The Railway ... the one near the station ... if that's what your on about has an upstairs room if I recall correctly.
Did a quiz in it once.

Checked it out today, seems spot on for our needs!

had a Hobgoblin while in there, just to be fair

Sheffield last Sunday ...

Ventured out to Hillsborough to the Rawson Spring and didn't regret it as they had Bradfield Brewery's excellent Farmers Brown Cow 4.2%. Next up the Hillsborough Hotel at Langsett where one of the 'house brews' Crown Black Jack Stout 6.0%. was sampled.

Also visited the Devonshire Cat (Vale Best Bitter 3.7%), then a pub I hadn't visited before, the Old House (Maxim Maximus 6.0%) and the Bankers Draft (Davenports Fury 4.3%) before finishing with a pint of the wonderful Thornbridge Lord Marples 4.0% in the Sheffield Tap.

Had two cracking porters today, the dangerous Elland 1872 Porter, heavy but beautiful at 6.5% and Wentworth's Damson Porter with the sweetness of the damsons balancing the bitterness of the stout excellently. Sampled at the Bluecoat, Rotherham.

Grafters Traditional 3.7%
Oldershaw Alchemy 5.3%
plus Toad Brewery's Da Vinci Toad and Mature Toad
sampled whilst watching England on Tuesday evening in Cask Corner.

The beer was obviously better than the football.

Westgate Gangly Ghoul 4.2% a new one to me (in the Cumberland last week).

Obviously, the Halloween ales are starting to surface.

Visited the Bulls Head in Manchester (stop-off on the way the way to the Reebok) and sampled Hook Norton's Hooky Dark and Titanic Engine Stop.

Sheffield Tap on the way home ... Thornbridge Lord Marples ... well it'd be rude not to!

Toad St Leger Festival Ale, a decent premium ale and Ossett Treacle Stout, one of the best of its type, at the Arkwright Arms, Chesterfield

I like the majority of the Toad brews but the St Leger Festival Ale wouldn't be amongst my favourites. The Ossett Treacle Stout is however, as you say, one of the best of its type.

For decent, read average. I was trying not to offend.

First visit to the current JDW's Real Ale (& Cider) Festival last night ...

Titanic New York Wheat Porter 4.2% (brewed exclusively for this festival) and Brewdog Edge 3.2% in the Red Lion. Both nice drinks without being spectacular. Slight preference for the former, a dark ruby coloured ale with chocolate a clear influence. The latter a mild.

Castagn Ale 4.4% (Italian), my favourite of the evening, which was smooth and full of flavour. Reading the tasting notes, caramel, fruit, chestnuts and honey are in the mix. This one was sampled in the Gatehouse.

The Old Angel was disappointing in that only two ales were available (not for the first time). RCH Strawberry Line 5.0% was selected and was enjoyable enough, the strawberries being evident but not overpowering.

Finally, a visit to Cask Corner and a pint of Howard Town Brewery's Snake Ale 4.0% ... probably poor selection on my part but I didn't really enjoy this amber ale.

Just had the first tasting from the first barrel of Ilkley Brewery Lotus IPA in my local The Wheatley, Ben Rhydding. 5.6%, absolutely magnificent. If anything, better than their award winning Mary Jane.

Sampled a couple more from the JDW's festival on Sunday evening ...

The Gatehouse had available the Sri Lankan brew 'Dark' referred to over here as Lion Stout 5.0%. Very nice, all the good things I would expect from a decent stout, roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and enough but not too much liquorice.



In the Red Lion I sampled JW Lees Chocoholic. I feared at 3.6% that it might be a little on the bland side but I need not have worried it was full of flavour and quite quaffable.

Did York again yesterday ...

The Pivni World Freehouse is now more Brew Dog and less Thornbridge. They had amongst others the Brewdog Edge which I tried as part of JDW's festival and liked so I had it again and the powerful Brewdog Hardcore IPA 9.0% ... it would have been rude not to.



Also sampled ...
Leeds Gathering Storm 4.4%, a stout, in the Guy Fawkes Inn
York Constantine 3.9%, a bitter, in the Three Legged Mare and
Nottingham Centurion ND 4.9%, a dark ale, in the Maltings.

Does the hardcore go down all right, or is it one that goes down in chunks?

question :are you South Yorkshire lot simply a bunch of beer swillers or do any of you appreciate the pleasure of fine red wines ?

Get your own thread frenchy!

Had the classic Timothy Taylors Landlord at The Woolpack in Esholt (of Emmerdale fame) on Saturday. Just like Mr.Wilkes used to pull

would love to but I don't think the thread "O/T Another Round - More tales of Red Wine" will get many hits...

No, it went down alright although clearly, I didn't guzzle it.

Dead right.

... you're probably right.

Mr Wilkes used to pull Ephram Monks in the Woolpack.

Just been tipped off about this thread.

I think I'll be back for a much closer look when I get a few more mins...

Seen the Toad Brewey Bar opens on match days for the Rovers; wonder what sort of numbers they want to justify opening up on Dons matchdays???