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Its that time of year again when a merry bandof volunteer CAMRA members take over theInternational Sports Hall at Ponds Forge to

share their love for traditional beer and cider!We open at 5pm on Wednesday 23rd October for arelaxed evening of appreciation, this first eveningwhen the full range is on sale is normally when wesee a lot of local brewers and publicans drinking onthe customer side of the bar!We are then open midday to 11pm on Thursday24th, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th with aprogramme of entertainment Thursday and Fridaynights and all day Saturday.Thursday night Indie band The Outfit are on stagefrom 8pm and on Friday we start earlier withJohnny & The Moondogs on at 6pm, followed byRoaming sun on at 9pm.Saturday afternoon we have a more relaxed style of

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music as the Loxley Silver PrizeBand perform and create a niceatmosphere and also in theafternoon will be the charity pubquiz. Then in the evening we haveSoulfaces on stage from 9pm.Food is available throughout thefestival. In addition to PondsForge’s own cafe there will be avariety of stalls serving snacksincluding scotch eggs, sausagerolls, pasties, seafood and choc­olate.There will also be CAMRA’straditional pub games andtombola to have a go at and see ifyou can win a prize!The bars will be arranged in a‘jagged island’ shape in the centreof the hall. Some of the bars willbe sponsored by a specificbrewery and have a range of their

beers on handpump ­ these barsinclude beers from Chantry,Sheffield Brewery, RAW, Spire,Thornbridge, Toolmakers andOssett amongst others ­ with theremainder of the bars featuringan extensive list of beersrepresenting the majority of ourlocal breweries plus some goodbeer from slightly further afield,these will be served on gravitytaps direct from the cask.At the time of writing the beerorder is far from complete but wealready have beers on the listfrom Abbeydale, Acorn, Barlow,Blue Bee, Bradfield, Brampton,Clarke’s, Magic Rock, Sportsman,Steel City and Wentworth. Thebeer list this year is beingarranged by Andy Cullen (Lo­cAles) and Dave Szwejkowski(new/rare beers from furtherafield).

There will also be a cider andperry bar, organised by ourresident cider lovers Hazel andSarah which should offer acomprehensive selection acrossthe sweetness scale from aroundthe UK, including the localWoodthorpe Hall Cider made inHolmesfield.Admission to the festival costsbetween £1 and £2 for CAMRAmembers and between £2 and £5for non­members depending onwhich session you are attending,you will also be required to buy acommemorative festival glass todrink out of (this can be refundedon exit if you do not wish to keepit). Once in beer and cider is atprices roughly in line with localpubs and we operate a tokensystem to speed service up (buydrink tokens from the token deskto spend at the bar).

Sheffield’s population swellsat this time of the yearwith the new academic

year starting at the Universitiesand a whole new army of freshersjust learning what is where in theCity.If you are one of those freshers,welcome to Sheffield! This littlearticle is designed to give you ahead start in finding places toenjoy good beer.So, University of Sheffield firstup. You may have not beentempted to leave the actualcampus yet as there is plenty ofdecent ale there to be enjoyed.The Interval Cafe Bar in theUnion offers a range of cask aleson handpump, mainly from localbreweries as well as a reasonablyinteresting bottled selectionwhilst next door in Bar Onethere are some of the more wellknown national brands. TheInterval has a weekly mini beerfestival showcasing a specificbrewery and is also involved withthe Union’s annual beer festivalwhich takes place in May with arange of over 50 different beersand also a big choice of cider.Elsewhere on the University ofSheffield campus is the Uni­versity Arms pub, a traditionalvenue with a proper beer gardenoffering real ales, cider and homecooked food.Venturing out into the CityCentre, just off Glossop Road onVictoria Street is the Bath

Hotel. This is an old fashionedboozer with two drinking roomslinked by a corridor, a woodenkiosk bar and art­deco tiling. It ishowever operated by Thorn­bridge Brewery offering a rangeof craft beers including a decentchoice of real ales. AnotherThornbridge venue nearby isDada on Trippet Lane which is a‘cooler’ kind of venue, still withgreat beer and the bonus ofentertainment some nights. Ifyou are visiting Dada the Dog &Partridge over the road is alsoworth a visit.Another traditional pub which isusually a favourite with engin­eering students and lecturers isthe Red Deer. This is a comfyand friendly pub with a goodrange of ales and ciders, alongwith home cooked food. There isa programme of events held hereincluding live music, quiz nightsand film geek nights.

