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Unit 29-30 Holland Road Industrial Estate, Sheffield, S3 8AB, England
Description
Blue Bee Brewery is an independent brewery in the heart of the valley of beer in Sheffield, England.
Blue Bee was set up in 2010 by Richard Hough, former head brewer at Abbeydale, who has also done stints at Acorn, Crown, Spire, Raw and Marble. Starting his own brewery allows him to use this invaluable experience on his own terms, creating beers that are noted for “quality, consistency and with a slight addiction factor”. In 2014 the business was acquired by Reet Ale Pubs, which runs three pubs in Sheffield.
Blue Bee was set up in 2010 by Richard Hough, former head brewer at Abbeydale, who has also done stints at Acorn, Crown, Spire, Raw and Marble. Starting his own brewery allows him to use this invaluable experience on his own terms, creating beers that are noted for “quality, consistency and with a slight addiction factor”. In 2014 the business was acquired by Reet Ale Pubs, which runs three pubs in Sheffield.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Calderdale Beer Festival 2019, at Halifax. Black with a dense coffee aroma. It's similar in taste and its milkiness is lost a little for this. It can get somewhat overbearing.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2020
at 10:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled pint at The Pheasant Inn, Wellington Shropshire on 27th Feb 2020. Clean and clear golden body, lasting white crown. Light citrus leanings in this dry and fairly bitter brew, nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2020
at 10:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Black with a creamy off-white head. It's smooth, not too strong, with chocolate complimenting its healthy roasted malts. Chocolate and coffee evident in its aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2020
at 23:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Jack In The Box, Manchester. Golden with a creamy head. Has a pleasant hoppy aroma with some fruit, and it gets dense-hoppy in taste, but is quite bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2019
at 16:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, at the Seven Stars, Bristol October 2019. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Citrus hops, a touch of apricot fruit, light and creamy malts and a gentle finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2019
at 09:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sheffield Beer Festival - Pours a slightly hazy golden colour with a mostly lasting average sized white head. Aroma is floral and fruity, mainly citrus. Sweetish with a citrusy bitterness, light malt and bitter finish.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2019
at 12:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Corner, Huddersfield, 04/10/19. Clear golden blonde with a decent just off white cap. Nose is gentle citric pith, melon, tangerine, grass. Taste comprises melon, grass, lemon drizzle, airy pale malts, light breads. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with mellow hop bitterness. Decent enough cask pale.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2019
at 20:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the corner Huddersfield. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting white head. Aroma is nice floral citrus, pollen, bready malts. Flavour is composed of rounded base malts, bitter lime grass, bitter grass,. Firm grass bitterness. Green berries. Palate is straw, soft carbonation, ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2019
at 20:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask. Shakespeare’s, Sheffield. Clear gold. Barely a head. Nose has Mosaic berry sweetness. Some ripened stone fruit. Super sweet grain. Taste is sweet and fruity, with a punchy, herbal bitterness. Medium body. Pretty oily. Fine carbonation. Lingering bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2019
at 13:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield. Clear gold. Thick white foam. Nose has sweet, sweaty grain. Notes of ripe peach and pineapple. A bit yeasty and estery. Taste is super bitter, with just a modicum of grain sweetness. Medium body. Fine carbonation. Lingering bitterness to finish. Not up to this brewer’s usual standard to be honest.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2019
at 12:18