RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST

April 2023. Attendees at CAMRA’s Sheffield AGM raising some issues with the beer quality at the members bar would have been well advised to take a short walk out towards the town centre, where the University Arms and Bath Hotel offer high quality local cask. Walk another 5 minutes past approx. 372 (excellent) Asian restaurants… Continue reading RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST

LEADMILL, LOW-ALCOHOL BEER, LIGETI QUARTET

April 2023. Living in Sheffield gives you unrivalled access to the full spectrum of cultural opportunities, in venues ranging from the famous Crucible to tiny pubs to the iconic Leadmill. Mrs RM hadn’t been to a gig at the Leadmill since we moved, and it was too long to wait for Tommy Cannon, so I… Continue reading LEADMILL, LOW-ALCOHOL BEER, LIGETI QUARTET

Sheffield CAMRA AGM to offer guided tours of “Good” Doom Bar venues

Well, the end of another fun month, and April brings with it both endless sunshine (where I’m going, anyway) and the return of the CAMRA Members Weekend to Sheffield. I need to get my volunteering form in. I think I’ll focus on the setting up and putting paper in plastic bags jobs as otherwise I’ll… Continue reading Sheffield CAMRA AGM to offer guided tours of “Good” Doom Bar venues

POST-PUNK APPRECIATION IN THE CROW

March 2023. There’s just too many temptations in Sheffield. Goodness knows how those CAMRA delegates will cope in April with all those great Greene King and Sam Smiths outlets. Just when you need your journey home from the Wetherspoons beer festival to be direct and rapid, someone puts a magnificent pub like The Crow in… Continue reading POST-PUNK APPRECIATION IN THE CROW

HOORAH !!! IT’S THE WETHERSPOONS BEER FESTIVAL

23rd March 2023. Some lovely street art has arrived at Retired Martin Lane. Everywhere, things are getting better. Apart from the roads into Cambridge, where the art installation is a series of pot holes on the A10. Sheffield remains a giant building site, the constructions alternating between student accommodation and food courts. Yes, you heard… Continue reading HOORAH !!! IT’S THE WETHERSPOONS BEER FESTIVAL