Support your local Blades pub!

[Linz]

Agree with that almost 100%, apart from the Sentinel, which is just an absolute rip off and way too expensive - yes, the ale is good but not THAT good to justify their prices.

It was all much of a muchness when we went... not much taste difference between the different shades of ale. The amber tasted exactly the same as the chocolate orange stout... which tasted of neither chocolate nor orange. And the prices were too steep for drinking someone's experiments. I've heard people since praising the beer so that may have improved.

Nowadays it's either the Sheffield Tap or the little gem off West Street/Glossop Road, The Bath Hotel - awesome ale in there! It's a bit of a hike but worth it.

If you're up that way, also try the Red Deer. The Dog and Partridge also has a couple of casks on.

 

[elgoog44]

The Globe is some awful student chain bar now.

Thought it would have changed by now, been over 10 years, the last time I was in Sheffield last year I was surprised how different it now looks, some for the better some for the worse..

 

[JohnDenver]

I was offered a ten pound note for a fiver in there.

Closed pubs - Earl of Arundle, Sportsman, Tramway, Sheldon.....

Not as many as I first thought. Any more?

The Cross Guns in Sharrow. By the time I was old enough to go in, it had closed. Not that I'd have dared....

Latterly a Sure Start Centre, and now to be flats I think.

 

[Oreyt]

It was all much of a muchness when we went... And the prices were too steep for drinking someone's experiments.
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Aye. This.

 

[Minty]

It was all much of a muchness when we went... not much taste difference between the different shades of ale. The amber tasted exactly the same as the chocolate orange stout... which tasted of neither chocolate nor orange. And the prices were too steep for drinking someone's experiments. I've heard people since praising the beer so that may have improved.

If you're up that way, also try the Red Deer. The Dog and Partridge also has a couple of casks on.

The Red Deer is fine and we've been there a few times and the Dog and Partridge has superb Guinness!

Another reason for not being ripped off again in the Sentinel is that the only time we tried it was pre-match v Walsall in the League, which we lost so never again!

I just can't understand their pricing - the basic session ale is about 3.3% and costs £4.00 - their equivalent to say, Jaipur at nearly 6% is about £7.00 and Jaipur is about £4 a pint elsewhere. They make the stuff right next to where they serve it so have zero transport costs etc

 

[Minty]

As a non-drinker these days, I just wish there were a Blades Organic Juice Bar...

Btw, I see that Spurs are incorporating a micro-brewery (& a bakery) into their new mega-stadium. Surprised Kev's not gone down similar lines. Maybe when the kop's redeveloped, eh?

Yeah right, I can envisage 1000s queuing up on the kop for a bagel and a danish

 

[BLADES1988]

Pre match pint locations for me are - Brothers Arms and or the Sheaf View. Or Beer Engine or Railway. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get served on a busy match day in the smallest pub on Bramall Lane.

 

[Linz]

I just can't understand their pricing - the basic session ale is about 3.3% and costs £4.00 - their equivalent to say, Jaipur at nearly 6% is about £7.00 and Jaipur is about £4 a pint elsewhere. They make the stuff right next to where they serve it so have zero transport costs etc

I am not certain but highly suspect that the set-up costs have been added to the price of each pint.

Compare with the likes of Saltaire brewery, who charge a flat £2 a pint on their open days (which are highly worth a visit if you can secure the Friday off).

http://saltairebrewery.co.uk/saltaire/?page_id=21

 

[alcoblade]

The Cross Guns in Sharrow. By the time I was old enough to go in, it had closed. Not that I'd have dared....

Latterly a Sure Start Centre, and now to be flats I think.

Where was that, JD?

 

[frechyblade]

Standard has been my pre pub of choice for the last 15 seasons. Normally can find one of the 3 casks that I like. Also helps being a regular to get served that little bit quicker when Griff sees me.

UTB

 

[JohnDenver]

Where was that, JD?

Opposite the new Tesco on Sharrow Lane. When I was I kid my dad would park near the Cross Guns and there'd be plenty of Blades outside. Looked rough as fook.

Can't get the image to embed, but here's the link with a pic of the building.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/uploads/monthly_10_2010/post-3521-049927200 1286266728.jpg

 

[frechyblade]

I am not certain but highly suspect that the set-up costs have been added to the price of each pint.

