Anyone recommend a real ale pub that's not one of the following:

Fat Cat
Kelham Island Tavern
Hilsborough Hotel

Depends what you're after, but do any of these help?

New Barrack Tavern (Penistone Road)
The Bath Hotel (off West Street)
The Red Deer (off Mappin Street)
Devonshire Cat (off Dev Green)

and the Moonshine in the Washington is good too. :thumbsup:

i like the Sheaf View hotel on Gleadless rd nice and friendly and good for real ale too

Sheaf view is great, really good lagers as well, Budvar, Bitburger ect.

Originally posted by pussycat
Depends what you're after, but do any of these help?

New Barrack Tavern (Penistone Road)
The Bath Hotel (off West Street)
The Red Deer (off Mappin Street)
Devonshire Cat (off Dev Green)

and the Moonshine in the Washington is good too. :thumbsup:
Never tried The Bath, can't get friends to go there...they seem afraid of it being full of old men with flatcaps and whippets.

Originally posted by carcrash
Sheaf view is great, really good lagers as well, Budvar, Bitburger ect.
Give me a landmark nearby as I'm terrible when it comes to remembering the names of roads!

its near heeley city farm and near heeley bottom hope this helps

Originally posted by bladesgirl
its near heeley city farm and near heeley bottom hope this helps
Where are we talking in relation to The Earl?

the earl marshall on east bank road??

Originally posted by Carmine
Never tried The Bath, can't get friends to go there...they seem afraid of it being full of old men with flatcaps and whippets.

Errrr...there's a (harmless) mad professor type with a bow tie sometimes, but apart from that it's mostly postgrads/postdocs and the like (sans flat caps and whippets). And the tiled floor is worth checking out anyway.

N.B. I have nothing against old men with flat caps and whippets.

The Gardeners Rest on Neepsend Lane is fantastic. Quiet, but the decor is nice and the beer is incredible.

Originally posted by Carmine
Where are we talking in relation to The Earl?

Carry on down London Road away from the city centre and then (just before it becomes Chesterfield Road) there's a left turn on to Gleadless Road under the railway. Sheaf View is just up there, about a minute's walk from the main road.

thanx lazyfish im realy crap at telling people directions :bigsmile:

Yes the Gardener's Rest is good and on the 'real ale circuit' down Neepsend.

If you are looking for boozers in or around town, the following haven't been mentioned yet and do decent pint of real ale, although not all of them may be what you consider a "real ale pub":

Frog & Parrot
Bankers Draught
Dove & Rainbow
Three Tuns
Three Cranes
Red Lion
Rutland Arms
Washington
Grapes
Dog & Partridge
Wig & Pen
Fagan's

We're quite spoilt in Sheffield for decent ale :)

cant forget The Red House on solly street,but that is full of old men in flatcaps..

Some more that I don't think have been mentioned...

Hogshead, Orchard Square
Frog & Parrot, Division Street
Riverside Cafe Bar, Mowbray Street

There's also the Classic Rock Bar if you are going in the next week or two!

As for the Bath Hotel, it's a crackin little pub. There's quite a cross section of people who go in, from the oldies down to students.

Originally posted by THCAyle
cant forget The Red House on solly street,but that is full of old men in flatcaps..

The Red House! How could I forget. Now thats a quality boozer. Not really a flatcap pub - usually got some musicians in, plenty of friendly banter. Had Pale Rider and Broadside on last week as well.

There is always the
Ranmoor Inn
Bulls head Hotel
Fulwood Inn
on Fulwood Road!
they do lots of Guest Ales!
and new ones on nearly every week!
And the bar staff at the Bulls Head are great!
(Can you guess that i work there yet???)

Originally posted by MissFeathers
(Can you guess that i work there yet???)

Well your not making it too obvious :suspect:

What guest ales ?

we have Spitfire, Timothy Taylors Landlord, and deucars and at the min!
oh and ofcourse
STONES AT £1.65 a pint!
AND ALL GUEST BEERS ARE UNDER £2.30 a pint!

Originally posted by pussycat
Errrr...there's a (harmless) mad professor type with a bow tie sometimes, but apart from that it's mostly postgrads/postdocs and the like (sans flat caps and whippets). And the tiled floor is worth checking out anyway.

N.B. I have nothing against old men with flat caps and whippets.
Neither do I, my friends are just a bit shy of breaking out of their old routine, which usually consists of The Harley or West End on a weekend.

Originally posted by Andy C
There's also the Classic Rock Bar if you are going in the next week or two!
I was in there for the TACOMA/EXISTEND gig a few weeks back.

Tried a pint of Barnsley Bitter, was impressed by the old-school pint glass complete with handle, but the beer was a little rank...then the DJ claimed that I reminded him of Rasputin over the PA!

Is the fat cat good? I keep being told to go there. Could someone pm me directions from town? :)

Originally posted by kathythebean
Is the fat cat good? I keep being told to go there. Could someone pm me directions from town? :)
Fat Cat=Superb!

What part of town are you starting from?

Originally posted by Carmine
I was in there for the TACOMA/EXISTEND gig a few weeks back.

Tried a pint of Barnsley Bitter, was impressed by the old-school pint glass complete with handle, but the beer was a little rank...then the DJ claimed that I reminded him of Rasputin over the PA!

You're evidently not a real ale drinker, the beers don't taste like Worthingtons you know! Maybe you are Rasputin and someone poisoned your beer! ;)

Originally posted by Classic Rock
You're evidently not a real ale drinker, the beers don't taste like Worthingtons you know! Maybe you are Rasputin and someone poisoned your beer! ;)

I am too a real ale drinker!

It's just that that pint of Barnsley Bitter tasted a bit iffy and quite unlike the same ale in both the Wig & Pen and the Ladybower Inn. I switched to Guiness and that was fine...and I said I liked the big hefty mug!

Originally posted by Carmine
I am too a real ale drinker!

It's just that that pint of Barnsley Bitter tasted a bit iffy and quite unlike the same ale in both the Wig & Pen and the Ladybower Inn. I switched to Guiness and that was fine...and I said I liked the big hefty mug!

Hmmm, not had any other complaints about BB, unless you had the last one of the barrel. Should have returned it, we'd have swapped it for something else. We're CAMRA award winners - proud of our beverages! :clap:

Originally posted by Classic Rock
Hmmm, not had any other complaints about BB, unless you had the last one of the barrel. Should have returned it, we'd have swapped it for something else. We're CAMRA award winners - proud of our beverages! :clap:
I'm too nice to complain!

Anyway, the young man behind the bar had a lovely hat on and I didn't want to cause a scene!

