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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.
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danlo (13924) reviewed
Sour Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Stones from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Dark brown colour with red tinge, some bubbles on top and aroma of dark cherries, malt, leather, cigars, red wine. Taste is sweetish & sour, cherry, malt, caramel, red wine, oak, with some leathery bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying soured boozy finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 28 Jan 2023 at 18:52
Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Sour Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Stones from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
21/1/2023. Can shared at the first ITFC 2023 beer share. From Beer Central, Sheffield. Pours very dark brown with a short lasting frothy off-white head. Aroma is boozy, red wine, woody, yeasty, cherry. Moderate sweetness, medium woody bitterness, moderate sour which starts quite intensely but fades. Medium body, average carbonation. Dry, tannic, charred wood finish. Worked well.
Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2023 at 15:27
Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Sour Wars Episode I: The Cranachan Menace from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
2/1/2023. Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. Pours very dark brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, raspberry, pavlova, flowery perfume, molasses, liquorice, treacle, tar. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness and sourness. Medium body, oily, soft carbonation. Finished with a good dose of heartburn. I've enjoyed others in this series but to me this was muddled and not hugely enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2023 at 16:59
Jybi (2413) reviewed
Vlad The Invader from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
Merci à Graham pour cette découverte. Je me demande pourquoi ils se sont mis à 3 pour brasser cet Ukrainian Imperial Stout qui n'est à vrai dire, pas réellement bonne avec des arômes torréfiés qui ne s'imposent pas réellement. Sont-ce les graines de tournesol qui donnent ce résultat, peut être. Le visuel est sur un noir total avec une belle mousse brune et crémeuse de 1 cm. Au nez, ce ne sont pas les arômes torréfiés qui l'emportent mais l'amertume simple (Styrian wolf comme houblon) et l'alcool, brut. On retrouve tout de même des arômes de noisette et un léger cacao. En bouche, ce ne sont pas les arômes torréfiés qui l'emportent également avec de surcroît un alcool trop présent voire brutal. La sucrosité est pour sa part trop poussée avec in fine trop de déséquilibres. Pas terrible.
Tried on 04 Dec 2022 at 07:49
Garrold (11729) reviewed
Yellowcake from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can. Beer Central Sheffield. Amber colour. Soft haze. Slim dense just of white foam. Well I don’t know how but the aroma is nailed on digestive biscuit based lemon cheesecake. Impressive. Tastes like it too. Lovely twang. Smooth and super easy drinking. Minimal amount of acidity. Really good.
Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2022 at 19:14
McCash (16382) reviewed
Vlad The Invader from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - mat black with a thin off-white head. Nose - lightly rum and brown sugar with something a bit like glue. Taste - boozy raisins, in fact rum and raisin. Ginger bread. Palate - medium to full bodied, sweet and very boozy. Overall - enjoyable if a bit unbalanced.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2022 at 13:47
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Vlad The Invader from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can thanks to Stuu666. Pours black with a thick beige head. Aromas of chocolate, higher alcohols, estery. Taste is nutty, chocolate, rum and raisin. Boozy finish.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2022 at 13:45
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Vlad The Invader from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can at ash's. Pours black, nose is deep reddish brown, nose is solvent, toffee, roasted, musty, taste is chewy toffee, roasted, dark fruit, very boozy, sweet.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2022 at 13:44
cagarvie (40318) ticked
Vlad The Invader from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
7/10
can at ashs... deep red brown black.. thin tan lacing.. soft rich chocolate roast.. odd nose... soft malts.. L rich sweet mslts... some jsm and little rum wierdness
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2022 at 13:43
rhoihessegold (9393) ticked
Stout Wars Episode IV: A Tiramisu Hope from Steel City Brewing
3 years ago
8/10
Absacker.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2022 at 22:59