Bank Holiday Monday May 2023.
On the way back from New Mills the Mrs RM clan and myself stopped in Hathersage, the first honeypot village in the Peak leaving Sheffield.
All the pub action involved Madri, and we only lingered over an ice cream while being asked whether the animals being led through the High Street were dogs or ponies.
Now you’ll know that my animal analysis is world-renowned, and I was able to identify immediately as llamas, which seemed to satisfy the inquisitor not one jot.
Back in Sheffield, I decided to show my brother-in-law the exciting route from our house to Morrisons. taking in key features like Sang Lung, the park where the Arctic Monkeys just grumbled through two sets of hits, and the Wednesday.
Wouldn’t you know it, Hillsborough has just (yet) another new pub, so new it doesn’t register on Bing Maps but literally 2 seconds chicken run across from the Spoons (don’t attempt when the tram is coming).
“ANOTHER pub called Beer House ?” you ask, and indeed posh Sheff already has a Beer House in Ecclesall Road, but the more the merrier on Langsett and Middlewood Road.
It makes a change from new openings with Monkey in the name; the in-laws took endless amusement from spotting Blind Monkey, Brass Monkey, Northern Monkey and Monkey Club in S6.
Our latest craft bar is a classy opening, a spacious one roomer with proper seating that we popped in 3 days in, after a hectic Sunday of celebrating the Owls promotion at Wembley.
This isn’t the 2023 Wednesday team, I think.
The S6 Beer House reminds me of Cambridge’s most recent new build, the Queen Edith.
Smart, wide appeal, excellent beer choice.
perhaps in need a of a few months to give it a more lived-in feel.
We had a lovely welcome at the bar,
but I’m afraid my brother-in-law outed us as amateurs by saying
“Could I have a nip of the cider”.
I can only apologise. Not only is “nip” a word last heard in S6 in 1976, but asking for a taster is a crime against nature.
Even worse, that taster was rejected for “tasting of mango” and we ended up with the Fortitude, which was cool and crisp and lovely (NBSS 3.5).
Hopefully Mrs RM and Will will join me for a proper pint, unencumbered by the shame of having asked for a taster.
retiredmartin 
I’m not sure why pubs with monkey in the name have become a thing. The micropub formerly known as Chums in Redland, Bristol (where the licensee sadly died last year) has recently reopened as the Red Monkey.
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I thought it was a Hillsborough thing but I’ve no idea of history, perhaps a group of Hartlepool fans running riot after losing at Wednesday?!
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The Funky Monkey in Camberwell sensibly changed to the Stormbird some years ago now, on the other hand.
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Reminds me of the fictional Waggonload of Monkeys which occasionally featured in the “Dear Bill” letters in Private Eye.
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My last two copies of PE have sat unread, alas.
Satire is barely possible any more.
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Maybe you need to do a post on embarrassing pub moments. Focus on foreigners and relatives.
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I think it was the time some American guests of ours took a pint back (honest) in a coastal Kent town. Boy, that was really embarassing.
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They’re the worst. Loud with those damn cameras. And I’m not talking about their beer guides.
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Finally, a competition we could win.
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Ha !
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““nip” a word last heard in S6 in 1976” and in Staffordshire around then for a third pint bottle of Banks’s Old Ale.
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