is named after that institution which does so much for Regional brewers, Fuggle growers and Crystal maltsters everywhere... CAMRA, in case you were wondering... "No Future" - A blatant rebadge of this brew's Bez to "celebrate" the extra bank holiday we get this month...! "A Slight Case of Overhopping 2" - Festival Special for Doncaster with absolutely shed-loads of Citra and Chinook crammed into the single cask! Will we win again? Nah... but it'll taste nice! "2 Desperate" - A pin especially double dry-hopped with Simcoe for the Rutland Arms! From the Mini-kit...

"Citra IPA" - The next in our ongoing series of single hop IPA's from our mini-kit, this time we used only Citra; 140+ IBU of Mangoey cat's piss (in a nice way)! "South Pacific" - A version of Saint Brendan dry-hopped with Green Bullet. "Bez Suchï¿½ho Chmele Sedm" - Our 7th non dry hopped limited edition brew. "Quad Kiwi" - A pin of Bez with the addition of a whole load of sliced Kiwi Fruit... will it work? We hope so! From the Mini-kit... "Ha Ha!" - A strong pale ale from the "mini-kit" hopped with oodles of luscious Nelson Sauvins... and only Nelsons! Our Verdict - Saint Brendan was, in some respects, one of our best brews to date and showcased the lively, zesty hop character of New Zealand hops pretty damn well! A huge resinous fruity, mangoey, melon-like hop aroma was a great start, then the flavour had a very dry maltiness topped by a bitter fruitiness, soft kiwi-like fruit and even some citrus!

The finish was bitter, malty and increasingly dry yet with sweet soft fruit oozing out all over the place leading to a finale of bitterness and pungent hoppiness... bloody lovely stuff! (9/10) South Pacific had the same dryness and lean body with an almost herby, bitter flavour and a lively, zippy and zesty fruity hoppiness which was delicious. The finish was increasingly dry and bitter with a complex hop aroma and flavour, increasing bitterness, and an attractively leafy, herby yet restrained hoppy finish which was very, very pleasant indeed. (8.5/10) Bez 7 Wasn't, as is usual for the non-dry-hopped brews, as aromatic or immediately attractive as the other versions yet was bitter, aromatic and had a pungency of zesty, fruity hops in the finish which led to a quite delicious finish with everything in perfect harmony... started poorly, finished well, I really liked this! (8.5/10) Quad Kiwi had a suggestion of the fruit in the nose and, more so, flavour yet it was the hops which came to the fore and pushed the fruit into the background...

I say that, yet the three hops we used are so fruity themselves that it was hard to notice if those fruity flavours were from the added kiwis or the hops themselves! (7/10) Ha Ha! was, as expected, a bit of a bruiser yet not as much as maybe it could have been with the extended fermentation taking the edge off the bitterness somehow! The increased alcohol was immediately obvious yet this was a beer all about the hops with a massive fruity, hoppy nose which was everything Nelson Sauvin is about rolled into one sniff! Lots of hop resins and bitterness led into a finish which had more than a suggestion of alcohol yet the dry, bitter, grapey and pungent hoppiness swamped everything in a tide of Nelsony goodness... extreme yet quite subtle all in one! (8/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion!

Where it got to : Cask & Welly, Sheffield (SB); Magna (Rotherham) Beer Festival (SB); Anchor, Digbeth (SB); Harwich Town brewery (x2 SB); Boggart Distribution (x4 SB); Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse (SB); Rutland Arms, Sheffield (SB, SP, QK); Star, Huddersfield (SP); Southampton Arms, London (SB); Bent & Bongs (Atherton) beer festival (SB x 2); Blackpool Beer Festival (SB); Dove, Ipswich (SB) Brew 12 : Shadowplay Black IPA, 11/12/2010 Forged at Little Ale Cart, Sheffield The brewday photos are here... Ah yes, Black IPA - the ultimate oxymoron - a black "pale ale"? What's all that about, eh? Well, over in the US these brews are all the rage at present and the infection is spreading across the Atlantic with more and more being brewed in the UK so, never ones to shy away from having a go at something difficult, we thought we'd have a go ourselves.

