Indie-go Resurrection, Sheffield

Devonshire Cat Best Bitter(?), Abbeydale Moonshine, Fernandes(Wakefield) Garnet, Barnsley Bitter, Thornlaw Jaipur IPA & Saint Petersburg, Acorn Perle IPA, Gt Newsome brewery ‘Pricky Back Otchan' (pumpclip states ‘What a mouthful'), Rudgate Aris'Ale & Quaff, Phoenix Hopsack, 1 unclipped. The bottle store (‘tap room' effect) to rt of bar is a good feature, otherwise the décor has something of a ‘spoons/chef&brewer stylee, but look again at that beer list & forgive any architectural shortcomings! Clientele bridges a large age range. Specials board offered Wild Mushroom ristto £5.50, Seabass fillet £10, Lamb rump £11, Venison casserole £8. Beer prices rose by abv, avg £2.45, good range, well worth a look.

This is a pub whose name I was familiar with but not having read the reviews was surprised to find it was the ground floor of a modern building. Inside it is completely open plan with a mix of tall tables and normal ones plus some benches and sofas. For me the interior was as uninspiring as most Spoons but I don't visit Spoons to swoon over the interior but for the beer. The beer selection is certainly the trump card here with not just twelve handpumps but a small room to the right of the bar crammed with bottled beers. The twelve beers included at least five from Abbeydale one of which was a House Devonshire Cat beer, a House Dev Cat Stout by Blue Bee, Two Nottingham Brewery beers and beers by RAW and Revolutions. I went for the Abbeydale Absolution (£3.20) which was in excellent nick. It's not as attractive a place as the old pubs in town but the beer range and quality more than makes up for that.

Large open plan modern pub, pine furniture interior & feels almost chain-like you could be in a Hungary Horse or a Sizzling pub. Superb selection of beers including various local brews, though the quality was slighlty disappointing. Strange place really, but worth a visit.