Once you hit the bright lights ofWest Street and Division Streetthere is lots of effort to lure youin some of the bars to try dubiousshots, industrial lager and otherbooze that isn’t really for theconnoisseur, however there isstill good beer to be had. TheWick at Both Ends, CommonRoom, Bungalows & Bears,Old House, Frog & Parrot,Great Gatsby, DevonshireCat, Swim Inn and BenjaminHuntsman all have beer worthdrinking.Also just near the end of DivisionStreet is Henry’s bar. Not onlyis this quite a grand place, thebeer is very reasonably priced .By the time you read this the newbrewery next door should havebegun production with beersbranded under the AardvarkBrewery name. Next door to themain Henry’s bar will be theBrewhouse bar where you can

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see the beer being brewedthrough internal windows!For the Sheffield Hallam Uni­versity student there is no craftbeer to be had in the Union, caskor otherwise! Just as well thereare some good pubs and barsnearby! The Rutland Arms onBrown Street (on the corner withthe brown and yellow tiledfrontage) is a traditional pub thatis young at heart with a greatchoice of beers and ciders, homecooked food and staff that if youare friendly to them you may endup best mates with. Possibly. Thepub also has an outside drinkingarea and chocolate brownies onthe bar. One word of warning ­ ifyou are putting songs on thejukebox, do take note of thebanned music blackboard…The other must do pub nearHallam is the Sheffield Tap,located on platform 1B of the

railway station (main entrancefrom the street is just to the leftof the main station concourse).The Tap, which describes itself asa world beer freehouse, is acomplex of old Edwardianrailway refreshment rooms thathave been restored, the mainroom has the bar with 10 real alesplus a selection of specialist craftkeg beers, Czech lager and fridgesbursting with bottled beers fromaround the world. The othersignificant room contains a microbrewery which brews beersalmost exclusively for theSheffield Tap, York Tap, EustonTap and the other bars owned bythe same company.Also offering decent beer in thearea is the Showroom CafeBar, Howard (Marstons beers),Old Queens Head (Thwaitesbeers), Red Lion and Roebuckamongst others.

Finally, for students at eitherUniversity, the tram routetowards Hillsborough and the120 bus route towards Fulwoodoffers access to some good pubs.On the 120 you can visit Ab­beydale Brewery’s pub, theRising Sun and the York inBroomhill amongst others. Onthe yellow/blue tram route alightat Shalesmoor for the KelhamIsland real ale circuit, alight atLangsett for the HillsboroughHotel (home to Wood StreetBrewery) and Bamforth Street forthe New Barrack Tavern,operated by Castle Rock Breweryof Nottingham ­ this often hostslive entertainment at the week­end such as music and comedy,with occasional festivals held onthe beer patio! The 120 bus offersa student fare of 80p a ride, thetrams don’t do a student fare(other than the Unirider seasonticket) but the all day unlimitedtravel ‘Stagecoach Dayrider’ticket at £4 can prove good value.One more thing ­ if you are astudent at the University ofSheffield and like good beer, dojoin the Real Ale Society. Aswell as being a good social bunchthey will organise trips to goodpubs, beer festivals and brewerytours that you might nototherwise discover.Last year they also brewed theirown beer at Blue Bee Brewerywith a local MP which got put onthe bar in the Houses ofParliament and society membersgot invited to London for a pint!Sheffield CAMRA will be doingjoint events now and again overthe year and don’t forget societymembers qualify for discountedCAMRA membership via theaffiliation scheme.

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W e are bringing backsome old favouritesfor the Halloween

season. Firstly Smoked Porter4.8% dark and smoky will bemaking an appearance in lateSeptember then Corpse Nailer4.1% all pale and lovely, andHorrable Skellington 4.9%dark and stouty.Some of you may also havenoticed that we are running a bitof a Dr Morton's theme at themoment with various time­travelthemed beers starting with TimeTravel 4% in September follow­ed by Dinosaur Sedative (4.1%100% Simcoe hops) and Past­icide (still a glimmer in thebrewer's eye) in October. This isall in honour of Dr Who's 50th.Some of us in the breweryremember the original series,others came to it later in its newerincarnations, sorry regener­ations, but we couldn't let it passwithout noting it, if only in the DrMorton beers.In the brewery, October will be abusy month with a new brew­house floor going down (easiersaid than done given that thebrewhouse is full of brew kit andfermenters) and some new kitarriving, of which more, later.