Brewing a proper black IPA requires very different ingredients than making a stout despite the beers looking identical; the dark malt needs to be de-husked to minimise the burnt flavour meaning Weyermann Carafa-Spezial , from Bamberg in Franconia, is the only real option, then you need a good dose of flavoursome pale malt to hold it all together plus a whole shed-load of resinous American hops to add the bitterness and hop aromatics these beers demand. Having studied (OK, drank) plenty of commercial examples whilst in Portland, Oregon, and consulted brewers about the techniques and ingredients required, we're now ready for our first attempt at a Black IPA - or Cascadian Dark Ale - and are confident that it'll be an absolute beast of a beer! It finished at 5.6% and 116 IBU so expect something rather tasty... Variants on the brew "Dead Souls" - Shadowplay dry-hopped with deliciously fruity Citra. "Černï¿½ Bez - Dva" - A lone pin of this exists at the Cask & Welly in Sheffield, as usual this is the base beer without any dry hops. From the Mini-kit...

"Martin's Fearless Sorachi Mild" - A dark mild from the "mini-kit" hopped with - guess what? - for Martin the Mildman's birthday! Our Verdict - Shadowplay worked more or less exactly how we hoped it would with a big, burly chocolatey malt taste and just a touch of roastiness but all overlain by a huge oily, zesty, fruity and hash-like hoppiness which worked really well against the dark maltiness. The finish was a crescendo of hop oils and resinous lupulins set against a solid chocolatey backdrop and, overall, this was a beer of which we were very proud indeed although, being super-critical, maybe Sorachi or Citra would work better as the aroma hop...? maybe next time! (8.5/10) Dead Souls was, if anything, even better than Shadowplay owing to the deliciously mangoey, fruity character the Citra gave to the brew and this seemed to mesh perfectly with the dark maltiness and resinous hop base to give something truly exceptional. This is definitely something we'll be considering for our next black IPA, whenever that is...

(9/10) Martin's Fearless Sorachi Mild was brewed for a mild lover by hop-heads; could this ever work? Well, yes it did! Created on our "mini-kit" and hopped with a featherlight touch (for us, anyhow) this was a very dark brown brew with sweet malt, chocolate, toast and pineapply fruit on the nose. The flavour was full-on rich chocolate, smooth and mellow, with a noticeable and very attractive pineapple hint from the Sorachi then hints of bitter dryness in the very malty, chocolatey aftertaste; it works! (8.5/10) Černï¿½ Bez Dva somehow lacked the oomph of the two dry-hopped brews yet still gave a big chocolate malt and oily hop character which some drinkers preferred over the other two... but for me it needed the extra "top dressing" dry hops give. Still, a very tasty brew and impressively hoppy! (8/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion!

Where it got to : Cask & Welly, Sheffield (SP, DS); Hunters, Kilburn (SP); Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse (DS); Star, Huddersfield (SP, DS); Rutland, Sheffield (SP, DS); Cask Corner, Doncaster (SP); Wenlock Arms, London (MFSM, SP); Harlequin, Sheffield (SP); Anchor, Birmingham (SP); Ely Beer Festival (SP); Otley Brewing (2xSP); Shoulder of Mutton, Wantage (SP); Merton Beer Festival (SP); Brew 11 : This Corrosion, 13/11/2010 Forged at Little Ale Cart The brewday photos are here... Not content with challenging perceptions of us as a one-trick pony by brewing a glorious dry stout (Marduk) a few months back we're at it again with the dark malts although, this time, the hops have more than a supporting role. "This Corrosion" is an unusual and, we'd like to think, very different brew utilising some interesting ingredients and brewing techniques.

We mashed slightly hotter than usual at 66.5c to add some body and, in addition to our usual Fawcett's low-colour Maris Otter malt, we used a relatively high proportion of Wheat malt - just under 20% - to aid smoothness and head retention, plus a dash of Caramalt for added body. A good dose of Weyermann Carafa Spezial type 1, a de-husked chocolate malt, was our grain of choice to give colour and flavour without the burnt malt taste (so as not to conflict with the hops) plus, for extra colour, we "sparged through" some Roasted Barley to extract colour but not flavour (thanks to Phil Lowry for the tip!).

