Sheffield Beer Week will make a return this year, with a packed programme of events from 7th to 13th March.
There will be a continued intertwining of online and in-person elements, with a key online talk exploring beer and brewing research. Speakers will include Lars Marius Garshol (Norwegian farmhouse brewing), Dr Christina Wade (Irish beer history), Ron Pattinson (beer historian), and Tim Holt (the Brewery History Society).
A collaborative partnership with Harrogate Beer Week will showcase North Yorkshire breweries in South Yorkshire, highlighting the positive nature of beer tourism.
Sheffield breweries Heist Brew Co and Lost Industry will be creating beers for International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day on International Women’s Day (8th March).
As Visit Sheffield’s The Outdoor City hosts a month-long celebration of the green spaces and adventure trails in the city, Sheffield Beer Week will showcase beer and history walks (via local historian Dave Pickersgill, editor of CAMRA’s Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs).
It will also be running a beer social club and highlighting the Right to Roam campaign, alongside the 90th anniversary of the Kinder Mass Trespass with Sunday Times best-selling author Nick Hayes (The Book of Trespass), Saint Mars of the Desert brewery, Sheffield Beer Week, and Hop Hideout.
Indie Beer Feast
On the weekend of 4th and 5th March, Sheffield’s craft beer festival, Indie Beer Feast, launches. This is a celebration of independent craft beer, with brewery bars, street food, low-intervention wines, and fine cider.
The beer festival champions and supports The Everyone Welcome initiative. Beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones will be hosting pop-up tastings and judging the beer of the festival. This year’s theme is Hope.
Breweries pouring include Sheffield outfits Saint Mars of the Desert, Lost Industry, and Abbeydale. There will also be bars from Women on Tap, showcasing female-led breweries and collaborations, and Craft Beer Newcastle, highlighting myriad breweries from the North East.
Also featuring will be Manchester’s Pomona Island brewery, Liverpool’s Neptune, Derbyshire’s Torrside and Pentrich, Norfolk’s Duration, Cheshire’s Mobberley Brewhouse, Nottingham’s Black Iris, Wales’ Wilderness, Scotland’s Fyne Ales and Donzoko Brewing, London’s Rock Leopard, and North Yorkshire’s Turning Point Brew Co.
There will also be a bigger focus on cider, with both Ross and Hogan’s hosting bars, and low-intervention wines, with Naturally Wines showcasing their Italian portfolio.
• Find out more at sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk/