Fine dining arrivesW e are proud to an­nounce our first‘Supper Club’ on Fri­

day 27 September. A uniquedining experience with top qual­ity food combined with a welcom­ing and relaxed atmosphere. Thesetting for this event is The LoftBar, a 200 year old buildingstraddling the culvert which oncepowered the water wheel for theironworks at Kelham Island.Nicky Harris, the former prop­rietor/chef of Kumquat Mae hasput together an outstanding‘Grande Mezze’ menu. There willbe one sitting and there are only25 places available. Keep an eyeon the website for future events.

Cosmic Golden AleRadar Men From the Moon4% Cosmic Golden Ale. From the

brewery that brought you ‘Kingof the Rocket Men’ here isanother, brand new, excitingadventure in a pint pot. The latestedition of our space saga isbrewed with a blend of Australianand American hops to produce agolden ale with an out of thisworld aroma of fruit & earthylychee.

It’s mad, it’s bad......and it's back: Wild Rider 5.5%Strong IPA. Our strong fullflavoured IPA makes its annualbrief appearance this month.Brewed with a renegade blend ofhops from the UK, USA, Germanyand New Zealand for a massive,explosive hop aroma. Wickedlyjuicy, mouth watering andsatisfyingly aromatic.

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Kelham Island

Abbeydale

New beers for October areAutumn Red 4.5%, Ared ale with toffee,

caramel malt base and a fruityberry orange marmalade hoparoma.(image attached) alongwith Opal IPA 5%, part of ourEuropean single hopped IPArange. Rich golden colour, goodlevel of bitterness with a spicygusto mixed with tones of citrus.New cask wash machine whichcan wash 60 casks per hourshould be up and running bynow. Also investment has beenmade in the purchase of 3 x 20barrel conditioning tanks as tradeincreases.Our award winning Gorlovkastout is featured in Roger Protz's"300 more beers to try before youdie!" book and will also featurealongside Old Moor Porter atthe British Beer Festival in Tokyoat the end of October.Barnsley Bitter was yet againa finalist in class at the GreatBritish Beer Festival, this was its5th appearance in the finalsmaking into the top 18 bitters inthe country!

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Acorn

September has proved abusy month for Steel City.Dave started the month

with another trip to Raw atStaveley, along with Chris andRobin from the Shakespeare, andAntoni from Sardinian micro­brewery Trulla. The beer, aptlynamed Four Horsemen of theHopocalypse, is a Zero IBU(theoretically at least!) IPA,brewed with no bittering hops buta massive 10kg of Chinook, Citraand Summit at flame­out, givinga huge grapefruit and tropicalfruit flavour and aroma. Look outfor it in selected Raw stockists...A week later Dave and Gazzabrewed for the first time at theirnew home, Toolmakers. The brewis named CommunicationBreakdown, to mark the end of3½ years brewing at Little AleCart, and appropriately enoughfor Steel City is very pale and veryhoppy! Summit at First Wort andMagnum at boil combine to give142 IBU, then after flame­outhuge amounts of Amarillo and

Galaxy combine to give melon,peach and citrus flavours, toppedup with extra Galaxy in thefermenter just to be sure!Communication Breakdown willbe appearing in the Shakespeareand the Rutland, as well asNottingham and SheffieldCAMRA beer festivals. This isalso Steel City's fourth anni­versary beer ­ how time flieswhen you're having fun...Finally, Dave and Shazz planneda brew at the excellent NorthRiding brewpub in Scarborough,a 6% 200IBU IPA. As it is theNorth Riding's 200th brew, thename CC was chosen, now if onlythe brewers could think of anygood hops beginning with 'C'...Steel City have at last, thanks togreater capacity at Toolmakers,started bottling their beers. 72bottles of In The NightsideEclipse were produced as a trial,and were immediately snappedup by Cotteridge Wines inBirmingham (a fantastic off­license!), and so hopefully at least72 bottles of each brew will nowbe available, most likely viaCotteridge Wines and morelocally a new bottle shop openingin the new Moorfoot marketbuilding.

