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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Bridge Tavern, Newcastle) - Golden with a white head. Mango, pine and a hint of spice in the the aroma. Hoppy taste with tea, grapefruit, lemon and mango detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2014
at 15:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle via Craig, cheers! Pours near black, no head. Aromas of coffee, lots of coffee! Taste is more coffee, light dark chocolate bitterness. Coffee bitter too. Interesting, but a bit over-powering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2014
at 11:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... golden amber ... soft white head ... light sweet floral fruits ... light sweet lime fruit nose ... soft juicvy lemon ... soft fruits ... light sweet peppery hop ... ligth swet and fruyit
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2014
at 15:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... dark black ... thin tan head ... soft dark roast ... dark chocolate .. massive coffee roast ... dark soft sweet roast ... massive coffe ...ligth bitter chocolate roast ... soft coffe ..
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2014
at 14:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with a thick frothy head. Has a fair roasted coffee aroma. It’s not as stated in its taste but picks up in its aftertaste with a nice lingering roasted coffee flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2014
at 11:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. It’s all that it promises to be, but is let down by a damp cardboard aroma and taste. Any Steel City beers I’ve had on cask or keg, outshine the bottled stuff by a long way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 11:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ Craft100. Pours a golden yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty dry hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2014
at 07:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at Craft 100, Craft Clapham, 03/04/14. Pale golden with moderate off white spotting come swirl. Nose is fresh citric hops, straw, light minerals, lemon rind, orange pith, touch of grapefruit. Taste comprises light spice, citric tang, bitter orange pith, earthy hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid hoppy number.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2014
at 15:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Microbar, Market Hall, Arndale Centre, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M4 2HU.Unclear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, moderate hoppy, light lime, light to moderate yeasty, UK yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, dry bitter, fruity hops, metalic bitter, unbalanced, unripe lime zest bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130125]
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2014
at 01:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is burnt sugar, tar and liquorice. Taste has tar and liquorice to start with a sweet, beefy finish. Tar on the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2014
at 13:31