Saint Mars Of The Desert

Microbrewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: St. Mars of the Desert

Established in 2018

Contact
90 Stevenson Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, S9 3XG, England
Description
The Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert was inspired by the earliest “craft breweries” of Europe: that first generation making beers in disused 19th century breweries with a pioneering spirit, unmoving passion and an almost avant-garde creativity. We relocated from America to the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire to make this dream a reality and haven’t looked back.

As a very small two-and-a-half person brewery, making world class beers and sharing them fresh with the public is about all we have time for. But who needs more than that?

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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can from Craft and Berry, Sheffield - Cola coloured body, no head. Bready aroma, some caramel. Initially sweet with lots of dark fruit and malt loaf on the tongue, sit of yeast. Low carbonation but decent amount of oiliness.
Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2020 at 19:05

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from Caps and Taps. Pours clear brown with a fading, foamy khaki head. Moderately sweet, with nice stewed dark fruits, some toasted toffee, brown bread, candi sugar, Belgian yeast, plum. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, more dark fruits, berries, figs, toffee. Lovely character. Highly drinkable.
Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2020 at 18:54

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Craft and Berry, Ecclesall Road Sheffield - Solid pale orange body, rocky white foam top. Nose has big citrus punch, heady whiff of summer stone fruits. Slightly sweetened in the taste, more citrus and fruity bitter end. Nice.
Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2020 at 09:36

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Tried on 03 Jun 2020 at 20:19

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can, picked up at the brewery. This is so easy drinking I think I’ve poffed a dozen or so in a week. Bright, yellow gold. Light haze. Fine white head is lasting and semi lacing. A little leggy, too. Nose has clean, lemony, bready grain. Lots of herbal, spicy hop leaf. Touch of leathery brett. Some fruited tea loaf. Taste has a soft, fruity, floral sweetness, balanced out with that bretty, lemon thing. Medium body. Stays clean and bright. Fine carbonation. Light hop bitterness to finish. Great now, and if I have the willpower to hang on to a few, I reckon there’s plenty to see here.
Tried from Can on 28 May 2020 at 19:27

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can, picked up at the brewery. Packaged yesterday. Fully opaque gingery orange. Fairly dense white head is lasting, and lacing. Nose has ripe citrus. Sweet summer berry. Ripe and estery peach. Fruity and bready yeast. Taste has a light sweetness, with a citrus peel bitterness. Smooth on the palate, with some hop oiliness, and fine carbonation. Moderate bitterness to finish. Hop sodden, easy drinking pale.
Tried from Can on 26 May 2020 at 18:18

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can, picked up at the brewery, lockdown style. The first beer Dann has been happy with right from the off. Nose has dark chocolate truffle. Bread crust. Hint of the orange peel. Touch of old leather. Some cigar leaf. Taste is pretty sweet, with a milky coffee vibe, and some yeasty, burnt crusty bread bitterness. Smooth on the palate with fine carbonation. Some stickiness on the lips, although it dries and gets lightly bitter towards the finish. Great beer.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2020 at 18:57

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can in the garden, heat wave pre BBQ, 9th May 2020. Even my wife liked this one, so had to share it. Poured with a huge white growing head, mostly clear beer. Aroma is light floral and spice, bready. Taste is floral, spice and coconut, sweet notes, yeast, bread, nice hops, almost an IPL. Would have liked more bitterness, but it’s a very interesting beer.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2020 at 05:55

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HB&B. An attractive translucent golden orange coloured pour with a fading white loose head. Aroma is lovely, melon, papaya, guava, with a little hot tarmac, juicy. Flavour is composed of soft fluffy wheat, spicy citrus, lemon rind, pineapple, little chalk , corn in the finish. Palate is light and fluffy, little chalky, highish carbonation. Good.
Tried from Can on 07 May 2020 at 21:29

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from HB&B. Pours hazy orange-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Lovely stuff, lots of fresh and juicy tropical fruit character, melon, tangerine, subtle bitterness, a nip of salt, some dank edges. Medium bodied with supple texture and fine carbonation. Moderately sweet to finish, more tropical fruits, big mango, melon, supportive pale bread. Pillowy, juicy. Lovely stuff.
Tried from Can on 05 May 2020 at 20:02