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Handpull cask at the Cheshire Cheese, Buxton. Straw, mostly clear, a small and slightly clumpy white head. Aroma is floral, some sweet grasses, white grapefruit, satsuma. Sweet taste, some malty character with fruity hop on the back, a bit if bitterness near the finish with more grapefruit and white grape. Light to medium body; the carbonation is soft. Nice little beer.

Tried from Cask at Cheshire Cheese on 13 Feb 2026 at 16:35

jjsint (1619) reviewed

Cheshire Cheese (Buxton, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

7/10 — Setting 9 Selection 7 Service 7 Food Value 5 Overall 7

The Cheshire Cheese looks a bit unloved from the outside, but the inside is welcoming and warm. A traditional hostelry, slightly low ceilings and slightly low-lit, large and a bit foodie (but not excessively so). There are about 6 casks from Titanic including one that would've been a new tick for me but I decided instead to go for one of the guests (a Cold IPA from Howling Hops). Not the most obvious choice in Buxton but a decent one.

Visited on 13 Feb 2026 at 16:27

jjsint (1619) reviewed

The Old Shoe (Sheffield, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

7.8/10 — Setting 8 Selection 9 Service 7 Food Value 6 Overall 9

Excellent medium to large bar with an attached shop. A couple of Handpull cask but it’s mostly a keg pub with about 18 craft beers. Loads of IPAs and hoppy pales, a few sours, a few porters/stouts. But the quality is superb, from mostly UK brewers suck as Beak, Verdant and Bullhouse. Prices are understandably dear, but good for what you’re getting. A top venue in Sheffield I’m sure. We’re so lucky there are places like this around.

Visited on 12 Feb 2026 at 14:55

jjsint (1619) reviewed

Vocation & Co. - Sheffield (Sheffield, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

7.6/10 — Setting 7 Selection 9 Service 8 Food Value 6 Overall 8

Smart and modern craft beer bar service mostly Vocation with two guests (Brew York and Schöfferhofer). It was pretty empty when I came in, but to be fair it’s a grey Thursday early afternoon in winter. If Vocation is your thing then this is your place: 5 cask and 18 keg.theres a nice variety of styles here including a couple of lagers and a Brut IPA (are they making a comeback)? I chose something more sessionable, which was fine if not hitting the heady heights of what Vocation can offer. Piped music is Britpop and Tom Petty. Won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I liked it.

Visited on 12 Feb 2026 at 14:04

jjsint (8884) reviewed

Chop & Change - Barbe Rouge from Vocation Brewery (Cragg Vale, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Handpull cask at Vocation & Co, Sheffield. Pale gold, not quite straw, clear with a flat white head. Fruity, grassy aroma, some bubblegum. Sweet taste, at first anyway, with an almost Belgian yeast quality to the flavour. Maybe I’m imagining it, perhaps if it was called ‘roter Bart’ I’d experience it differently. Soft fruit leading to a bitter astringent finish. Light body, soft carbonation. I’m not overly keen but it’s solid enough.

Tried from Cask at Vocation & Co. - Sheffield on 12 Feb 2026 at 13:52

jjsint (1619) reviewed

The Bath Hotel (Sheffield, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

7.4/10 — Setting 10 Selection 7 Service 8 Food Value 3 Overall 9

Amazing pub just down from the Turkish baths, just off the university area. Old and okd-fashioned, with wooden panelling and a chequered tile floor. Six cask, mostly from reapected Northern outfits such as Neptune and Abbeydale. Beers generally on the high side of sessionable. A couple of keg worth paying attention to, but this is a cask pub. Condition of the beer is superb. The only drawback is the price, expensive in general and insane for Sheffield. But you're paying for the atmosphere. A great experience.

Visited on 12 Feb 2026 at 13:14

jjsint has a new beer style achievement

Level 4 for Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier ticks with a total of 25 ticks of this sub style.
Sirens Song from Neptune Brewery was the one that did it!
6 months ago

jjsint (8884) reviewed

Sirens Song from Neptune Brewery (Bootle, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

6 months ago

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Handpull cask at the Bath Hotel, Sheffield. Dark reddish gold, mostly clear with a small beige/khaki head. I can smell the sweet spiciness of the rye, lightly fruity with loads of gooey honey. Sweet taste, very honeyed with notes of caramel and sweet cooking spices. Bitterness on the downturn with a notably bitter finish. Its like two different beers. The body is light with very low carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Cask at The Bath Hotel on 12 Feb 2026 at 13:06

jjsint added a new beer Sirens Song by Neptune Brewery
6 months ago