There is a danger of just recommending every pub that sells real ale - and possibly putting some people off cask beer for life. The quality of beer and type of pub varies enormously.

I've found the degree of cleanliness of the brass round the base of the handpumps is often a good clue to the quality of the beer it dispenses (Dove & Rainbow is an example here). It's a 'living' product so if they don't keep things clean, the beer goes off and tastes like vinegar. This happens all too often in pubs where they don't sell much real ale or don't know how to look after it. I know that beer bores always go on about 'cleaning the pipes', but it is important.

Gardeners Rest and Cask & Cutler seem to serve the beer with big bubbles on the head which soon disappear. Personally this puts me off and seems wrong - it should be cool and creamy for me (like 1970s Tetleys!). But no-one else seems to make this point so maybe it's just me. C&C can be a bit limited in terms of diversity of clientelle.

Another few which may not have been mentioned are:

-Red Lion (Charles St, not far from station)
-Lion's Lair (back of Somerfields facing John Lewis) - quite trendy place and surprsingly the real ale is good.
-'Wetherspoons', Cambridge St (nr City Hall) modern bar-style place, so not a 'real ale pub' as such, but the beers are usually in very good nick.
-Brown Bear (nr Winter Gdns) - cosy Sam Smith's pub (beer of variable quality though).
-Queens Head (in the bus station). If you happen to be passing it's worth a visit as the beer is good and it's quite nice inside.
-if you're up that way the Banner Cross on Ecc Rd (esp the public bar side) is a good example - good beer and a diversity of customers.

A tip for any lager drinkers trying cask ale - try Moonshine or any other local 'yellow' bitter as they are delicious, cool and refreshing. I defy you not be hooked after trying them!

We could really do with an updated and reliable city centre real ale guide to Sheff on the web (anyone know of one?). I'm sure many visitors never find them and end up in Cavells or somewhere like that. A simple htm page with all the ones mentioned on here would do for a start.

My top 10 city centre real ale pubs is:

1 Devonshire Cat, Devonshire Green
2 Washington, Devonshire Green
3 Dog & Partridge, Trippet Lane
4 Red Deer, off Mappin St
5 Three Tuns, Silver St, nr HSBC offices
6 Bath Hotel, off Glossop Rd/West St
7 Red Lion, Charles St, not far from station
8 Rutland Arms, corner of Paternoster Row nr station
9 Grapes, Trippet Lane (the bar area anyway)
10 Fagan's, Broad Lane (try the snug – possibly the smallest pub room with a bar in the world!)

Just on the edge of the city centre there are a few more good ones (eg Kelham Island/Riverside area) but they're not very handy for the average visitor to central Sheff so I've excluded them.

In the centre of town there are others selling cask ales (which all have some redeeming features but also drawbacks)...

-Lion's Lair, back of Somerfields facing John Lewis
-Hogshead, Orchard Square
-Red House, Solly St
-Frog & Parrot, Division Street
-Priory, near veggie cafe, near Cathedral tramstop
-'Wetherspoons', Cambridge St (nr City Hall)
-Sportsman, Cambridge St
-Bankers Draught, Castle Sq
-Lloyds No1, nr City Hall
-Brown Bear, nr Winter Gdns (only Sam Smiths in city centre)
-Queens Head, in the bus station
-Three Cranes, Queen St, downhill from Cathedral (hilarious squeaky floor)
-Pump Tavern, off the Moor (not as bad as you might think)
-Moorfoot Tavern, bottom of Moor (not as bad as you might think)
-Roebuck, Charles St
-Yorkshire Grey, Charles St-Wig & Pen (does it do real ale after the refurb?)
-Dove & Rainbow, back of Argos near Castle Sq
-All Bar One, Leopold St
-Muse (formerly Mailcoach), West St

Boardwalk also does fair real ale, though not technically a pub.
Showroom doesn't do a real ale but really ought to.

Any more to add to the city centre list?

Well, I live in Broomhall, so, from anywhere really, I have a pretty good knowledge of the centre of shef (or, 'the field' as the yoot call it :) )

Rutland arms is a lovely pub, great beer garden for the summer.

Originally posted by Carmine
I was in there for the TACOMA/EXISTEND gig a few weeks back.

Tried a pint of Barnsley Bitter, was impressed by the old-school pint glass complete with handle, but the beer was a little rank...then the DJ claimed that I reminded him of Rasputin over the PA!

Personally I'm not a big fan of that Barnsley Bitter, since it's been brewed in Blackpool. The quality is a bit inconsistent. In the Classic Rock Bar I tend to go for the other guest beer, always good and tends to be a more interesting beer too.

Bad beer should always be taken back and changed. In a good pub it will be changed with good humour. Generally that is the only way the landlord will realise there is something wrong.

Originally posted by Bilge
Gardeners Rest and Cask & Cutler seem to serve the beer with big bubbles on the head which soon disappear. Personally this puts me off and seems wrong - it should be cool and creamy for me (like 1970s Tetleys!). But no-one else seems to make this point so maybe it's just me.

We could really do with an updated and reliable city centre real ale guide to Sheff on the web (anyone know of one?). I'm sure many visitors never find them and end up in Cavells or somewhere like that. A simple htm page with all the ones mentioned on here would do for a start.

I would like to comment on both of these. First off the head debate - this is a personal preference, as some like the beer as it comes, thinking if it the beer is aggravated to give it a head it loses the flavour, and that it is beer as the brewer intended.

Others prefer the beer served through a sparkler with a nice head that remains, for various reasons including presentation, aroma, smoother taste or whatever.

I think it generally varies with the beer style which is best - for example northern bitters are expected to be served through a sparkler with a good head, whereas some more delicate southern beers are ruined if served this way.

I think unless we can have a system where the brewer labels the barrel saying in which way it should be served, it is down to personal choice, and some pubs if asked will add or remove a sparkler to the pump (it's only a little screw on thing).

Now, the website suggestion. If someone is prepared to volunteer to write the material, draw a map and take some photographs, It would be a good item to have both in Beer Matters magazine and on the Sheffield CAMRA website. As I am responsible for both, anyone who would like to contribute this please PM or email me.

I was once in St Albans with some friends and ordered four pints in a pub.

The landlord said something along the lines of 'Oh, you're from up North. You must want a head on your beer.'

He fiddled with the sparkler thing and the beer did come out a bit frothy. However, the 'head' had disappeared by the time I had carried the pints back to the table.

Are heads on beer a Northern thing?

The Bath pub at Walkley used to have jugs on the bar filled with beer so after you pint had been pulled you could leave it as it was - with head - or wait for it to settle a bit and then top it up.

