hiya,

where are the best pubs in sheffield to go for the tasty ales??

something nice and golden please - no jokes thanks!!

The Devonshire Cat, in the Devonshire Quarter, near Unite student accomodation. This place sells literally hundreds of different types of beer, name a country or fruit it is from and they probably have it!

Great for a tasting session!

Sheaf View in Heeley. Loads of cheap, well kept tasty ales. Guests galore, but i stick with the local stuff from Abbeydale brewery. no juke box, no bandits, no darts or pool. just cheap tasty ales.

see you there!

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Castle Eden's A Good Pint.Never Seem To See It That Often Though These Days.They Used To Have It In My Local (The Freedom On South Road,Hi Al & Mary),These Days We Have To Make Do With Moonshine.

Why, CAMRA Yorkshire Pub of the year Kelham Island Tavern (http://www.kelhamislandtavern.co.uk/) of course! If you like golden ales you should be OK with the popular Brewers Gold in there amongst the many guests.
And when you're done in there, nearby are the Fat Cat, Riverside, Cask and Cutler and Gardeners Rest all serving an excellent selection :thumbsup:

We Went In The Cask & Cutler Once.Didn't Like The Attitude Of The Barman Who Served Us.Big Fella He Was,Had A Towel Over His Shoulder.Got All Snotty When My Mate Innocently Ask For A JD & Coke For His Wife.
Never Been Back Since.It's About Time They Got A New Sign Though,It Looks A Right Mess.

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Just posted to endorse the recommendations of Dev Cat and especially the Sheaf View ...

Originally posted by Meaks
Why, CAMRA Yorkshire Pub of the year Kelham Island Tavern (http://www.kelhamislandtavern.co.uk/) of course! If you like golden ales you should be OK with the popular Brewers Gold in there amongst the many guests.
And when you're done in there, nearby are the Fat Cat, Riverside, Cask and Cutler and Gardeners Rest all serving an excellent selection :thumbsup:

KIT is OK if you like a head on your beer that disappears after a couple of sups.

Like a lot of beer exhibition pubs it's easy to get a pint that's been stood in the pipes for an hour or so.

IMHO more of a beer anoraks pub than a beer drinkers pub.

And the Cask and Cutler is one of the loppiest boozers I've seen in ages.

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Wells' Banana Bread Beer & McEwan's Champion Ale Are Also A Nice Little Tipple.The Banana Bread Beer You Can Get In Morrisons.Try One (If You Like Bananas)

the grapes usualy has a few guest ales ... its got absolution and moonshine (from sheffields own abbeydale brewery,champion lads!)

tasty stuff,but the Dev cat is a must for ale fans

the dev cat has a great slelection of beers but they don't look after their pumps so can taste a bit nasty.
Best pints I've found are at the Kelham Island Tavern, the Fat Cat, the New Barrack Tavern and the gardeners rest. They're not just old mans pubs either, there the favourite pubs for my crowd and we're only 25ish, they just have great beer and friendly environments

I'm Not Too Keen On The Devonshire Cat.It May Have Good Beers,But By The Time You Get Served-You Need One!
For Such A Big Pub,The Bar Size Is Miniscule,So It Takes Ages To Get Served When They're Busy.It Really Could Do With A Re-Design.
The Red Lion-Just Off Arundel Gate Is A Nice Pub.It Doesn't Tend To Attract Many Idiots On A Staturday Night And Strangely There's Quite A Lot Of Older People Go In There.I Didn't Think Old People Went Into Town On A Saturday Night 'Till I Went In There.

Easily the Rutland in town, it's permanently got seven different ales on, great snap, and a lovely beer garden.

Dev cat? Might be alright if it
A) had an atmosphere
B) They cleaned there lines occassionally
C) The staff actually knew what they served.

Dev Cat has always seemed to be a pub for people that don't like to go to pubs. Soulless.

well theres a few eye openers bout the cat for me

Dev cat is great for daytime or after work drinking but is pretty horrendous on fri or sat nights, some of the staff know there beers but not all, think you find the weekend staff aren't as knowledgable as the rest

If I was in there on a weekend, i may as well retire from having fun and sit in a field eating sheep dung.

:)

Originally posted by Longcol
KIT is OK if you like a head on your beer that disappears after a couple of sups.

Like a lot of beer exhibition pubs it's easy to get a pint that's been stood in the pipes for an hour or so.

IMHO more of a beer anoraks pub than a beer drinkers pub.

And the Cask and Cutler is one of the loppiest boozers I've seen in ages.

The beer flies out of the Kelham pumps, its never in there for hours. I agree it attracts (like most of the pubs in the area) 'Beer Tickers' and while not being my favourite boozer it is recognised as serving the best Real Ale in Yorkshire!

Originally posted by Freebird
We Went In The Cask & Cutler Once.Didn't Like The Attitude Of The Barman Who Served Us.Big Fella He Was,Had A Towel Over His Shoulder.Got All Snotty When My Mate Innocently Ask For A JD & Coke For His Wife.
Never Been Back Since.It's About Time They Got A New Sign Though,It Looks A Right Mess.

You obviously hit Happy Hour :hihi:

Originally posted by Meaks
The beer flies out of the Kelham pumps, its never in there for hours. I agree it attracts (like most of the pubs in the area) 'Beer Tickers' and while not being my favourite boozer it is recognised as serving the best Real Ale in Yorkshire!

Have to agree, I hadn't been since it opened but i've been in twice in the last month, had some cracking beer both times. Trev and Louis have done a cracking job.

On the subject of ale, anyone know of anywhere in this area which serves Brains SA (or any other Brains tipple) regularly or has it/is having it soon as a guest?

Originally posted by gruff
On the subject of ale, anyone know of anywhere in this area which serves Brains SA (or any other Brains tipple) regularly or has it/is having it soon as a guest?

They had it two weeks ago at The Swim Inn (Wetherspoons on West Street) - my mate from Cardiff was impressed. Not much use to you now I know. :|

thanks for the info, meaks.

I always seem to miss it by about two weeks!

guess i'll have to keep on searching.

Originally posted by Meaks
The beer flies out of the Kelham pumps, its never in there for hours. I agree it attracts (like most of the pubs in the area) 'Beer Tickers' and while not being my favourite boozer it is recognised as serving the best Real Ale in Yorkshire!

When I've been in (midweek) my eyes must have been deceiving me then - I must have missed the place all the crowds were hiding, and somehow avoided the crush at the bar.

On the subject of tasty ales, - is it still possible to buy real Draught Bass ? The 10 o'clock oblivion we used to sup in the 50s and 60s :)

Haven't been in a pub for a couple of years now but might venture out again for a glass ot two of DB.

The Devonshire Cat has a cracking range of beers

Originally posted by Greybeard
On the subject of tasty ales, - is it still possible to buy real Draught Bass ? The 10 o'clock oblivion we used to sup in the 50s and 60s :)

Haven't been in a pub for a couple of years now but might venture out again for a glass ot two of DB.

I don't mind a pint of that meself. The Broadfield sells it.

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I'm sure that these have probably already been said

Dev cat (but not at the weekend)

the Sheaf view

and the fat cat on alma street (get in early as its small)

The White Lion on London Road has some fine guest ales.

My favourite at the moment is an ale called Miss Saucy. Very nice indeed.

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