Such a good grain recipe demands a clever hop mixture but, for once, this wasn't the plan and a mere three hops sufficed with Magnum for bittering, Bramling Cross for aroma and over 3kg of mangoey, fruity Simcoes for bitterness, flavour and aroma were added at five occasions during the brewing process to give the fruity hop character we are after plus, as is our wont, we'll be dry-hopping it with yet more Simcoes to add extra tropical fruit aromas and flavour! So, what will it be like? First tastings of chilled wort from the paraflow were extremely promising with lashings of tropical fruit and only a suggestion of toffeeish maltiness and so, hopefully, this brew will be just what we envisaged when creating the recipe... time will tell! The "mini-kit" was pressed into use for it's second run to create a stronger beer from the first runnings of the mash. There will be a single cask of this beer which we hopped extravagantly with Chinook which should bring an interesting combination of grapefruit flavours to the toffee maltiness of the malt and may or may not work... but hey, it might and we just had to find out!

"Red Star" - The main brew with Citra as the dry-hop. "Červenï¿½ Bez" - Our "Red Bez" will be without the Simcoes in cask... "Red Hot" - Basically Bez with the addition of three sliced chillies (grown by Brian Moore!!!) just to see what happens! From the Mini-kit... "Number of the Beast" - Red IPA? You'd better believe it, all 131 IBU's of it, 1066.6ï¿½ and 90% Chinook from our "Mini-kit"! Our Verdict - This Corrosion was tawny amber/red in colour with a toasted grain and perfumey, fruity hop nose. The flavour wasn't quite as integrated as we'd hoped with the dark malts not sitting altogether perfectly with the fruity hops, but what it lacked in flavour integration it more than made up for in full-blooded punchiness! The toasty malt mixed with the fruity hop, more perfumed (almost honeysuckle or orchids?) hops and then a good bitter, malty yet still flowery and perfumed finish with a long roast and bitter aftertaste...

so, not a total success but it was very interesting indeed! (7.5/10) Red Star had all of the above yet, as is their wont, the delicious Citra hops lifted the aroma to a crescendo of rosepetals and fruity sublimity; it may even be one of the most inviting aromas I've ever sniffed! The flavours, again, didn't quite mesh but the full-on hoppiness brought it home in style with a big hop and toasty malt finish. (8.5/10) Červenï¿½ Bez was altogether more of a well-rounded and well-mannered brew without any of the excesses Red Star's Citra brought to the party and less perfumey fruit that Corrosion. A good, toasted malt and bitter flavour somehow melded together better than the two dry-hopped brews and the finish was smooth, roasty yet bitter and hoppy... one of our better Bez's! (8/10) Red Hot was simply one of the best chilli beers I've ever tried, and that's not me with my Steel City hat on, that's with my beer tasting hat on!

Most chilli beers have too little else in the flavour and tend towards a simple fieriness, but Red Hot trumped them all with it's chocolatey flavour backed by an almost crunchy capscium flavour - you could really taste the chillies! - and a subtle yet persistent and building heat in the finish which tingled on the lips. So, darker beers do work with chillies... in this case, very well indeed! (8.5/10) Number of the Beast didn't really finish fermenting properly owing to the very cold weather and the lack of cladding on the little fermenter (now fixed!) and so the final gravity was higher than we'd have liked. This gave the beer a sweetness that wasn't sticky owing to the huge amounts of Chinook hops in there (with their bitter, grapefruity blast) but, even so, we'd have liked a little more dryness to the finished brew. Ah well, it was still a big, bitter, hoppy bruiser of a beer and very tasty! (7.5/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion!

