Shakespeares, Sheffield

a swift visit but I liked what I saw of this multi roomed ale house. Well-worn, eclectic decor, wide range of craft and cask beers. My half of 11% imperial stout from Beatnikz Republic (part of their final ever batch of beer) went down very nicely. An obvious must-visit if you’re in the vicinity. Number of ales is now up to 6719 btw.

A solid looking pub exterior gives way to a multi roomed interior that can only be described as a pleasure. There was around nine cask ales on during both of my visits here, my choices were Abbeydale Deception and Blue Bee American Five Hop both in very good condition. Brilliant pub.

Yes, little can be added to that below, the number of ales sold passed the 5,000 mark in 2017 so God only knows what number they're up to now! A very attractive and commanding exterior gives way to a wonderfully atmospheric interior. There's a minimum midnight licence, extending to 1.00am on Friday and Saturday and live music every night. Ales: see below, my half of Blackjack's Dead Man's Hand was excellent and was £1.70 a half, slightly above the average price of our 13-hole crawl. Obviously this is a destination pub for anyone who likes real ale and heritage pubs with interesting interiors, though it's strange that CAMRA doesn't seem to be quite so enamoured.

Another fine Sheffield Georgian pub originally built in 1821 as a coaching inn. A well worn excellent traditional multi roomed interior that has to be explored in full and then a spacious external courtyard garden area for alfresco drinking when the weather permits. A very good mixed style ale range on offer as detailed by the reviewer below and I do like a good chocolate porter and in this respect the Wilde Child Gimmie S’more was truly gorgeous. A pub that a real ale drinker can just blend into with ease, this is indeed an outstanding pub and one of the best beer drinking haunts I visited during my two days in the city.