I always thought it was a tremendous idea. It would have not cost the pub a great deal but it left the customer in charge, and left you feeling that you got an extra sup of beer for nowt.

And it was the never-to-be-forgotten Sheffield-brewed Stones as well.

Does this 'help yourself' system happen in any pub today?

Originally posted by Andy C
Personally I'm not a big fan of that Barnsley Bitter, since it's been brewed in Blackpool. The quality is a bit inconsistent. In the Classic Rock Bar I tend to go for the other guest beer, always good and tends to be a more interesting beer too.

Bad beer should always be taken back and changed. In a good pub it will be changed with good humour. Generally that is the only way the landlord will realise there is something wrong.
Still, this was the first below par pint of the stuff I've ever had. Given the choice, I usually go for a different ale every time...but the other guest was called something like "Moonshine" and that just put me in mind of rustics piddling in the brew as it bubbled away out on the farm.

I'll chance my arm next time, I promise!

we have Spitfire, Timothy Taylors Landlord, and deucars and at the min!
oh and ofcourse
STONES AT £1.65 a pint!
AND ALL GUEST BEERS ARE UNDER £2.30 a pint!

Mainstream beginners real ales then? Nothing from any local microbrewers?

Mainstream beginners real ales then? Nothing from any local microbrewers?

You are aware this thread is 6 and a half years old?

Went in the Kelham Island tav last Friday and thought it superb.

One place I haven't seen mentioned would be Henrys. Fantastic henrys blonde in here and they usually let me try a few different ales before deciding on one which is something I always appreciate.

The Dev Cat is great for a pint of Barnsley bitter and The Sheffield Tap always let me try a few before buying (I do know the barman though!). Red Deer also great stuff

The cow and calf up Grenoside is always good for Sam Smiths as well.


I'll be going on the Hope Valley ale trail again in a couple of weeks as a bit of a reward to myself so i'd reccomend that to anybody who hasn't done it.




On a side note: I am 22 years old and most of my friends prefer carling and fosters and going down West Street. Does this mean I am the boring one?

If you want to go out of town centre, then try Nags head at Loxley. Owned by Bradfield brewery and farmers blonde is £1.80 a pint.
Friday afternoon is pie and a pint offer for £5.45.

The Three Tuns in Dronfield is quite excellent. It used to be known as the Mason's Arms and more recently The Old Hallows but then closed for a while.

It's now been taken over by Spire Brewery and has 12 real ales from themselves and other micro breweries. Prices start at £2.30/pint and beers range from 3.8% ABV to over 6%. They even have a decent range of real cider and proper imported foreign beers. You must try a bowl of smoked almonds with your pint. A bowl would be enough for half a dozen folks.

If you want to go out of town centre, then try Nags head at Loxley. Owned by Bradfield brewery and farmers blonde is £1.80 a pint.
Friday afternoon is pie and a pint offer for £5.45.

The Bradfield pale ale at 5% is spot on,can't remember price though.

On a side note: I am 22 years old and most of my friends prefer carling and fosters and going down West Street. Does this mean I am the boring one?

The great thing is you can have it both ways now - real ale of some description is available in the Beehive, Varsity, Wick at Both Ends and West Street Live, it also turns up now and again in the Cavendish and the Bowery.

Also just off West Street you have the Red Deer, Harrisons and Swim Inn, plus the University Arms and Harley further up.

Meanwhile on Division Street there is normally real ale in the Forum, Old House, Common Room, Bungalows & Bears, Frog & Parrot, Great Gatsby, Yates, Lloyds and t'other McSpoons.

Not sure it has been mentioned so far (apologies if it has), but The Commercial in Chapeltown has a good range of real ales. They have a different selection pretty much everytime I drop in for one.

Hi,
The Gardener's Rest is nice & offers a wide range of beers, they also have live music on some evenings. The Gardeners is located within the so-called Valley of Beer which contains about 8 or 9 real ale pubs all within a nice pub stroll distance in & around the Shalesmoor area.

The Three Tuns in Dronfield is quite excellent. It used to be known as the Mason's Arms and more recently The Old Hallows but then closed for a while.

It's now been taken over by Spire Brewery and has 12 real ales from themselves and other micro breweries. Prices start at £2.30/pint and beers range from 3.8% ABV to over 6%. They even have a decent range of real cider and proper imported foreign beers. You must try a bowl of smoked almonds with your pint. A bowl would be enough for half a dozen folks.

I went in on Monday and was quite impressed, after their chaotic opening night things seem to have settled down with good drinks and service and a friendly atmosphere. Will be interested to see how it goes when they introduce food next month.

More good news, the Dronfield Arms (previously known as the Old Sidings) is aiming to open on 25th August (subject to refurb work being complete) - thats only 2 weeks away - its about a 5 minute walk between the Dronfield Arms and the Three Tuns so its the start of a nice little circuit.

The Dronfield Arms will be an independently owned bar with 6 real ales (3 regulars including an exclusive house bitter plus 3 ever changing guest beers) along with continental beers.

Food will be available at the Dronny Arms Mon-Sat with main meals served 12-2 and 5-8pm and snacks available between 2 and 5pm. The landlord is a qualified chef so will be providing good home cooked food.

Oh and don't forget the Alehouse on Fraser Road, Millhouses opens this coming Tuesday at 5pm.

The Gate Inn at Troway (down the lane at the side of the old Blackamoor (Inn@Troway), cask Theakstons and two Guests. Last week was Summer Lightning and Sharpes Doombar. No piped music, no gaming machines, just a proper country pub with open log fires in the colder months!

Blake Hotel in Walkley - run by the same people who run the Sheaf in Heeley. Excellent value for money and ever changing line up of ales apart from the regular Farmers Blonde at £2 a pint.

Blake Hotel in Walkley - run by the same people who run the Sheaf in Heeley. Excellent value for money and ever changing line up of ales apart from the regular Farmers Blonde at £2 a pint.

Fast becoming our favourite pub. It's really hard to leave after a few late afternoon pints.

Also, even though I'm a real ale fan, I do appreciate a range of nice continental lagers and The Blake scores on this one as well. I love the black Budvar in there.

<<<You are aware this thread is 6 and a half years old>>>

A welcome revival! Thumbs up again for the Three Tuns at Dronny.

Cricketers Arms on Bramall Lane, opposite SUFC ground

Under new owner - Malcolm formerly of Hatfield Commonside and Portuguese Blades Bar

Has a Kelham Island beer called Red n White Wizards (4% abv)

Old Crown at Handsworth has regular guest beers and they've started a good quiz on Tuesday night from 9:30pm

Cross Keys next door also sell real ale

Blake Hotel in Walkley - run by the same people who run the Sheaf in Heeley. Excellent value for money and ever changing line up of ales apart from the regular Farmers Blonde at £2 a pint.

