The Sportsman, Sheffield

Will Larter left this review about The Sportsman

My first visit for nearly three years, prompted by a piece in Pellicle in which the writer claimed to have been told that this pub served the best Timothy Taylor Landlord in Sheffield. She wrote that when she told this to the young man who served her, "he smirked and gave a shrug". I told this story to the young man who served me, and it's got to be said he gave an embarrassed grin and a twitch of the left shoulder.

Even more embarrassed, probably, when it transpired that the Landlord had gone, leaving just Abbeydale Moonshine and Dark Star Hophead. I had the latter in a pub in London recently, but it was better here (NBSS 4) and a bit cheaper (£4.45/pint - with £1 per pint off on Mondays and Thursdays, which seems standard for Ember Inns at present; this is Tuesday though).

I was having a lovely time enjoying my pint in front of the fire, but then Paul McCartney came on the sound system, having a "wonderful Christmas time", so my pub experience rating dropped from 8 to 6 for playing festive season crap in November. I'll be back some time to try the Landlord, but it'll have to wait until the new year.

On 19^th November 2024 - rating: 6
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