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Shakespeares, Sheffield
Sheffield
S3 8UB
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Gill Smith left this review about Shakespeares
Enjoyed our visit to this pub yesterday and there was a good choice of ales on the board. Enjoyed beers from Clarks and Ascot this time. The pub has a friendly welcome and an interesting layout.
On 4th May 2013
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Shakespeares
This was defo one of our favourite pubs of the day. Once through the main door we took a right and sat on wooden banquette seating with the bar facing us. There were 10 ales on handpump chalked up on a blackboard on the right hand wall. The barmaid was friendly and helpful and the prices were very reasonable. There was also an assortment of cobs on the bar and at sixty pence each, you can't go wrong with that. They have sold 1000 different type of ales since July 2011. I went for the Pennine Brewery Spring Barley and Raw Brewery JR Best Bitter. Will defo call again.
On 28th April 2013
- rating: 10
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Pub SignMan left this review about Shakespeares
Built in 1821 as a coaching house, this is another fine traditional ale house in a part of town already blessed with many excellent pubs. You enter the pub into a terrazzo floored corridor, typical of many pubs in this part of the world, with the servery situated to the right. There is a small public bar here with a single button backed banquette and some low stools arranged opposite the bar, whilst a covered fireplace with a beer board above dominates the end wall. There are some fine stained glass windows as well, which are worth a look before exploring further. To the left of the entrance is a small, almost snug-like lounge with some tidy seating and an impressive grandfather clock. A folk band were practicing in this room during my stay and the pub has quite a notable musical heritage, playing a key part in the city’s folk scene in the 1960’s and 70’s. The corridor runs round to the rear of the servery, where a relatively open space with some high tables and stools leads to a small seating area before opening into a narrow side room with a dartboard and decent pump clip collection. There is a function room upstairs (Bard’s Bar) which was being used on my midweek visit, and a nice, partially covered garden to the rear. I noticed an old sign in the corridor for the ‘Angel Hotel’, but I’m not sure where it originates from, as this pub doesn’t appear to have used that name in the past.
The range of ales available at the bar was as comprehensive as anything you’re likely to find on a Valley of Beer crawl. I had a choice of Abbeydale Deception, Copthorne Wish You Were Here, Sheffield Brewing Co Five Rivers, Salamander Carpet Bagger, Osset Snow Drop, Liverpool Organic Stella Gold, Raw Citra Pale, Axholme Graizlelound Ginger and Dark Star 1910 Porter plus Brooklyn There Will Be Black on tap as well as Thatcher’s Traditional Cider and Janet’s Jungle Juice. There looked to be a good range of bottled beers in the fridges and some punters at the bar were trying whiskies from a decent list. I tried a pint of the Citra Pale and found myself with an excellent brew served by a very friendly barman.
I thought this was an outstanding pub and one that ranks alongside the best that this city has to offer. Quite how I never made it here on previous crawls I’ll never know, but this will be near the top of the list for a revisit the next time I’m in town.
On 29th March 2013
- rating: 9
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ROB Camra left this review about Shakespeares
Back again for another couple of visits over our 2 days in Sheffield. All the beers we had were in tip top condition again.
30/11/2012
Multiple roomed pub in a proper old fashioned style. Interesting things all around the place including a bank of beer engines in a corridor and a wonderful clock in the room to the left as you enter. Loads of pump clips around the walls as well. There's also a beer garden. It's owned by the same guy who has the New Beehive in Bradford, so you know it's going to be eclectic. Very quiet on our Wednesday afternoon visit as may be expected, but the staff were friendly and the beer was excellent. Changing guests on seven of the handpumps when we visited, plus a couple of real ciders. It's a great little pub and one that will definitely be on our Valley Of Beer crawl in future.
On 7th March 2013
- rating: 9
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Gill Smith left this review about Shakespeares
A good real ale pub in the Valley of Beer, not far from Kelham Island Tavern. Hosting a beer festival this weekend so enjoyed our Friday afternoon finishing the crawl with well kept beer from Liverpool Craft Brewery, Yard of Ale, Bank Top, and Geeves. The latter was superb with rum in it. Should do well. Beers on handpull downstairs and they had put the rest of the fest beers on stillage upstairs along with 9 ciders and perries, something a lot of pub fests don't put on.
Above was 20.11.11 and we visited last month and again last week. Shalesmoor tram stop is the best one for this pub. We enjoyed beers from Rudgate, Julian Church and Clarks this visit and found we will miss their next beer festival which is on next week.
On 11th November 2012
- rating: 8
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