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.

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

hand bottle at home ... deep dark brown ... soft dark roast ... light charcoal ... soft honey nose ...dark roast malts ... very light sweet honey back tones ... but just the lightest ... dark dry roast ... again barest hint of charcoal ... nice.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2011 at 12:54


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Hand bottle at home ... deep black ... thinnest bubbly head ...big cold coffee roast malt nose ... big bitter coffee roast ... huge hop front ... massive bitter hop ... juicy roast ... loads of cold coffee... think i need to let this warm up a bit ... nice session-able porter ... really quite hoppy and a little odd in the hop ... but thats probably cause i see it Sorachi ace... ive not been a huge fan of this hop but its working here...maybe a little coconut in the bitterness ... but i wouldnt have noticed it if it hadnt said

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2011 at 12:40


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

7th August 2011
Dean Swift - RBESG Tasting. Hand bottle courtesy of Gazza. Hazy pale gold beer, little off white head. Light palate. Very mild banana esters with creamy malt. Trace of hop bitterness before the frothy finish. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 07:41


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7th August 2011
Dean Swift - RBESG Tasting. Hand bottle courtesy of Gazza. Hazy pale gold beer. Tiny white head. Light frothy palate. Frothy creamy malt. Nice fresh grassy hops with a trace of citrus. Frothy soft finish. Would really like to try Steel City freshly dispensed or bottle conditioned.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 07:38


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7th August 2011
Dean Swift - RBESG Tasting. Hand bottle courtesy of Gazza. Hazy pale gold beer, little white head. Light frothy palate. Nice pale malt. Tiny bit of tangy citrus. Nicely joined up. Semi dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 04:51


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7th August 2011
Dean Swift - RBESG Tasting. Hand bottle courtesy of Gazza. Hazy pale gold beer, no head. Low carbonation. Fresh bitter grapefruit, very fresh. Lacks condition because of the hand bottling - would really like to try this freshly dispensed.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 03:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at fins ... golden amber ... thin white lacing ... soft peachy fruity hop ... odd sweet but light drying edge hop... dried peel fruits ... just a little wierded out by this one.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2011 at 14:31


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Handbottled from Gazza @ ChrisOs.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, crispy green hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration, roasted, dark roasted, coffee, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110806]

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2011 at 12:15


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at The Dean Swift, London. Pours a cloudy, pale yellow with a foamy, white head. Doughy malt nose, some lemon. Nice flavor, some grassy hops, light sweetness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nice bitterness lingers in the finish, along with crispy malts. Highly drinkable beer.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2011 at 03:14


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at The Dean Swift, London. Pours clearish yellow with a small, white head. Tangy lemon citrus hop aroma. Light sweet flavor, more tangy citrus, light grass. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sweet finish, more grass, light dirt and pithy citrus. Very decent.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 01:05