Where it got to : Cask & Welly, Sheffield (RS, TC, CB); Hunters, Kilburn (TC); Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse (TC, RS); Star, Huddersfield (TC, RS); Rutland, Sheffield (TC, RH, NOTB); Boggart (6xTC); Mexborough Imperial Club (TC); Wellington, Brum (TC); Frodsham Beer Festival (TC); Anchor, Brum (TC); Strathmore Arms, St Paul's Walden (TC); Wenlock Arms, London (TC); Swan, Stone (TC) Brew 10 : Nightmare on Henry Street, 09/10/2010 Forged at Little Ale Cart The brewday photos are here... Our "spookily hoppy" October brew should be hoppy enough for the thirstiest lupulin-sucking vampires out there! We resisted the temptation to dye it lurid red (as adding food dye to beer is a disgusting practice) and instead settled for 7.5kg of hops in the 6 barrel brew!

We have tried out a slightly unusual technique this time in the form of "sparge hopping" which involves spreading a kilo of Amarillo on top of the mash and sparging through them to extract the hoppy goodness (which does work, apparently) and then we went mad and piled in a kilo each of Cascade and Amarillo as First-Wort hops! Magnum was, as usual, the bittering hop then we progressively added kilo-loads of Centennial throughout the boil plus a hefty dose of gorgeous Citra at flame-off for a total hop charge of 7.5kg (plus dry-hopping, of course!). The brew is 5.2% and we're hoping for something pretty good as it tasted delicious from the paraflow and should be even better once dry-hopped with Citra and Amarillo... Variants on the brew "Bez Suchï¿½ho Chmele - ï¿½est" - No dry hops in the cask to give you that "straight from the FV" taste! "Exeter" - Dry-hopped with Cascade hops for Andy Powis' 44th birthday... hence the log "Exeter"!

Our Verdict - Henry Street was yet another hop beast with luscious aromas of citrus, tropical fruit, malt and a sweet mango overtone. Malt was prominent in the flavour at first although this was soon overtaken by waves of complex hoppiness with first citrus then sticky resins, oranges, peaches and finally those sweet tropical fruits parading across the tongue. It ended with a well balanced bitter, hoppy, citrussy and malty finish which lasted for ages and left a bitter, citrussy aftertaste with a smooth bitterness lingering. Overall, then, a big success! (9/10) Exeter had a far dryer flavour without the sweet mangoey Citra to help the character and, although the lemony Cascade tried hard, it didn't quite mesh with the rest of the hops and fell a touch short in the aroma department... still, the finish was a delight of bitterness and waves of hoppiness so all wasn't lost! (7.5/10) Bez 6 showed that dry hopping is an essential part of brewing as, despite a rich hop mix in the flavour, it was lacking the finesse and power of Henry Street.

(6.5/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion! Where it got to : Dragon, Worcester (NoHS); Cask & Welly, Sheffield (NoHS, Bez 6, E), Riverside, Sheffield (NoHS); Hunters, Kilburn (NoHS), Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse (NoHS); Queen Vic, Stroud (E); Star, Huddersfield (NoHS); Bury Beer Fest (NoHS); Ring'o Bells, Bridgewater (NoHS); St Austell Celtic Festival, St Austell (NoHS); Talbot Taphouse, Ripley (NoHS); Henry's, Sheffield (NoHS); Otley Arms, Treforest (NoHS); Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd (NoHS); City Arms, Cardiff (NoHS) Brew 9 : Marduk Oatmeal Stout, 19/09/2010 Forged at Little Ale Cart The brewday photos are here...

Marduk is our second stout, the first being Black No.1 back in January, and although the recipe is similar we have learned the lessons of last time and cut out the crystal malt - there really is no need, not even in stout! We've used "full-colour" 5EBC Fawcett's Maris Otter this time and mixed in Roast Barley and Chocolate Malt for colour and flavour, Caramalt for body, Malted Oats for smooth mouthfeel and texture plus 5kg of Demerera and Muscovado sugar for... well, whatever they bring to the party! Hop-wise we have used, in addition to half a kilo of our preferred Magnum for bittering, UK hops in the form of the delicious and sadly all-too-rare Bramling Cross which will give a berryish, fruity and juicy bramble aroma / flavour to the brew plus, as is our wont, we've dry-hopped it with yet more Bramling Cross just to be sure there's enough hop character in there! The hop rate is almost double the last stout at nearly 4kg in a 6BBL brew and we have very high hopes for this one indeed...

