Steel City Brewing
Client Brewer in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Established in 2009
Closed in 2025
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at Reading beerfest] Gold, moderate white head. Floral and pine aroma, sour and bitter grapefruit taste. A little pepper in the finish. Very thin and watery - for me this was all hops and no balance. Sorry Gazza, really wanted to like it!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22nd April 2011
Mason & Taylor single hop fest. Light pale gold beer, no head. Light dry palate. Good fresh hops with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Full of hoppy goodness but the condition seems a bit off.
Harrisoni (26137) reviewed Decadent & Desperate from Steel City Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Reading BF 2011. Gold clear lasting thin bubbly white head. Simcoe and Citra on the aroma. This is good. Better than the BAGS I thought. Really easy drinking delightfully hoppy beer. Tasty hoppy beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask handpull at Reading BF 2011. Clear pale ish gold colour with lasting bubbly white head. Lots of Chinook on the aroma. Touch of rubber later on with the hops. Quite light on the malts as you would expect. Lovely hoppy finish. Just that touch of rubber. Good though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Cask gravity at Mason & Taylor Hip Hop BF. Towards bottom if the barrel. There was certainly some barrel tipping going on. Thats pretty good. Theyve put some hops in there. Wow just like hop tea on the finish. Harsh aggressive but almost completely wonderful. Wow that does have a hell of a finish. I may still be tasting this beer next week. Sat chatting to Dave you know Dave from The Wenlock. Hardcore. Jesus thats just on the right edge of becoming undrinkably hoppy but is just restrained enough. Crazy beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Wenlock Arms on 23rd March 2011. Slightly hazy gold with thin ring of foam. Hoppy and rich yeasty aroma. Bitter in-mouth; liquid giving some richly hoppy and bitter notes. Textured mouthfeel and increasingly bitter aftertaste. Impressive for its strength.
Fin (18271) reviewed Shadowplay from Steel City Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 04.02.11 Pours black with some reddish glints and with a light beige head on top. Aroma is quite big hoppiness but there is also some roasted notes and a goodly lacing of decent cocoa powder. In fact the latter was what I also liked in the mouth and whilst I really enjoyed that clean crisp green juicy hoppy bite I also liked the interplay with the nice smooth but dark cocoa richness that sat on the tongue. Overall a great beer and vying for my festival favourite with the Crouch Vale Pioneer. Great stuff again Gazza! A8 A5 T8 P4 Ov16 4.1
cagarvie (39800) reviewed Vladichestvo from Steel City Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
bottle at home ... my this is clearly the base beer of Vladichestvo ... you get all the same stuff without the vanilla ... blacl ... thinist bubbles head ... sweet roast ... light charcoal nose .. loft easy roast ...little caramel toffee ... soft roast ... my i know i only get the steel city beers in the fav style but i always really enjoy them... i think i prefer this to vanilla version as it a little less sweet .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... thanks to the Evil Empire ... dark black... thin bubbles ...soft roast malts ... light toffee nose ... very sweet vanilla ... loads of chocolate... soft smooth and sweet ... light roast ... light sweet caramel ... this is nice... i like its sweetness without being overpowering sweet
cagarvie (39800) reviewed Red Hot from Steel City Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... thanks to The evil empire ... copper brown ... thin white head ... huge capsicum ... light malt ... juicy pine hop nose ... well found a bit of chilli skin ... so there def chilli in it :-) ... soft capsicum front ... a hint of burn but no actaly burn ... light body ... little hop ... and again a chilli flavour in the finish ... light soft malt ... this is not really a session beer as no ones gonna want pints of it . but for a nice unusual half im really enjoying it ...
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.86 |
| Beers | 173 |
| Ticks | 591 |
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