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 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours hazy light gold with a medium head. Aroma is sweet, lime and piss. Taste is sharp and pissy Citra, with a touch of bubblegum on the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2014
at 13:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 3/3/2014. Golden with a slight white head. Massively hoppy, beer with grapefruit, slightly creamy malts and a long and bitter finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2014
at 09:35
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ Microbar, Market Hall, Arndale Centre, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M4 2HU.Unclear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, fresh, fruity citrus bitter, late finish is peel bitter, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130125]
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2014
at 13:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th March 2014
Jack is back tasting at Bruce’s. Thanks to our Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, tiny pale tan head. Palate is light and airy and dry. Fine carbonation. Light touch of dark malts but they do bring traces of roast bitterness and a little coffee. Light piney hops with a whisper of citrus. Finishes dry and slighly bitter. Not bad but wants more ooomph.
Jack is back tasting at Bruce’s. Thanks to our Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, tiny pale tan head. Palate is light and airy and dry. Fine carbonation. Light touch of dark malts but they do bring traces of roast bitterness and a little coffee. Light piney hops with a whisper of citrus. Finishes dry and slighly bitter. Not bad but wants more ooomph.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2014
at 02:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. Hazy, pale golden colour. No head. Light lemon. Some honeydew melon. Taste is zesty bitter, verging on astringent. Some oiliness on the palate. Overall, though, flat and dull. Top dollar, too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2014
at 14:33
8/10
Tried
on 08 Mar 2014
at 14:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Shoulder of Mutton, Wantage, Oxon 6th March 2014 Pours light/mid gold with white bubbly head. Furiously bitter, really bitter, citrussy and very pithy, loads of lemon rind. Dry finish, christ this is dry but very good. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2014
at 21:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Colin, Junior CDA Tracker. Pours clear brown with a frothy tan head. Floral nose, some burnt pine, toasted malts. Light sweet flavor, lots of minerals, burnt pine, burnt toast. Light bodied with average carbonation. Heavy bitter finish, lots more burnt pine, minerals, dry toasted bread. Unbalanced, aggressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 13:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Bruce’s. It pours deep ruby brown with a thick beige head. The nose is funky, earthy, cocoa, roasty, pine, varnish, hop sack, pungent and toast. The taste is dry, bitter, roast, dark fruit, berry, mild acidity, cocoa, cola and earth with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with a creamy off-white head. Has lots of dry chocolate and coffee bean aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2014
at 11:44