This is my new favourite pub!

Must try that Blake

The Cobden View at Crookes is a cracking pub, nice mix, good beer, great beer garden

On Cobden View Rd just off school road

Shapespeares on Shalesmoor has some pretty good beers since it reopened. Had a very nice pint of Citra in there a couple of weeks ago.

Can anybody confirm any real ale type places in or around the city centre (Crookes, walkley, broomhill, hisllboro will do) that have sky sports?

The Gate Inn at Troway (down the lane at the side of the old Blackamoor (Inn@Troway), cask Theakstons and two Guests. Last week was Summer Lightning and Sharpes Doombar. No piped music, no gaming machines, just a proper country pub with open log fires in the colder months!

I used to be a regular at The Gate. However after being a loyal customer for many years I was served a bad pint. The reaction to quietly returning the beer to the bar was for our entire party to be ejected from the pub and told not to come back. There is more to serving real ale than keeping a good pint. There is the attitude to what happens when one day someone gets a pint from the bottom of the barrel. The pub fell well short of what is acceptable.

I used to be a regular at The Gate. However after being a loyal customer for many years I was served a bad pint. The reaction to quietly returning the beer to the bar was for our entire party to be ejected from the pub and told not to come back. There is more to serving real ale than keeping a good pint. There is the attitude to what happens when one day someone gets a pint from the bottom of the barrel. The pub fell well short of what is acceptable.

Unbelievable.
Without hearing the other side of the story I'm loth to comment but if true that pub deserves to fail.

Never tried The Bath, can't get friends to go there...they seem afraid of it being full of old men with flatcaps and whippets.
My fave! Sheaf View is another belter and White Lion nearby is tidy too. Rutland is good and I like the food.

The Hearty Oak at Dronfield woodhouse currently has Abbeydale Brewery Moonshine and Brimstone however the pub has additionally joined forces with Raw Brewery Chesterfield for a mini Beer Festival on 29th Aug Bank Holiday monday to add up to 5 more unusual and unique real ales and ciders including Pacific Ghost and continue thereafter with an extensive choice of ever changing guest ales.

So far at the festival

Raw Brewery
Dark Peak stout
Pacific Ghost a special edition New Zealand hop version of grey Ghost

Muirhouse Brewery - Ruby Jewel- award winning ruby ale bitter
Dancing Duck Brewery - "AYe Up"
also a new ale from elland brewery
Also rare perry - malvern Hills
and a millwhite rioja cask cider

If you want to go out of town centre, then try Nags head at Loxley. Owned by Bradfield brewery and farmers blonde is £1.80 a pint.
Friday afternoon is pie and a pint offer for £5.45.

I would second that although it's £1.95 a pint now. Still a bargain though.

Harlequin - Nursery Street. We hold unofficial forum meet there, next one on 19 September at 7:30pm - come along, they have very good selection of real ales

I really like The Rutland near Hallam Uni and the sataion, it has good ales, ciders, and a fantastic halloumi burger!

Shakespeares on Gibralta Street is reopened, and has a good selection af ales, continetal beers and bottled beer selection. Handy for the kelham Island -Town link if you fancy doing a crawl!

The Bath Hotel in town is good, a nice atmosphere and yummy food.

There's a Sheffield Real Ale Pub guide which was printed earlier this year, which I think can be found on the CAMRA website, and in some pubs and probably independednt shops in sheffield which has a small review and directions of all real ales pubs in Sheffield at time of printing.

The Blake House in Walkley, great pub, good selection of ales that changes pretty frequently.

I went in on Monday and was quite impressed, after their chaotic opening night things seem to have settled down with good drinks and service and a friendly atmosphere. Will be interested to see how it goes when they introduce food next month.

More good news, the Dronfield Arms (previously known as the Old Sidings) is aiming to open on 25th August (subject to refurb work being complete) - thats only 2 weeks away - its about a 5 minute walk between the Dronfield Arms and the Three Tuns so its the start of a nice little circuit.

The Dronfield Arms will be an independently owned bar with 6 real ales (3 regulars including an exclusive house bitter plus 3 ever changing guest beers) along with continental beers.

Food will be available at the Dronny Arms Mon-Sat with main meals served 12-2 and 5-8pm and snacks available between 2 and 5pm. The landlord is a qualified chef so will be providing good home cooked food.


Things have certainly quietened down. I was there last night and trade was steady. I suspect a lot of that was down to Sheffield FC playing at home. The Coach & Horses was absolutely rammed full. Mind you they claim to have sold 5500 pints in 18 days.

Good news is that the wood fired pizza oven is being fired up today for its first trials. I'm sure that there will be loads of free samples should anyone drop by.

Yes its great news regarding the Sidings. It will add to an expanding real ale trail in Dronfield. I took a look at the online menu and thought it a bit unimaginative. I do hope its not going to replicate the chain pub/diners.

The Rising Sun on Fulwood Road has a bar lined with real ales, last night I had a couple of halves of Deception, but there was also Daily Bread, Moonshine IPA and a multitude of others, we were truely spoilt for choice.

Went to the Dronfield Arms with Mrs Smithy266. First night of the new look since it was the Sidings.

It was ok, but didn't seem like the birth of a new pub like the Three Tuns a few weeks back. Beer ok, noisy place, you have to walk halfway through the pub to see the pumps, apart from a couple near the door. probably be while before I go again.

Never tried The Bath, can't get friends to go there...they seem afraid of it being full of old men with flatcaps and whippets.

haha! It's not, I promise!

Action at the Railway (Odd Couple) at Sheepbridge today: diggers in the car park, seemed to be making space and tidying up. Window shuttering is removed. This pub was good for Timothy Taylors a few years back.

I'm going to get shot down quite spectacularly here but I do have praise for how weatherspoons have been tapping local ales and a good selection to boot. I visit the francis newton on clarkehouse road quite a bit and I'm constantly impressed with the range and price of the real ales available.

Usually £2 to £2.50 per pint.

The Rising Sun on Fulwood Road has a bar lined with real ales, last night I had a couple of halves of Deception, but there was also Daily Bread, Moonshine IPA and a multitude of others, we were truely spoilt for choice.

Great beer, depressing surroudings

Great beer, depressing surroudings

Agree with you on this but always busy busy which means the owners wont bother to spend anything as they probably figure they will never get it back anyway and wont be much busier as a result...

Plus the Abbeydale brewery lot are an odd bunch probably at their happiest sitting on a haybale listening to folk music...

Still, better than before they took it on - was a haven for drugdealing and always very empty.