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Word from the HiveW ith summer justabout done, BlueBee's excellent Light

Blue is having its last hurrah.Back in June the beer was secondoverall at the Stockport CAMRAbeer festival. On Saturday 5October the award will be/waspresented at the Brewery, follow­ed, as is tradition, by a tour ofsome of the best pubs in Sheffieldselling Blue Bee.In its place, look out for DarkBlue on the pumps. Rich isworking on a crafty concoctionaround 4.4% ABV, dark in colour(really!) but with an added littletwist. Sounds interesting.

Also coming soon is the latest inthe pUnK­tuation series. Din­kus, at 5.2% ABV will be a returnto form, with a promise ofsomething pale and heavilyhopped. Tunes come by way ofthe Dead Kennedys and theirditty "Too Drunk to F***". Andfor the completists amongst you,Pilcrow Porter is best con­sumed to the strains of the firstLP by Public Image Ltd. Ofcourse.And time, once again, for theTangled Trail. The guys havebrewery­aged a few casks overrecent months. Each will go to adifferent pub, and the Trail willgive drinkers the chance tocompare and contrast the various'vintages'. This time round pubscan apply to take part. Thosewishing to do so should emailbluebeebrewery@hotmail.co.uk.

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Peak Ales sponsored theBirchover Tractor Pullwhich helps raise money

for the annual Birchover Car­nival, the prize was a case ofpersonalised bottled beer for thewinning team. The event wentvery well and £455 raised to­wards the Carnival which tookplace on July 13th.Chatsworth Country Show tookplace 30th August ­ 1st Septem­ber and Peak Ales had a stallthere serving both draught (cask)and bottled beer.The ever popular seasonal beerSummer Sovereign has allgone and the autumn seasonalPaxton should be brewed by theend of september, but this issubject to capacity as it is provingdifficult to fit it into the scheduledue to the demand for bottledversions of Peak's core beerrange.

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The Anglers Rest inBamford is still aiming tobecome the first

community owned pub in theHigh Peak, after it was threatenedwith closure. By mid­August, the£180,000 minimum purchasetarget had been exceeded and theBamford Community Society(BCS) were also successful intheir application to move thelocal Post Office into the AnglersRest as part of the CommunityHub project.However, on 20th.August 2013,the group was contacted by thepub owners, Admiral Taverns, tobe told that there was anotherbuyer and it was a contract race.A day later, Admiral Taverninformed BCS that they hadexchanged contracts with a thirdparty, at a selling price of £275k.BCS had understood that theLocalism Act gave protection for6 months from a purchase by athird party. However, this is notthe case. Admiral Taverns haveassured that that the pub wouldcontinue and as such it can besold to a third party. At this point,BCS were devastated. Thebuilding had seemingly beenbought by someone who hasnever run a pub.However, with publicity for thevillagers' plight growing bothlocally and nationally, AdmiralTaverns changed their stance ina statement issued on Friday 6thSeptember. They announced thatthey will rescind the sale of thepub to the developer and sell itinstead to the people of Bamford.

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The New Crown onHandsworth Road reopen­ed on Friday 6th Septem­ber. It has had an extensiverefurb and been renamedThe Handsworth Inn. Itis advertising cask ales onthe outside, has two hand­pumps and have put upposters promoting 'CaskAle Mondays' when theywill be selling cask at £2per pint. The Cross Keysare also running this,although at £1.99 per pint.

The Wharnclife Armson Wharncliffe Side is adrinkers’ pub that does alittle bit of food too. 4hand­pulls are now inoperation with BradfieldBrown Cow and FarmersBlonde on as regulars witha third changing Bradfieldbeer and a guest ale.

Fingers are crossed by allinvolve at the Old No7 inBarnsley as it goes forwardfor judging for the CAMRANational Pub of the Yearaward as a regional winner.Their winter beer festival isplanned for Thu 21 Nov ­Sun 24 Nov with over 24cask beers, 10 cider andperries and a selection ofBritish kegged beers.Shakespeares on Gib­ralter St also has a festivalfrom Thu 31 Oct ­ Sat 2Nov.