Last time we produced a single cask of stout (Czarna Kawa) dosed with liquor in which 500g of coffee beans had been steeped overnight. This time we've upped the number of coffee casks to six although we have downgraded the coffee to 250g per firkin as last time it tended to overshadow the beer! Our plan for a chocolate and vanilla stout will happen next time, we promise... We've also racked a single pin of non dry-hopped Marduk which goes by the name of "Černï¿½ Bez - Jeden" (Black Bez) and will be at the Cask & Welly, Sheffield, in due course. Finally, Dominion / Mother Russia, our imperial stout, is still fermenting away and we will be racking that next weekend. We're not 100% sure where it's going yet but there's a possibility it'll be kept back for the Scooper's Piss-up weekend in Sheffield during December... watch this space!!!

Variants on the brew "прикарпатс кий сильный кофе" - Our "Carpathian Strong Coffee" is Marduk stout with a shot of liquor made from steeping 250g of hand-crushed coffee beans added to each cask! "Černï¿½ Bez Jeden" - A non dry-hopped pin of Marduk, there are only 36 pints of this in existence! From the Mini-kit... "Mother Russia" - Our first play with the "First Runnings" kit, this monstrous brew was as black (and as thick!) as Brent crude and ended up, after 4 weeks' fermentation, at 8.2%! We hopped it at double the rate of Marduk in order to balance the massive maltiness and, just to make things more interesting, we added a whole bottle of natural Vanilla extract... "Dominion" - The "non-vanilla" version of Mother Russia, just as it came out of the FV! Our Verdict - Marduk was like our first stout... only better!

We deliberately mashed low to give us a dry, lean body and to balance the sweetness from the malt but, for me, the star of the show were the Bramling Cross hops which meshed perfectly with the roasty, chocolatey maltiness to give a deliciously moreish yet eminently drinkable dry stout with plenty of bitterness, hop character and dark malt for everyone... plus it was pretty black, too! (9/10) Kofe was, surprisingly, not as impressive as we'd hoped and it seems as if we've veered too far the other way in our coffee additions after over doing it last time! Still, the fresh espresso flavour was there and went well with the roastiness of the brew although we'd both have been pleased with a touch more in the coffee department... another lesson learnt for next time, who said this brewing lark was easy? (7.5/10) "Black Bez" showed that dry-hopping with the criminally rare Bramling Cross brought that extra layer of finesse and flavour to Marduk although it was still a mightly fine stout. (8/10) "Mother Russia" was a huge beer in all aspects... but what a beer!!!

The massive winey, roasted, burnt and thick-as-tar body carried the thankfully natural-tasting vanilla very well and all flavours combined well to leave the tastbuds blasted yet, strangely, crying out for more; this didn't last long in the Rutland and we had some very good feedback and so will be trying a similar thing again in due course! (9/10) "Dominion" was the standard beer without the vanilla and, after a month's long, slow fermentation and a further two months in cask had developed some amazing flavours with jammy fruit, woodiness (no idea where that came from!), tawny Port, pipe tobacco and all the stuff you'd expect from a strong stout such as roast, sweetness, dry bitterness, tar, chocolate and much more besides... a huge beer and one of which we are very proud; Gazza preferred this to Mother Russia whilst Dave preferred the opposite but they were both crackers! (9.5/10) Or, you can tell us your opinion!

Where it got to: Nottingham BF (M, CSC); Cask & Cutler (M, CSC, ČB, Vlad); Oxford BF (M); Strathmore Arms (M); Boggart (2 more); Coastal (3 M, 1 CSC); Anchor, Brum (M), Rutland, Sheffield (M, MR); Star, Huddersfield (M, CSC); Sheffield BF (M, CSC); Wenlock Arms, London (M); Hunters Arms, Kilburn; Falmouth Beer Festival (M); Star, Crowlas (M); Steel City Brewery ltd - Central Sheffield - Sheffield, Sheffield Steel City Brewery ltd Log in to leave a tip here. Post No tips yet Write a short note about what you liked, what to order, or other helpful advice for visitors. 0 Photo steel city brewery ltd sheffield  steel city brewery ltd sheffield photos  steel city brewery ltd sheffield location  steel city brewery ltd sheffield address  steel city brewery ltd sheffield  steel city brewery ltd sheffield  Steel City Brewing | Sheffield Real Ale Pubs Sheffield Real Ale Pubs My love of real ales started in 2014 and since then I haven’t looked back!