The Thornbridge mob seem to have a better handle on things and have just reopened up the Hallamshire House at commonside which looks good...

http://www.myhallamshire.co.uk/

If you don't mind an hour's drive then go to the Barley Mow in Kirk Ireton in Derbyshire. It's unbelievable, like stepping back in time 100 years. All the beer is in barrels at the back of the bar and the place can't have been refurbished in decades.

It's really a special place -

http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?pubid=17

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/3322787/Pint-to-pint-The-Barley-Mow.html

I'm going to get shot down quite spectacularly here but I do have praise for how weatherspoons have been tapping local ales and a good selection to boot. I visit the francis newton on clarkehouse road quite a bit and I'm constantly impressed with the range and price of the real ales available.

Usually £2 to £2.50 per pint.

Wetherspoons are what they are. I`ll drink there but know that, if I get a good pint, to stick with it. Plenty of their stuff must be very near the use by date imo. Don`t mind the Swim or Newton and, as a CAMRA man, the vouchers to use there mean a pint for £1.50!

called in penny black sat first time for years ruddles chilled 1.59 a pint good smooth drink,3 tellies with sky on.will be calling again

`ruddles chilled` - i`m scared. no bbc types in until the weekend then>? bonus!

If you don't mind an hour's drive then go to the Barley Mow in Kirk Ireton in Derbyshire. It's unbelievable, like stepping back in time 100 years. All the beer is in barrels at the back of the bar and the place can't have been refurbished in decades.

It's really a special place -

http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?pubid=17

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/3322787/Pint-to-pint-The-Barley-Mow.html

Agree. But do you think many Sheffielder's would venture this far into the unknown? You've pleasantly amazed me with this suggestion btw. I never thought I'd ever see any reference to a place like this on here.

called in penny black sat first time for years ruddles chilled 1.59 a pint good smooth drink,3 tellies with sky on.will be calling again

Real ale pubs I would suggest - around Sheffield...(not including the ones you said not to include)

Sheffield Brewery Tap @ railway station - excellent for beers - terrible for wine or customer focus
Rutland (near to station) - dusty old traditional pub - small number of well kept real ales
Blake House (Walkley/upperthorpe) - excellent changing range of ales in smartly renovated pub with outside seating as well.
Sheaf View (Heeley) Not "Sheaf House" on brammal lane! - the best in Sheff imo for sheer range and quality of ales

Then out of town...

Coach & Horses, Dronfield - Thornbridge pub - beer always excellent quality - but rarely has anything other than Thornbridge on handpump
3 Tuns, Dronfield. Spire brewery - plus others. Good range of beers and other drinks as well. Shame that all the handpumps are faulty and end up producing a thin frothy head on the beer.
Dronfield Arms - Dronfield. Not the most inspiring pub to sit in tbh - bit long and narrow - but small number of real ales and good range of drinks in general.
Rising Sun Fulwood - a bit heavy on the Abbeydale brews - awful wine - best beer festival in Sheff when it's on.
Cricket Inn Totley Bents - Thornbridge plus decent food in very nice surroundings - ridiculously expensive.
Nags Head Loxley - Bradfield Brewery tap - best value for money in Sheffield. Excellent beer - good range and £1.95 a pint. Plus good cheap bar food as well.
Greystones - another Thornbridge emporium - big pub with music room.
Rutland - Chesterfield - just thought I'd throw this one in in case anyone finds themselves in the town of the crooked spire. This pub is right next to it and has half a dozen excellent real ales and good cheap bar food.

Yeah, Barley Mow sounds amazing. The Bath Hotel is the only Sheffield pub listed by CAMRA for heritage, I think.

if you're venturing to the Barley Mow, take my advice and make it a Sunday - then head off to the Bear at Alderwasley after that for the best carvery lunch within a 50 mile radius of here. It's maybe 15 mins drive from Kirk Ireton. Back into Wirksworth and over the moor top.

I'm going to get shot down quite spectacularly here but I do have praise for how weatherspoons have been tapping local ales and a good selection to boot. I visit the francis newton on clarkehouse road quite a bit and I'm constantly impressed with the range and price of the real ales available.

Usually £2 to £2.50 per pint.

I don't think you should be shot down for mentioning Wetherspoons actually!

It's one of those subjects that is guaranteed to cause a row amongst real ale types as they have both their good and bad points. What I will say is that a Wetherspoons that looks after it's beer, where they don't take an eternity to serve you and where it isn't too rough is not something to be sniffed at.

I don't think you should be shot down for mentioning Wetherspoons actually!

It's one of those subjects that is guaranteed to cause a row amongst real ale types as they have both their good and bad points. What I will say is that a Wetherspoons that looks after it's beer, where they don't take an eternity to serve you and where it isn't too rough is not something to be sniffed at.

They do vary a lot and I generally give them all a chance, but the common thread is never having enough staff serving for the size of bar and amount of customers. I guess they make economies wherever possible and that's the price we pay (or don't pay if we walk out without buying anything).

the wetherspoons in sheffield are excellent (even the bankers is OK). the wetherspoons in maidstone are absolutely awful. think the bankers, but worse.

:(

the wetherspoons in sheffield are excellent (even the bankers is OK). the wetherspoons in maidstone are absolutely awful. think the bankers, but worse.

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its quite interesting how diverse Wetherspoons is as a business, and obviously why they are successful. The bankers is a terrible place, mainly due to the punters and the location. The Francis Newton is a clean, very well run pub with nice seating and a lovely open fire in winter!

Completely different experiences run by the same company.

On a side note: I am 22 years old and most of my friends prefer carling and fosters and going down West Street. Does this mean I am the boring one?

Not at all, it just means you have some taste buds

its quite interesting how diverse Wetherspoons is as a business, and obviously why they are successful. The bankers is a terrible place, mainly due to the punters and the location. The Francis Newton is a clean, very well run pub with nice seating and a lovely open fire in winter!

Completely different experiences run by the same company.

As a general rule I find town centre Wetherspoons are generally pretty poor but the further out of town the 'Spoons the better.

I've been to a few different Wetherspoons around the country.

To be fair, I think they do a good job of providing cheap food and drinks. But no, I don't think that any of them that I have been in, actually take care to keep a good beer cellar.

They may have a biggish selection (quite often though they have loads of pumps out of action) but the quality of the ale isn't good. Even some of my favourite beers have tasted awful in there. I was in Glasgow last month and didn't realise at first that the bar opposite the hotel I was staying in was a Wetherspoons - I just saw a few real ale pumps and wandered in. But the beer was just awful.

I think that well kept real ale isn't their thing really - it's just part of a wider package aimed to attract as many folks as possible through the door.