Inn BriefAnglers Rest, Bamford

The Rutty is 4!The Rutland Arms onBrown Street celebratesits fourth birthday as a

free house with a party on theevening of Wednesday 9thOctober and you are all invited!Like any good celebration of afour year old, the party willinvolve Jelly and Ice Cream, sillyhats, music and party games,however it being a pub there willof course also be lots of good craftbeer and artisan cider too.The party is expected to get goingaround 7pm.

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On the second Wednesdayof every month TheClosed Shop will now

have a folk night. The first sessionwas well attended and anyone iswelcome to join in or watch on.This adds to our already bristlingWednesday events list, with thefirst Wednesday being our musicquiz and acoustic gig nightcourtesy of Acoustic Lovelinessand the third Wednesday beinghanded over to Indy­pop­sing­along. We're hoping to organisea few tasting nights over the nextmonths for the fourth, but untilthen, you can always come tasteour 8­strong ale selection foryourself.

Sheffield Council’s licens­ing board has approved anapplication by Punch Tav­erns for The SportsmanInn on Harvey CloughRoad, Norton Woodseats ­subject to an inspection inthree months. The prop­osals involve altering theentrance from the gardenarea and removing astructural wall from thelounge to bar rooms, to‘give more open space’. Thegarden area would also belarger under the plans, withamplified music outside.

Wagon and Horses,Chapeltown is advertisedby Wetherspoons as open­ing on Sun 8 Sep.

Two of Thornbridge’s pubsare participating venues inSheffield’s Comedy Festivalthis October ­ the Grey­stones and the CrossScythes at Norton Lees.See their advert on the backcover for more details.

The Three Tuns in Dron­field are holding theirannual sausage festivalagain this year, from Thu 31Oct to Sat 2 Nov. This willsee a range of 24 differentvarieties of sausages to tryalong with an enhancedchoice of real ales andciders.

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The Closed Shop20p Off in The BathHaving once again

earned its place in thegood beer guide, we at

The Bath are celebrating byoffering a 20p discount on pintsof real ale to CAMRA members,and ordering in beers from someof the UK's best microbreweriesto make sure our selection is asexciting as possible.Everyone is welcome, so therecould be no better time to comeand try out one of Sheffieldhidden gems.Our opening hours are 12­11Mon­Thur, 12­12.30 Fri/Sat and12­8 on Sunday.

The Devonshire Arms inBeeley was named 'Der­byshire Dining Pub of the

Year' in the '2014 Good PubGuide.' Readers and an inspect­ion editor mentioned the pub’s‘local beers, good wine list andinteresting and carefully sourcedfood’ as well as its ‘lovely’ in­terior. Oliver Fry, manager of theDevonshire Arms, said: “It’s agreat morale booster to win anaward like this. I think we won itbecause we serve nice, qualityfood in great surroundings withamazing staff.”More than 4,700 pubs arefeatured in the 'Good Pub Guide.'Those with full entries arerequired to pay a fee. This isunlike the recently published'CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2014'which selects pubs on their meritand does not charge for entries.

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Good Pub Guide

The WhatPub website willbe launched in lateSeptember and aims to be

the most comprehensive pubwebsite available. The site has sofar only been available to CAMRAmembers allowing them toupdate entries. A huge thanks tothose who have been on andprovided information so that itcan be updated on the site. Whatwe need to do is make sure thatwe keep this information as up­to­date as possible so we canreally showcase the excellentpubs in our branch area.To do this just log onto the siteand search for a pub to proposeamendments. The informationwe need can be anything from theopening times, when food isserved, what facilities they haveright through to the details of thelicensee, pub ownership and theirtie, not to forget the essentialdetails of what regular real alethey serve and how many guestales they have on. Up­to­datephotos of the pubs are alsoneeded.What is absolutely crucial is thatwe have every single pub thatserves real ale logged on the site.We require your assistance in

keeping our records updated andand to make them as comp­rehensive as possible. This willhelp promote our pubs to visitorsand locals alike, hopefully en­couraging more people to go outand support these wonderfulassets.If you would prefer to use yourmobile while out and about goodnews; the site is now set ­up towork on mobile browsers andmake the process simple. If allthat’s a bit hi­tech then you canget survey forms by eitheremailing me or coming along toa meeting. These can then eitherbe emailed back or dropped off atanother meeting. You could alsojust drop me a line with what youfound at your pub visit.As with everything we do withinCAMRA we rely entirely onvolunteers to get things done soany assistance is much appre­ciated. Thank you once again tothose who’ve already helped outand also to those of you who willdo so in the future.www.whatpub.comGeoff MasonPubs Officergeoffmason@sheffieldcamra.org.uk