So I have decided to share my experiences of the ale pubs I have visited within the Sheffield area and will add to this list as I continue on my journey experiencing new pubs and real ales. You will find details of the pubs I have visited and whether they have a facebook page, twitter account or website. I will provide a google map link for each pub to allow you to find it easily, along with a few pictures for you to view. Steel City Brewing Brewery Sheffield - Find Real Ale Beer and Cider in Sheffield Steel City - Communication Breakdown Pale - 5% Classic English Pale Ales are not pale but rather are golden to copper colored and display English variety hop character. Distinguishing characteristics are dryness and defined hop taste, but more malt balance than what youll typically find in an American Pale Ale. Great to drink with all sorts of meats including roast beef, lamb, burgers, duck, goose, etc. Note that the term pale ale is used in England to signify a bottled bitter, and in that way there is no such thing as English Pale Ale to the English.

The style is a North American construct, borne of the multitude of pale ales that pay homage to these bottled bitters - Bass in particular - and therefore the majority of true examples of the style are found outside Britain. Communication Breakdown Steel City - Ersatz Kölsch Golden - 4.7% We acquired some authentic Weyermann Pilsner and Vienna malt as well as a stash of "proper" German Spalt hops to give our brew at least a semblance of authenticity, but then we went and ruined it by adding American Crystal hops at flame-off (as well as more Spalt)... Kölsch is generally only hopped once, at the start of the boil, so by first-wort, 60, 30, 5 and flame-off hopping we kind of gave that one a bit of a kicking straight off! We plead, however, that Crystal hops are vaguely allowed on account of them being part Hersbrucker (and part Cascade too, admittedly)... So, brace yourselves for one messed-up brew; a Kölsch done in the Sheffield Style albeit with a whole load of the original parts included. Should be interesting if nothing else...

Ersatz Kölsch Steel City - Angel of Death Pale - 4.9% Shazz once again stepped in at Steel City as Gazza was putting the finishing touches to his Hopcraft brewery (which may even be brewing by the time you read this!). Angel of Death is named in tribute to legendary Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who tragically passed away earlier in the month. The beer itself has Steel City`s standard` mash of Low Colour Maris Otter and Wheat Malts, in this case followed by Columbus at first wort and Magnum at boil for 144IBU of bitterness. Flavour comes from a blend of Galaxy and Mosaic, in both leaf form in the copper and pellet form in the fermenter, plus a handful of leaves in the cask Angel of Death A SWIFT ONE: Steel City Festival reminder & beer list Steel City Festival reminder & beer list Image: Sheffield CAMRA Here is just a quick message to say the beer list has been posted for the Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, which starts this Wednesday (October 23).

The Sheffield & District CAMRA event at Ponds Forge boasts around 150 different beers sourced mainly from local breweries in South Yorks, North East Derbyshire and North Notts. The list reveals Huddersfield also has good representation with three each from Magic Rock, The Rat, Riverhead and Sportsman, two from Mallinsons and one from Thirstin. But it's far from being a locale love in with beer from Surrey, Bristol and Scotland to name but a few. The on-line beer list is well worth examining. If you click on a pump clip then most enlarge to reveal greater detail. Likewise hover over the brewery name and a click-through usually takes you back to its own website. Most of the festival's details can be found by clicking on the bottle image above. But here are two links for more details: Sheffield Steel City 43rd Beer & Cider Festival 2017 | CAMRA Sheffield & District CAMRA Sheffield & District Sheffield Steel City 43rd Beer & Cider Festival 2017 OCTOBER 2017 We have now started planning our 2017 festival and the dates will very soon be confirmed.

