Red Deer, Sheffield

A good traditional back street pub with a pleasant burgundy and cream frontage and a striking mural on the Pitt Lane side. The L shaped interior is not the most exciting but there are enough pictures and artwork to at least make it a bit interesting and the seating area before you get to the middle bar section was a decent area to park you bum for a spot of conversation. But the most striking decorative feature is the growing beer mat collection that now completely covers the middle bar section ceiling and shows this pubs continued dedication to providing a regular changing ale range. And in that respect the ales available for our visit were J.W.Lees Manchester Pale Ale, Bradfield Farmers Blonde, Abbeydale Moonshine, Little Critters Little Hopper, Bingley Jamestown APA and a very passable Moorhouses Pride of Pendle at £3.70 a pint or £1.85 for the half. And then I also saw a couple of craft keg options which I didn’t note down. Possibly not in the same league as the some of Sheffield’s heritage interior pubs but a solid inclusion in any crawl of the city.