WhatPub Website

The new 2014 edition ofCAMRA’s Good BeerGuide is now published

containing listings of 4,500 pubswhich are those that CAMRAmembers have selected as thebest real ale pubs in their area. Itis available to buy through theCAMRA online shop and all theusual book retailers. Additionallyduring October local CAMRAmembers may buy a copy atbranch meetings and selectedsocials at the discounted price of£10.It is also expected that the secondedition of the CAMRA ‘YorkshireReal Heritage Pubs’ publicationwill go to print ready for the NewYear.

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Good Beer Guide

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Cider Pub of the YearSheffield

2013

The HarlequinNursery Street, S3Each year our members

get the opportunity tovote for their Sheffield &

District Cider Pub of the Year ­one which cares about servinggood real cider and perry with anice selection served in goodcondition by friendly andknowledgeable staff.

The award is presented inOctober as it is CAMRA’s nationalCider & Perry Month then in thenew year we put it forward as ourentry into the Yorkshire comp­etition, which feeds into thenational Cider Pub of the Yearselection process.The winner this year is TheHarlequin on Nursery Streetwhich offers an extensive select­ion all listed on a big sign by theend of the bar.

Although the Harlequin is knownfor its links with The BrewCompany, landlady Liz and herteam on the bar extend theirpassion for good drink beyondbeer and are able to advise unsurecustomers of which cider may bemost to their taste.

Our Pub of the Monthaward is a bit ofpositive campaign­

ing, highlighting local pubsthat consistently serve wellkept real ale in friendly andcomfortable surroundings.Voting is your opportunity tosupport good, real ale pubsyou feel deserve some recog­nition and publicity. AllCAMRA branch members arewelcome to vote at branchmeetings or on our website atsheffieldcamra.org.uk/potm.It's not one pub againstanother, simply vote YES orNO as to whether you thinkthe pub should be PotM. If weget enough votes in time wewill make the award.Nomination forms are avail­able at branch meetings. Thepub must have been open andserving real ale for a year andunder the same managementfor 6 months. Winners com­

pete alongside our Good BeerGuide entries for branch Pubof the Year, the winner ofwhich is entered into thenational competition.The list of nominees includeswhich buses to take if youfancy a trip to try them out:

Bath HotelVictoria Street, City Centre

Cheshire CheeseHope (train/buses 273/274)

GrapesTrippett Lane, City Centre

Red DeerPitt Street, City Centre

Red LionCharles Street, City Centre

Your Pub Needs Your Vote!

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Sheffield Trading Standards2­10 Carbrookhall RoadSheffieldS9 2BD0114 273 6286tradingstandards.gov.uk/sheffield

Vote nowsheffieldcamra.org.uk/potm

On Tuesday 10th Sep­tember a crowd ofCAMRA members and

regulars packed the New Inn atGleadless Common for an even­ing that included the Englandmatch on TV and the quiz nightbut more importantly also ourPub of the Month award pres­entation.A quality selection of real ales andciders were available on the barand a great spread of comple­mentary food was laid onincluding chilli, pie & peas andsandwiches and a good time washad by all thanks to the won­derful hosting skills of the land­ladies and bar staff!Pictured Sheffield CAMRA ViceChairman Dave Williams pres­enting the winners certificate.

Gleadless CommonThe New Inn

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CAMRA FestivalsMore info at www.camra.org.uk.

Huddersfield

The Huddersfield Oktoberfest isheld at the Sikh Leisure Centreon Spring Grove Street, about a10 minute walk from the railwaystation which enjoys a direct localtrain from Sheffield every hour.A range of about 75 real ales isfeatured along with Cider &Perry. Admission fee of £3applies (£1 for CAMRAmembers). Festival opens 6pmon Thursday, midday Friday and11am Saturday.