As previous years, it will feature over 200 real ales, craft beers, traditional ciders and perries plus street food traders, stalls and live music spread across different areas of the atmospheric Kelham Island Industrial Museum. To have a look back at the 2016 festival, visit last years website here . STAFFING As with all of the Campaign for Real Ale’s festivals, Steel City is organised, managed and staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers who do it to share their passion for quality beer and cider, showcased at an enjoyable event. Of course volunteer staff do get some perks – free drinks for example… If you fancy helping out watch out for the staffing form, coming soon. SPONSORSHIP The financial success of the festival very much relies on the support of businesses that sponsor elements of the festival such as the glasses, staff t-shirts, entertainment, bars etc. Opportunities are available from as small as sponsoring an individual cask of beer right up to the complete festival. This is a great opportunity to get your company name across to the thousands of beer drinkers that turn out who by day work in all sorts of different trades and have all sorts of different personal interests.

Sponsors also get a number of complimentary entry tickets which could be used to take clients out for a beer or for a staff party – or even for a giveaway to promote your social media presence! For more information about sponsorship opportunities email festival@sheffieldcamra.org.uk . Steel City Brewing | CAMRA Sheffield & District CAMRA Sheffield & District Steel City Brewing Steel City have gone all political in the wake of the election results! (A quick word from the editor – CAMRA is a non party political organisation – views here are from the brewer, who also advocates a system of democracy of one-man-one-vote as long as he is the one man with the one vote…) The first brew after Britain sentenced itself to five years of pain is Just What Nobody Wanted, a name taken from a Skyclad track and very fitting given two thirds of people voted against the ruling party. The beer itself is a Transatlantic Pale Ale, featuring Columbus for bittering followed by Mosaic, Azacca and Pacific Jade for flavour. An even more politically explicit version for Glastonwick beer festival has added lemongrass and chilli and is named appropriately.

The minikit was also fired up, though not politically… Sean from Beer Central came along to brew an exclusive bottling for the shop, a keykeg will also be produced for the Shakespeare. Mango Fruit Machine is, as the name suggests, a Mango IPA. Weighing in at 6.5%ish, Mangosaic features 120IBU of Columbus followed by Mosaic and Azacca for flavour, then mango pulp added both before and after fermentation. Approximately 60 bottles will be produced (Steel City’s new craft-as-you-like blue-glass swing-top bottles, no less!), look out for the announcements on social media (Beer Central and Steel City Brewing on Farcebook, @BeerCentralLtd and @SteelCityBrew on Twitter), they’re sure to not last long! Website Beer Matters Beer Matters is our free monthly mag with local pub, club, brewery, festival and campaign news. Articles, letters and suggestions are most welcome so send them in . Sheffield Pub of the Month Pub of the Month November 2016 - Now my association with the Hillsborough Hotel goes back a long way.

From the heady days of Dell Tilling, when the bar only opened Thursday to Sunday and we packed in to drink Brian Hendry’s excellent Crown HPA and Stannington Stout. Well since then the Hillsborough has gone through some ups and downs and in […] Vote for Pub of the Month! Wisewood Inn Loxley (buses 31, 31a, 763, 764, 767) Sheffield District Pub of the Season District Pub of the Season Autumn 2016 - Our members have been voting through the autumn for our latest District Pub of the Season and we are pleased to announce the winner as the Packhorse at Little Longstone. This award is for pubs in the Derbyshire part of our branch area and is designed to raise the profile with real ale drinkers of […] Nominate for Pub of the Season! NOMINATE NOWfor Sheffield District Pub of the Season Pub of the Year North Derbyshire Pub of the Year - Both Sheffield & District and Dronfield & District branches of CAMRA name a pub of the year winner in Derbyshire which gets put forward into the opening round of the national competition, the county round, which in this case is North Derbyshire.