Inn at troway is great
superb food :-)

Inn at troway is great
superb food :-)

Is it?

Not the last time I went it wasn't.

How is the infestation with flies thesedays? Calming down a bit now the colder weather is here no doubt.

And the staffing problems?

Got over them have you - after nearly 3 years?

The place is a joke. Nice menu admittedly - but I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy.

How long you worked there?

Haha, and I thought I was grumpy.

I dont work at the Troway mate!
I work here www.wydos.co.uk and have a web design business here www.100quidwebsites.co.uk and go to college here www.sheffieldcol.ac.uk
AND have a young family,so I dont have time to work at the Troway too!!

Ive been about 5 times to the Inn At Troway and never had a bad experience
The staff are great, a woman who looks like belinda carlisle is always there and a scottish bloke seems to be the manager. He runs a tight ship, the place is always clean and he came to our table and chatted with us. A lovely pub.

My only bad experience was turning up one Saturday night with my wife and finding people were queuing out the door....I doubt they were queuing for the fly pasties.

The only other criticism I have is they need to restock the supply of coloured pencils for the kids, as my son couldnt colour his book last time we were there.

The food is great, best Shepherds pie I have had for ages, fish and chips is great, and my in laws were impressed when we took them for a meal.

Guess we all have different experiences, and yours sound terrible.

I think the Troway is great, but I hate BUSY PLACES
so in some ways I applaud your posting

Take care

I`ve not been to The Inn but it`s under the same `umberella` as Cricket Inn, isn`t it? I do find it difficult to believe that it could be so different. Not dared to try though!

In fairness to mralchemy, I've not been to Inn at Troway for at least 2 years now. I was there on the night it opened, purely by chance I might add, and I thought what they were setting out to do was great. They'd done a nice job of converting the dowdy old Blackamoor Inn to something a bit special imo and I loved the menu with its very home-made local appeal to many of the dishes.

I ate there on 2 occasions - once with just a couple of us and another when we had a big family thing there - somewhere between Christmas and New Year it was.

I wasn't impressed on either occasion with the food or the service which was appallingly slow.

I didn't choose it for the family get together - someone else did - but none of us were particularly impressed with it.

My niece visited a few months ago and said the meal there was awful and wouldn't go back again.

On top of that - this forum has been awash with criticism of the place - and not least the fact that they were infested with flies coming, apparently, from a septic tank outside.

So, I'll be delighted if they've got over these problems now. Maybe the safest bet is to wander in there sometime for a pint and walk around noseying at the food.

henry's on Cambridge Street opposite the old Casbah. They stock an excellent selection of beers and stouts. If they ever have the Stilton Porter when you go in, try it, it's lovely. The landlord won the Stella Artois national draughtmaster competition in London recently.
Don't drink the stuff but it shows he can pour a drink properly.

I like the rising sun at fulwood. Well looked after and loads of real ales. Last time in they had Ossett brewerys silver king on. Top notch pale.

henry's on Cambridge Street opposite the old Casbah. They stock an excellent selection of beers and stouts. If they ever have the Stilton Porter when you go in, try it, it's lovely. The landlord won the Stella Artois national draughtmaster competition in London recently.
Don't drink the stuff but it shows he can pour a drink properly.

Thanks Myster E - we're all very proud of Mark as well, he did a fantastic job representing henry's and Sheffield! And you've hit the nail on the head there - the ethos of the UK Draught Master competition and the 9 part pour are transferred to all products we serve at henry's.

u could try the blake on top of blake street.its a realy nice place and you are always made to feel welcolme.they have a good range of real ales and some are quite cheep.

Thanks Myster E - we're all very proud of Mark as well, he did a fantastic job representing henry's and Sheffield! And you've hit the nail on the head there - the ethos of the UK Draught Master competition and the 9 part pour are transferred to all products we serve at henry's.

Hi i went in Henrys on saturday night great place, friendly atmosphere and the best choice of ales ive seen in ages.

I think that the best local real ale pubs are :

The shakey
Fat Cat
Kelham Island Tavern
Sheffield Tap

Don't forget the Gardeners,great Beers and nice hosts.

I like the rising sun at fulwood. Well looked after and loads of real ales. Last time in they had Ossett brewerys silver king on. Top notch pale.

Yes, it's a good real ale pub that one. A bit to heavy on the Abbeydale brews though - but that's what you'd expect I suppose given that it's their pub.

Their beer festival is one of the best around Sheffield imo. They had about 100 beers on at the last one and it was well organised etc.

My only gripe with this place is that they have all these wonderful beers, dozens and dozens of them - but try getting a decent glass of wine! It's just awful - I mean, not even Tesco £5 a bottle standard.

At the recent beer fest I queued for about 20 mins at the bar inside the pub to get my other half a glass of wine - it was so foul and disgusting she couldn't drink it. I tried it myself and I can verify it was cheap disgusting rubbish. (We had a similar experience last time we went - so it's not just a case of the odd glass being off - it's a case of them buying cheap crappy wine). Consequently, I rarely go to this place, unless I'm going by myself!

Don't forget the Gardeners,great Beers and nice hosts.

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

You could have a quick one in the Gardeners, then take the bus just outside to the New Barrack Tavern, near Morrisons which has food and loads of real ales.

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

I've had some cracking nights at the Gardeners. Who care's what's outside the front door - there's a good atmosphere indoors and a nice beer garden that backs onto the river, all lubricated by great beer.

By the way, did you see my post pointing out that there is indeed a vineyard in Leeds?

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

I've been in when it's been dead and I've been in when it's been busy and when it's good the Gardeners Rest is very good indeed.

Hello - this is an interesting thread because I'm coming to Sheffield on Sunday and am looking for a good real ale pub.

Can anyone say though if any pubs have very little or ideally no background music. It's a real bugbear of mine and I want to have a good chat with someone and we're looking for somewhere where you can do that without having to talk over Now That's What I Call Muzak #976.

Cliff

Hello - this is an interesting thread because I'm coming to Sheffield on Sunday and am looking for a good real ale pub.

Can anyone say though if any pubs have very little or ideally no background music. It's a real bugbear of mine and I want to have a good chat with someone and we're looking for somewhere where you can do that without having to talk over Now That's What I Call Muzak #976.

Cliff

Any of those around The Real Ale Triangle of Kelham Island would be ideal - no music i.e The Wellington, The Fat Cat, The Kelham Island Tav, The Hillsborough Hotel, The Harlequin.

More centrally The Bath and Red Deer.

Whereabouts are you heading?