Nottingham

Nottingham’s Robin Hood beerfestival is one of Britain’s mustvisit beer festivals and advancetickets are advisable. Set in thegrounds of Nottingham Castlethere is a massive beer and cidermarquee on the top of the hill,smaller beer tents at the bottomand a tree lined footpath withfood stalls leading to a bandstandwhere the entertainment can befound. This is probably also thefestival with the longest beer list,which runs to around 1100different beers and over 200different ciders & perries. Trainsrun direct from Sheffield toNottingham every half hour withdiscounts often available foradvance bookings. NationalExpress coaches also run toNottingham.

Gainsborough

A smaller grassroots beer festivaloffering free admission. Enjoydrinking from a choice of real alesand ciders in the great setting ofthe Old Hall on Parnell Street, a15th Century Manor House. Localtrains run every hour fromSheffield to Gainsborough LeaRoad.

Sheffield

Our very own Steel City beer &cider festival is back in theInternational Sports Hall atPonds Forge ­ see separatefeature.

Norwich

Hosted in the classicsurroundings of the St Andrewand Blackfriars Halls, Norwichbeer festival offers a selection ofover 200 real ales and 40 ciders& perries and a selection offoreign beers too.Admission pricevaries but free for CAMRAmembers at all times. Directtrains run hourly from Sheffield,cheaper tickets available bookedin advance.

Birmingham

A festival spread over two floorsat 100 Sherlock Street, featuringa choice of over 250 beers and 80ciders & perries. Admissionvaries £3­£5 depending onsession. CAMRA members get £2of complimentary beer tokensincluded.

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ChesterfieldThe Market hall beer festival isback following refurbishment ofthe venue! This festival wasstarted a few years ago tocelebrate the anniversary of theChesterfield Market Charter. Thisfestival, as well as offering a goodselection of ales and ciders to tryfeatures the ‘Battle of theBrewers’ which involves anumber of local breweries supplya beer brewed specially for theevent with one of the beersjudged the winner! This towncentre venue is only small and thefestival is popular so advancetickets are advised. Chesterfieldis easily reached from Sheffieldby train or by Stagecoach buses43/44/50/50A/X17.

WakefieldThe venue is ‘The Space’ onWaldorf Way, the festival featuresaround 120 real ales, cider andforeign beers. The festival is openall day Thursday and Saturdaywith admission priced at £4 fornon members (£2 for CAMRAmember, refundable if festivalglass returned). The same pricesapply Friday afternoon, festivalcloses at 4pm and reopens at5:30pm for an advance ticketonly session.

RotherhamThe New York beer festival isRotherham CAMRA’s ownfestival (they also help with thecharity beer festival at Magna inFebruary) held at the New Yorkfootball stadium which is a shortwalk from Rotherham Centralrailway station and RotherhamInterchange (First buses 69 andX78 run direct from Sheffield to

Rotherham). The festival is open5pm­11pm on Thursday andFriday, 12pm­11pm on Saturday.Entry tickets cost £5 and need tobe bought in advance (Availableat www.rotherhamcamra.org.uk)and CAMRA members get acomplimentary pint included inthe ticket. The festival will featurearound 60 real ales with all threeRotherham breweries repre­sented amongst others, there willalso be the ‘Big Apple’ cider bar,food and entertainment ­ and aterrace view over RotherhamUnited’s football pitch!

Other FestivalsMore info at www.aletalk.co.uk.

Sheffield RUFC

Beer, cider, food and enter­tainment on the rugby pitch atAbbeydale Sports Club. Just a fewminutes walk from Dore & Totleystation. Buses 97/98/218.

Indy Man Beer Con

A collection of ‘craft’ brewery barsin the old Victoria swimmingbaths in Manchester.

Shakespeares

Local beers on the handpumpsdownstairs, unusual guest alesfrom further afield served ongravity upstairs, live music in theBards concert room and doingsin the beer garden. Always acracking do!

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Stannington

Walkabout8pm. Our walkabouts are pubcrawls of a specific area of the cityin order to visit pubs we wouldn’tnormally get to. This month weare in Stannington, starting at theCrown & Glove. Get there by bus11, 61, 62 or SL2.

Branch meeting8pm. A formal meeting all localmembers are invited to attend toshare pub, club and brewerynews, catch up on what theCampaign is up to and to get

involved locally ­ all over a pintof course. The venue this monthis the Princess Royal in Crookes,get there on bus 52.