Sheffield’s entry was the Anglers Rest in Millers Dale and Dronfield’s was the […] Pub of the Year - The annual Sheffield & District CAMRA Pub of the Year award winners have just been announced. Two are presented, one for the Yorkshire bit of our branch area (Sheffield Pub of the Year) and one for the Derbyshire bit of our branch area (District Pub of the Year). These winners are then entered into the […] Dronfield & District Pub of the Year – The Miners Arms, Hundall - The Miners Arms in Hundall, Derbyshire has been voted the Dronfield CAMRA pub of the year. Situated in a picturesque hamlet between Apperknowle & Unstone, The Miners Arms is a traditional, friendly and welcoming country pub with a pool table, Sky Sports, a conservatory and views over the Derbyshire countryside. 5 cask ales are available, […] Yorkshire Pub of the Year 2015 - The Kelham Island Tavern in Sheffield has been named ‘Yorkshire Pub of the Year 2015’ and will now go forward into the next round of the National Pub of the Year 2015 competition.

The Kelham Island Tavern is situated in Russell Street in Sheffield, and has now won the prestigious title for a record seven […] Pub of the Year 2015 - At the recent branch AGM, the winners of our Pub and Club of the Year competitions were announced by outgoing branch Chairman Alan Gibbons. Dronfield Club of the Year 2015 - Dronfield CAMRA members have again voted for the Hill Top Sports & Social Club as the winner of their Club of the Year competition, which will be entered as our area's entry into the Derbyshire competition. Diary Here are the details of our branch meetings, socials and other activities for members coming up over the next month or two. More information is available from our social secretaries Patrick Johnson or Mark Boardley – email socials@sheffieldcamra.org.uk. Public transport – information on timetables, maps, tickets etc can be obtained at . If you are travelling any distance an all day ticket is usually good value (for example the Citywide at £4.30 offering all day bus and tram travel). Where possible we’ve provided a link to Google maps to show you where the venue is.

Beer Matters distribution and committee meeting 8pm Tue 24 Jan If you have signed up for a magazine delivery run, come along to the Rutland Arms on Brown Street and collect your supply of the February issue and enjoy a beer with other distributors. If the pubs you frequent are in our area but don’t receive copies, why not sign up as a distrubution volunteer? Ale Trail leaflet meeting 8pm Tue 31 Jan We are planning on producing a series of Ale Trail leaflets including local area pub guides and/or guides to pubs along bus/tram routes with the aim of launching the first one during Sheffield Beer Week in March. We’re looking for volunteers to help with ideas, writing, photographs, graphic design and surveying. If you are interested please come along to this meeting, upstairs at Shakespeares on Gibralter Street, 8pm start. Little Critters Brewery Tour 2:45pm Tue 7 Feb An afternoon visit to this fairly new and award winning brewery. Please book your place in advance as places are limited. For info and bookings, please contact our social secretary . Dronfield & District events are listed on their branch website .

Pub Guides Visiting Sheffield and looking for ideas where to go for good beer? Our 2011 A Real Ale Guide to Sheffield And District along with the national Good Beer Guide 2017 are available to buy. Download the special 2014 SIBA BeerX edition of the Supertram leaflet showing pubs along the tram route. Or why not visit CAMRA’s national pub database website, WhatPub . ALE TRAILS FEATURED IN BEER MATTERS MAGAZINE Here is an index of the articles featuring pubs along bus and tram routes, in specific areas of the City or with a certain theme, to give you some ideas: November 2016 Yorkshire Heritage pubs THE ALE TRAIL PROJECT A new project for 2017 is to produce a series of Ale Trail leaflets – some printed, some PDF, to promote Sheffield as a destination for beer tourists. At this time we envisage a leaflet that is distributed widely with a broad idea of what Sheffield has to offer along with a series of local area guides featuring all the pubs and breweries in a specific area, or perhaps on a specific bus or tram route.

We are looking at volunteers to get involved – be that writing, taking photographs, designing the layout, getting sponsorship or simply coming up with ideas. There is a meeting at Shakespeares to get things moving on 31st January, 8pm start. Campaign for Real Ale

Question: In which English city are the Abbeydale Brewery and the Steel City Brewery?
Answer: SHEFFIELD