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.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle @ Midlands Bottle Share, Aug 14, at Richies Hop Palace. Pours black with big foamy tan head and light roast aroma. Complex hop character with earthy roasted elements and an unwelcome sourness. Perhaps a bit unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2014
at 14:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Rutland Arms, Sheffield. Hazy, dark, espresso colour. Sticky film of off white head. Roast, toasty malt. Coffee bean. Citrus fruit zest in the background. Taste is nutty sweet, before a hit of bitterness. Soft carbonation. Light chew. Lengthy, soft bitter finish. Very nice. Poffed this in no time.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2014
at 06:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (Nags Head, Reading) - Very dark brown, almost black, with some red tinges when held to the light. Liquorice, coffee and hints of soapy hops in the aroma. The taste is roasted and moderately hoppy (was expecting more) and has notes of liquorice and roasted malt standing out.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2014
at 23:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol, 25/7/2014. Medium brown with a frothy, off-white head. Plenty of roasted malts, some plain chocolate, a touch of grassy hops and toasty finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2014
at 09:57
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. A bit hazy yellow color, medium sized white head. Aroma is lightly malts, nicely hoppy, quite citrussy. Taste lightly malts, citrus, quite fruity, hops, nicely bitter. Suitable body and carbonation. Lovely beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2014
at 16:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Slightly hazy yellow colour with a medium sized white head. Smells hops, lemongrass, malts, nice. Tastes hops, lemongrass, sweetish, hops, grapefruit, nice. Medium body, nice carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2014
at 15:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at The Craven Arms; dark brown pour with a thin bubbly tan head, pine and light roast aroma, taste has some earthy hop along with light pine and a hint of citrus, some coffee, lacked a bit of carbonation but all the CDA flavours are there.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2014
at 10:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Bow bar. Smoky, burnt, huge bitter coffee roast, light sweet chocolate, a bit too bitter. --- Beer merged from original tick of Unholy Trinity on 16 Feb 2014 at 15:22 - Score: 7. Original review text: Cask. Smoky, burnt, huge bitter coffee roast, light sweet chocolate, a bit too bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2014
at 08:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear gold, thin white head. Aromas of citrus and caramel. Taste has more lemon bitterness and mango. Clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 01:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear lemon yellow, thin white head. Light tropical fruit aroma. Light bitter taste. Bit wassy. Not keen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 01:07