Cider PotY8pm (TBC). Our members havevoted for the Harlequin onNursery Street as the winner ofour real cider & perry pub of theyear, join us as we presentlandlady Liz the certificate. Getthere by bus 47,48,53 or 87.

Woodthorpe Cider Day11am. We visit Woodthorpe Hallin Holmesfield to help with theapple pressing then once the dayswork is done we all relax with apint of cider! The day alsoincorporates the ‘Cider Run’where we hand deliver a tub of

cider to a pub in the village wherewe have lunch. Get there by bus43/43A as far as Dronfieldwoodhouse then change onto the16/16A for Holmesfield. Meetoutside the Horns Inn for thewalk to the Hall.

Festival Planning8pm. The final formal meetingof the organisers before thefestival happens! Meeting venueis the Gardeners Rest, NeepsendLane. Get there on bus 53.

Festival

ConstructionWe move into an empty sportshall and need to build all thestillage, bars, stalls and the rest!Volunteers required to help!

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Steel City Beer Festival

The festival is open at PondsForge from 6pm to 11pm Wedand midday to 11pm Thu to Satserving from a massive range ofreal ales, ciders and perries, it willalso feature a number of food,merchandise and trade stallsalong with a CAMRA member­ship stand, traditional pub gamesand a tombola. Details elsewherein this issue, volunteers required!

Festival TakedownThe festival is over and we haveto pack everything up, take itaway in a van, store it and returnthe sports hall back to how wefound it! We need lots ofvolunteers to help, those thatwork the full day will be rewardedwith dinner afterwards.

BM Distribution and

Committee Meet.8pm. Those that have volun­teered for a magazine distri­bution run come down to theRutland Arms on Brown Street tocollect their supply hot off thepress and enjoy a pint with fellowdistributors. The committeemeeting upstairs at 8:30pm.

Branch meeting8pm. The venue this month isthe Fat Cat on Alma Street,Kelham Island. Buses 11, 12, 13,57, 79 or Shalesmoor tram stop.

Spire Brewery TripNOW BOOKING. We will berunning a minibus trip to SpireBrewery in Staveley, Chesterfield

including a brewery tour and avisit to their two pubs, theBritannia in Tupton and theThree Tuns in Dronfield. Formore info or to book pleasephone Richard Ryan.

Dronfield & District

Welbeck Trip7pm. Minibus trip to WelbeckAbbey Brewery including a tourof the brewery and a few beersthere. For more information andto book a place please contactSocial Secretary Nick Wheat.

Woodthorpe Cider Day11am. We visit Woodthorpe Hallin Holmesfield to help with theapple pressing then once the dayswork is done we all relax with apint of cider! The day alsoincorporates the ‘Cider Run’where we hand deliver a tub ofcider to a pub in the village wherewe have lunch. Get there by bus14/16 (departs Coal AstonMethodist Church 10:36, Dron­field Civic Centre at 10:44 andDronfield Woodhouse TalbotArms at 10:47)

Branch MeetingAll local members are invited toshare pub, club and brewerynews, update members on whatis happening in the widercampaign, vote for pub awardsand arrange socials.

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Alan GibbonsChairman, Good Beer GuideCoordinator, Pub AwardsCoordinator, Beer MattersAdvertisingchairman@sheffieldcamra.org.ukAndrew CullenSecretary, Beer Matters Editorbeermatters@sheffieldcamra.org.ukRob CarrollTreasurer, Local Guide Editortreasurer@sheffieldcamra.org.ukMike RosePress Officerpress@sheffieldcamra.org.ukGeoff MasonBranch Contact, Webmaster,Pubs Officergeoffmason@sheffieldcamra.org.ukDave WilliamsVice Chairman, Public AffairsOfficerdave@sheffieldcamra.org.ukRichard RyanSocial Secretary, Clubs Of­ficer, Chairman of Beer Fes­tival Organising Committeesocial@sheffieldcamra.org.uk07432 293 513Mike HumphreyMembership Secretarymembership@sheffieldcamra.org.ukDave PickersgillPub Preservation Officerdpickersgill1@gmail.com

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

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info and bookingsRichard Ryan (07432 293 513)

info and bookingsNick Wheat (socials@dronfieldcamra.org.uk)