Edit: Just remembered The Hillsborough Hotel usually have folkies playing on a Sunday night

Any of those around The Real Ale Triangle of Kelham Island would be ideal - no music i.e The Wellington, The Fat Cat, The Kelham Island Tav, The Hillsborough Hotel, The Harlequin.

More centrally The Bath and Red Deer.

Whereabouts are you heading?

Edit: Just remembered The Hillsborough Hotel usually have folkies playing on a Sunday night

Weeell... it's supposed to be a little bit of a romantic afternoon so I was wondering about taking her (so to speak) in a park, perhaps Norfolk Park, but that's slightly in the wrong direction for Kelham Island isn't it?

A nice walk up The Porter Valley followed by a couple in The Rising Sun perhaps?

A nice walk up The Porter Valley followed by a couple in The Rising Sun perhaps?

That sounds nice. Can we get to the Porter Valley easily enough from the railway station?

Weeell... it's supposed to be a little bit of a romantic afternoon so I was wondering about taking her (so to speak) in a park, perhaps Norfolk Park, but that's slightly in the wrong direction for Kelham Island isn't it?

if you're around norfolk park then perhaps head down norfolk road, through the station and to the sheffield tap

it's a good looking building and has plenty of choice for real ales and bottles, though isn't cheap and i'm not sure i'd exactly put it into the 'romantic' field

taxman's idea sounds like a good 'un though, there's also the greystones on the opposite side of the of the porter to the rising sun, which also does good ale

if you're around norfolk park then perhaps head down norfolk road, through the station and to the sheffield tap

it's a good looking building and has plenty of choice for real ales and bottles, though isn't cheap and i'm not sure i'd exactly put it into the 'romantic' field

taxman's idea sounds like a good 'un though, there's also the greystones on the opposite side of the of the porter to the rising sun, which also does good ale

Thanks - I've been in the Sheffield Tap a few times waiting (or deliberately missing) trains. Personally I'm in my element there but I don't know whether it's a bit "manny" though for a woman of the female persuasion. But I haven't been there since Christmas 2009 so I don't really have up to date info.

Thanks - I've been in the Sheffield Tap a few times waiting (or deliberately missing) trains. Personally I'm in my element there but I don't know whether it's a bit "manny" though for a woman of the female persuasion. But I haven't been there since Christmas 2009 so I don't really have up to date info.

agreed - though it has had some extra rooms added since 2009 so there is a bit more space to spread out

the porter valley isn't walking distance from norfolk park, though there will be regular buses at least up to hunter's bar from town

equally, you could get the tram from the train station up to shalesmoor (about 15 mins) and make the five minutes walk to the pubs in kelham island recommended earlier. again, these aren't exactly romantic in a candlelit dinner sense, though they are different and have a lot of character. the fat cat has a particularly nice beer garden, with heat lamps if its a bit cold!

Also the Rutland is close to the train station and is quirky and cosy enough for t`lasses!

Or hop off at Dore. Walk in Eccy woods to Millhouses park. Can stop in Waggon and Horses, Ale House on Fraser Road and new Millhouses ought to be open soon.

Too many of the real ale specific pubs are too "blokey" to take a woman in, it's hardly romantic to take a lady to a place that's full of bearded tickers with personal hygiene issues!

I'd suggest one of the more upmarket pubs out on the Western edges towards Derbyshire such as the Three Merry Lads at Lodge Moor or the Cricket Inn at Totley. Sure, the ale choice may not be as wide, but for cliff-l's requirements they'd be a lot more suitable and there are plenty of good walks.

Sheaf View and White Lion at Keeley are great pubs this side of town.

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

The grottier the exterior the better the interior-it may be run down but is not overun with negative characters.

Thank you everyone, those suggestions are much appreciated. Just because it's so central, and I like the "There is no God" sticker :) and their website is quite witty, I've suggested to her we start in the Rutland Arms and then, depending on the weather, have a romantic ride on the 120 bus to Porter Valley and then perhaps come back via the Rising Sun and / or something in the Kelham Island area.

Thanks for your help with all this and if it does take off and I meet any of you in Sheffield at any time I'll get the drinks in :)

Thank you everyone, those suggestions are much appreciated. Just because it's so central, and I like the "There is no God" sticker :) and their website is quite witty, I've suggested to her we start in the Rutland Arms and then, depending on the weather, have a romantic ride on the 120 bus to Porter Valley and then perhaps come back via the Rising Sun and / or something in the Kelham Island area.

Thanks for your help with all this and if it does take off and I meet any of you in Sheffield at any time I'll get the drinks in :)

Make sure you post on here after your visit and let us know how you got on!

Make sure you post on here after your visit and let us know how you got on!

He he... I will actually - you've all been a great help as my knowledge of Sheffield is partial and out of date and I can't risk cocking it up. So to speak.

Thanks Myster E - we're all very proud of Mark as well, he did a fantastic job representing henry's and Sheffield! And you've hit the nail on the head there - the ethos of the UK Draught Master competition and the 9 part pour are transferred to all products we serve at henry's.

Hows the brewery coming along?

Hi i went in Henrys on saturday night great place, friendly atmosphere and the best choice of ales ive seen in ages.

Thank you dogsneck! Glad you enjoyed yourself.

Hows the brewery coming along?

The brewery is coming along very nicely! Some of the vessels have arrived and are in place and the construction of the cold store is almost complete. Give us a shout when you're next in henry's and we'd be glad to show you around!

Thanks for that, who do I ask for?

Thanks for that, who do I ask for?

Ask for Mark, the manager/landlord. He'll relish the opportunity to talk about beer and brewing....he always does!

Thanks-will be my first brewery trip!!

Thanks-will be my first brewery trip!!

Well, it's very much a work in progress at the moment. You'll have to come and have a look when we're up and running too. We'll be running more formal brewery trips when we've started brewing. Watch this space!

Sounds good. All the best with that. I`ll have to pop in soon!

Just been to the Hearty Oak in Dronfield and had a top pint of AbbyDale Moonshine. They had 2 others on too.

off topic.

What's the beer to drink at home? I'm finding bottles taste gassy and lose the smoothness.

Yes, good real ale pub. But very depressing area isn't it? Neepsend. I find the place itself a bit depressing as well. I can't say I'd look forward to a night out there.

True, but the Gardeners is a great pub and with prices for some great locally brewed ales starting at £2 (and one at the quirky price of £2.16) I can put up with the walk through beautiful downtown Neepsend...

Well, it's very much a work in progress at the moment. You'll have to come and have a look when we're up and running too. We'll be running more formal brewery trips when we've started brewing. Watch this space!

Mark has just won an award, I gather. What is it?

Too many of the real ale specific pubs are too "blokey" to take a woman in, it's hardly romantic to take a lady to a place that's full of bearded tickers with personal hygiene issues!

