Steel City Brewing
Client Brewer in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Established in 2009
Closed in 2025
Contact
105 Olive Grove Road, Sheffield, S2 3GD, England
Description
Steel City Brewing is a brewing company with a very new world outlook on life! Rather than buying our own brewery - with all the associated cost and hassle that entails - we have decided, initially at least, to become what's known in Europe as a "Cuckoo" brewery... We started off doing our first brews at The Brew Company, before capacity issues saw us move to Little Ale Cart, where we spent three years proving even the most Heath-Robinson brew kit can be used to make good beer! We then outgrew the kit moved to Toolmakers brewery, before moving again to Lost Industry in 2016.
When we started we were (and still are) huge fans of hops and there just weren't enough brewers in the UK using them, even though that sounds ridiculous in today's beer world. So, rather than moaning into our beer, we thought we'd do something about it and brew some of our own! Over time as the beer scene evolved, there was less need for our style of hoppy beers since everyone was brewing with them so we evolved too and widened our style portfolio.
When we started we were (and still are) huge fans of hops and there just weren't enough brewers in the UK using them, even though that sounds ridiculous in today's beer world. So, rather than moaning into our beer, we thought we'd do something about it and brew some of our own! Over time as the beer scene evolved, there was less need for our style of hoppy beers since everyone was brewing with them so we evolved too and widened our style portfolio.
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Hand bottle at Stephen.... Thanks to Mr U... Dark black... Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee chocolate coconut Roast nose... Dark chocolate Roast.. Light bitter roast... Chocolate Roast.. Heavy chocolate Roast... Light dry coconut finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 10:23
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask, via handpump. 42nd Steel City Beer Festival. Hazy, dark yellow. Bubbly, white head. Nose has fresh, leafy hop. Lemon zest. Lime leaf. TVT reckons a bit of Sorachi. I’m not so sure. Anyhow, its bright and clean. Taste is clean bitter. Light body. Crisp mouthfeel. Finish follows suit, with a fresh hop bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2016
at 06:09
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is herby, citrus and slight pine resin. Taste fruity citrus, light bitter with a long bitter finish.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2016
at 04:25
6.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Cellar Bar, Chester [310816]
Dark amber, clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet malts, syrup fruits
Taste of sweet malts, barley sugar, citrus fruits, sweet fruity pale caramel
Palate - Full body, rather sweet, light booze, alcohol well hidden for a cask DIPA. Finish is dry, bittr zest hops, sweet malt, dab of alcohol, very bitter tail
Overall - This was quite decent on cask, normally not a fan of cask DIPAs as they are usually too sweet and boozy, but this was far more drinkable than usual
Dark amber, clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet malts, syrup fruits
Taste of sweet malts, barley sugar, citrus fruits, sweet fruity pale caramel
Palate - Full body, rather sweet, light booze, alcohol well hidden for a cask DIPA. Finish is dry, bittr zest hops, sweet malt, dab of alcohol, very bitter tail
Overall - This was quite decent on cask, normally not a fan of cask DIPAs as they are usually too sweet and boozy, but this was far more drinkable than usual
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2016
at 09:10
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On Tap @5ª Feria de la Cerveza de Noblejas. 01/10/16 Color amarillo, aromas herbales, sabor resinoso, final amargo.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2016
at 11:51
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On Tap @5ª Feria de la Cerveza de Noblejas. 01/10/16 Color amarillo, sabor herbal,resinoso, final seco y amargo.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2016
at 15:50
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
@Feria de Noblejas’16. Cloudy golden color with a white head, good retention. Aroma is light hoppy with some malty hints. Flavor with citrus hints and some resins hops. Bittery final with some dry mouthfeel.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2016
at 09:11
7/10
Very chuggable!
Tried
on 17 Sep 2016
at 19:13
7.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Cotteridge Wines tasting room; hazy golden yellow pour with a thin off white head, aroma has grapefruit and some grain, taste has bitter grapefruit and zesty lemon, some bread.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2016
at 04:18
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap. Cotteridge. Cloudy, dark yellow. Film of dense, white head. Nose has pink grapefruit. Orange zest and pith. Some peachy hop. Dry grain background. Smells great. Taste is big, pithy, zesty bitter. Minimal sweetness. Clean, sharp mouthfeel. Fine carbonation. Long, clean, zippy, zesty bitter finish. Lovely, clean, and hugely bitter fruit juice beer!
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2016
at 06:12