About
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.
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2022
at 19:23
8/10
Still great. Cherries faded. Mild red wine barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2022
at 14:20
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
30/8/2022. Can from Beer Central, Sheffield. Can blew well before its bb date but fortunately didn't break the seal. Poured slightly murky very dark brown with minimal head. Aroma of lime, passionfruit, dark rum, orange, light roasting, chocolate, ashy woody edge. Moderate sweetness, big dose of lemon and lime tartness. Medium body, very low carbonation. Gently boozy but didn't give any real suggestion that it was 13.7%. Drying tart fruit finish. Long lingering passionfruit and lime. Enjoyed it, but it was quite an enigma.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2022
at 21:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Beer Central Sheffield. Mostly clear pale gold. Slim leggy white head. Nose has sweet cereal. Pithy citrus. Bit of a sweet funk thing going on, bizarrely. Taste has a grainy sweetness with a bosh of lime and orange peel bitterness. Drinks pretty easy despite that funk thing. Lingering bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2022
at 21:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
High pressure can, but not as bad as the others. Dark murky brown, soda carbonation. Smells sour, malty, strong, some vinegar. Nice thickness, light carbonation, slight pucker. Tastes weirdly malty sour, lots of rum. Pretty boozy, this one. Not my fav.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2022
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 31st Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 15/07/22. Very lightly hazed golden with a white cap. Nose is hay bale, citric zest, dusty hops, light funk. Taste comprises lemon rind, herb, hedgerow, light cheesy presence, grains, tangy citric zest. Medium plus bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Comes over a little muddled ... not terrible but couldn't drink much ... has this strange overriding light cheesy wotsit presence.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2022
at 15:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
High pressure can, pours very dark brown with a sliver off-white head. Smells sour, little bit of wine, tart cherry. Good body, fairly light for the ABV, bit boozy, slight pucker. Taste is sour, some deep cherry flavour, slight bitter finish, some wine. Sharp and astringent at first, but linger is like a very nice red wine, with more cherries and tartness. Fun stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2022
at 22:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Slight gusher. Black, soda carbonation and then flat. Smells sour, honey, whisky. Body is dangerously easy, near flat. Sour but only tiny bit pucker, honey really softens it. Some whisky, raspberries are hidden mostly. Great balance, surprisingly tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2022
at 22:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Hoptimism. Almost black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate roasted malty and bitter. Full body
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2022
at 19:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Beer Central Sheffield. Clear cola brown. Slimmest ring of beige. Nose has heather honey. Dark malt. Touch of berry fruit. Taste is dark fruit sourness. Some dryness. Medium body well belies the ABV. Fine carbonation. Tart and dry finish. Big hitter drinks easy enough, albeit not too complex.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2022
at 23:35