February 2025. Sheffield.
Another short, dull, post with no moral or great revelation, other than confirming that Ecclesall Road is worth a detour from your Kelham/Walkley circuit next time you’re in Sheffield.
The Porter Brook is one of a surprising number of Greene King food-led pubs round here. See here the Sheffield Hatter pointing out the pristine water supply that makes GK beers so “distinctive”.
Will rated this quite highly, considering. And it’s not the bargain (?) Carling that draws him in.
Or the inevitable streaky Liverpool win on the telly.
Nope, it’s the beer quality and a cask enthusiastic landlord, though in truth this is a slightly duller line-up than I remember from 2022, when Blackpool fans sent back sausages.
Sunday lunchtime saw it packed, and not just with studentz and plastic Scousers, so the Abbeydale should be good for a half, we thought.
Looks can be deceptive, but they seldom are. Moonshine is, even more than Jaipur and Farmer’s Blonde, the Beer of Sheffield, even sold in the city’s most famous ale shrine.
“Look ! Look !” I urged Will, “those lacings“.
“Lacings NEVER lie” said Will.
retiredmartin 
Well, someone certainly said it. Wasn’t it me?
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Whoever said it was misguided. Can we discuss lacings at the CAMRA Members Weekend?
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Aren’t you worried it might be ruled “off topic”?
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You’re right. The quality of beer in the pub is of no concern to CAMRA, not with so much real stuff going on.
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I think I was once told that “the lacings never die on a good pint that lasts all day.
But I’ve been told all sorts on nonsense in fifty-three years of using pubs.
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