I'd suggest one of the more upmarket pubs out on the Western edges towards Derbyshire such as the Three Merry Lads at Lodge Moor or the Cricket Inn at Totley. Sure, the ale choice may not be as wide, but for cliff-l's requirements they'd be a lot more suitable and there are plenty of good walks.

This used to be more of an issue than it is now....there seem to be fewer of the shopping trolley-toting bottlers than formerly. Can only think of one "Valley of Beer" house which continues to fit this description...and, no, it's not the HH.....

Romance in the Rutland

Some people here were very kind to offer this temporary immigrant from across the border some advice about where to take someone I'd been chatting to for a while on the internet. The original sub-thread started at http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28976&page=6
and I said I'd let you know how it went.

I am very happy to report that not only did the woodland walk idea get ditched in favour of simply sitting around in pubs all afternoon (which is what I would have suggested originally but I thought I might come across as less of a drunken sot if I suggested a walk too) but that things took a most welcome turn after a couple drinks in the second pub of the afternoon, the Harlequin (the others were the Rutland Arms and the Station Tap).

Maybe it was the erotic atmosphere engendered by the late-middle-aged couple sitting next to us. He had a beard, and they both had cable knit sweaters on. They could only have met in a folk club. Maybe it was the cider. Maybe it was her fantastic sense of humour and rather pleasing front elevation. But walking back to the station took some time as we became somewhat preoccupied with each other.

And she missed her train, which meant we had another twenty minutes' snogging in one of the new small rooms at the back of the Station Tap (we were in there by ourselves, I hasten to add).

So thank you everyone, that went swimmingly well, and really was in no small part due to your excellent suggestions of places in which you can sit down and have a proper "get to know you" chat. And a snog.

Mark has just won an award, I gather. What is it?

Yes, that's right. He won the title of Stella Artois Draught Master UK! :clap:

That`s nice Cliff! Nice to see someone return to thank for info !
A real ale, real life romance!!!

Thanks! Oh eck it's got to be at least ten characters.

Hello to all

Regarding ale I have long thought that ever since beer stopped being delivered and stored in wooden barrels it has never tasted as good so does anyone know if and where you can still get beer from wooden barrels ? :help:

University Arms has really good ones too

Hello to all

Regarding ale I have long thought that ever since beer stopped being delivered and stored in wooden barrels it has never tasted as good so does anyone know if and where you can still get beer from wooden barrels ? :help:

Try this lot for some help....The Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood

http://www.spbw.com/

One beer I can mention here is Dogfishhead Palo Santo Marron. Aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels made from Paraguayan Palo Santo wood. It's the best bottled beer I've ever tasted but sadly Dogfishhead no longer export to the UK and I snaffled up the last bottle of the stuff in the Sheffield Tap. http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/year-round-brews/palo-santo-marron.htm

Anyone recommend a real ale pub that's not one of the following:

Fat Cat
Kelham Island Tavern
Hilsborough Hotel
It's not finished yet but there is this really cool new bar in Sheffield called Brezza on Wellington st (nearer John Lewis/Henry's way.) They are building one. think it'll be ready soon. It's really cool boho/New York loft type of bar. They show old films every monday. The owner was saying they'll have the strongest proof ale in all the land there once it's done. you can only have a shot of it. anyway I'm a chick so not even suyre that makes sense but check the bar out. The place is a hidden gem.xx

It's not finished yet but there is this really cool new bar in Sheffield called Brezza on Wellington st (nearer John Lewis/Henry's way.) They are building one. think it'll be ready soon. It's really cool boho/New York loft type of bar. They show old films every monday. The owner was saying they'll have the strongest proof ale in all the land there once it's done. you can only have a shot of it. anyway I'm a chick so not even suyre that makes sense but check the bar out. The place is a hidden gem.xx

Hehe :hihi:very giggle worthy that this person posting has only posted three times in this month they have joined, and all three are plugging the same place. Coincidence? You decide...

Many thanks to Stoatwobbler and all, and I will make some enquiries.

Hehe :hihi:very giggle worthy that this person posting has only posted three times in this month they have joined, and all three are plugging the same place. Coincidence? You decide...

Gosh pal,hope you had a bountiful supply of Tena pads at your conveyance when you read my thread because according to you i'm a ruddy comical genius. Cheers.
Anway, Brezza is my friends bar and it's cool as. It's kind of New york loft meets Amsterdam cafe. They show old films on a Monday and it's Northern soul nights on a sat. It beats going to some chain pub. He also makes a ruddy good pizza.

I'll let you know when brewery is finished and what ales they have.

Thanks dudesxx

Romance in the Rutland

Some people here were very kind to offer this temporary immigrant from across the border some advice about where to take someone I'd been chatting to for a while on the internet. The original sub-thread started at http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28976&page=6
and I said I'd let you know how it went.

I am very happy to report that not only did the woodland walk idea get ditched in favour of simply sitting around in pubs all afternoon (which is what I would have suggested originally but I thought I might come across as less of a drunken sot if I suggested a walk too) but that things took a most welcome turn after a couple drinks in the second pub of the afternoon, the Harlequin (the others were the Rutland Arms and the Station Tap).

Maybe it was the erotic atmosphere engendered by the late-middle-aged couple sitting next to us. He had a beard, and they both had cable knit sweaters on. They could only have met in a folk club. Maybe it was the cider. Maybe it was her fantastic sense of humour and rather pleasing front elevation. But walking back to the station took some time as we became somewhat preoccupied with each other.

And she missed her train, which meant we had another twenty minutes' snogging in one of the new small rooms at the back of the Station Tap (we were in there by ourselves, I hasten to add).

So thank you everyone, that went swimmingly well, and really was in no small part due to your excellent suggestions of places in which you can sit down and have a proper "get to know you" chat. And a snog.

gosh it's years since I did any snogging. How's it go again? Hope you didn't do tongues on your first date?

Gosh pal,hope you had a bountiful supply of Tena pads at your conveyance when you read my thread because according to you i'm a ruddy comical genius. Cheers.
Anway, Brezza is my friends bar and it's cool as. It's kind of New york loft meets Amsterdam cafe. They show old films on a Monday and it's Northern soul nights on a sat. It beats going to some chain pub. He also makes a ruddy good pizza.

I'll let you know when brewery is finished and what ales they have.

Thanks dudesxx

This thread is about real ale pubs not posers bars that serve overpriced fizzy pop. Go and spam elsewhere!

briebaby posted

I'll let you know when brewery is finished and what ales they have

Does this mean that there will be two breweries next to each other as Henrys are also building a brewery as well and they are next door.