Compare with the likes of Saltaire brewery, who charge a flat £2 a pint on their open days (which are highly worth a visit if you can secure the Friday off).

http://saltairebrewery.co.uk/saltaire/?page_id=21

Same pricing strategy at the Bulls Head at Bradfield for the Bradfield Brewery £2 for any of their beers. The food is pretty good as well.

Last time we were in there we'd been for a walk round dam flask then calling for a couple of pints before bus to hillsborough and tram into town. Kept missing bus and they only came every hour! Wasn't long before we didn't really care.

UTB

 

[Sean Thornton]

Yeah right, I can envisage 1000s queuing up on the kop for a bagel and a danish

Alfs a non drinking lefty so it's a gluten free wild garlic, nettle and organic lentil pie with a half of rainwater and black.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Down the road at the Sentinel Brewhouse you can get good real ale, most of it brewed on the premises, and a chip butty on match days, for £4, so I'm told. They also have their own red and white striped SUFC Kop lager - so all you folks on here who haven't a clue about real ale can go and sup something that tastes like Carling and be happy!

You don't sport a beard (before it became fashionable), wear a corduroy jacket and sup halfs by any chance do you?

 

[Robby Blade]

You don't sport a beard (before it became fashionable), wear a corduroy jacket and sup halfs by any chance do you?

Well that's not the impression he gives me.☺

 

[Minty]

Opposite the new Tesco on Sharrow Lane. When I was I kid my dad would park near the Cross Guns and there'd be plenty of Blades outside. Looked rough as fook.

Can't get the image to embed, but here's the link with a pic of the building.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/uploads/monthly_10_2010/post-3521-049927200 1286266728.jpg

Used to live very near the Cross Guns - only went in once, shortly before it closed, and yes it was rough as fuck. Was made to feel as welcome as a turd in a swimming pool.

 

[Sean Thornton]

The Pheasant was a great pub in its time.

 

[DHeppenstall]

Tramway on London Rd was virtually owned by the BBC back in the day.

I'd say around half of the pubs surrounding the Lane that were open back in the 80's have now closed.

It was indeed...fun nights dj-ing in there..all the top lads went in..i ended up sat with them all at hillsborough one year...that was great fun

 

[Dkc]

Used to live very near the Cross Guns - only went in once, shortly before it closed, and yes it was rough as fuck. Was made to feel as welcome as a turd in a swimming pool.

I used to go in. It was the only council estate pub near the Lane, so you wouldn't expect it to be anything other than rough. It famously got raided by the police at about 9.30 am one morning after opening for an 'early lock in' before a game with the pigs that kicked off at something stupid like 11am.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I used to go in. It was the only council estate pub near the Lane, so you wouldn't expect it to be anything other than rough. It famously got raided by the police at about 9.30 am one morning after opening for an 'early lock in' before a game with the pigs that kicked off at something stupid like 11am.

That happened at the Cremorne and Jason lost his licence as the SYP had been round all the pubs warning them not to open. The Cross Guns went in his wife's name after that. Did that get raided as well?

 

[Beat Jedi]

I go to pubs to drink good beer, first and foremost. I rarely have more than a couple of pints - even if I'm not driving. But I like good quality beer that is well kept in prime condition. I am a bit of a connoisseur and I like real ale - preferably something 5% or stronger. Just about every pub in Britain now has "real ale" - but there's real ale - as in the mass produced crap that is spewed out by the big breweries and found on the bar of pubs everywhere (like Sharps Doombar, Deuchars, London Pride, Black Sheep, Timothy Taylors, Old Speckled Hen, Hobgoblin, etc) and there's real ale - as in small microbreweries that produce smaller quantities of really nice fresh beer with a huge variety of styles and flavours. I prefer the latter. By a factor of about 149 trillion to 1. In fact, I'm happy not to drink beer in a pub if they don't have some decent real ale on cask (preferably).

That means that most of the pubs mentioned by the OP are not of much use to me. The Cremorne does have some real ales on - but mostly fairly "mainstream" - The Clubhouse has a token gesture to real ale - but it's not a serious real ale drinkers pub. The only one on that list that has a regular, ever-changing, range of real ales is the Beer Engine. I've been in occasionally on match days but I wouldn't exactly call it a Blades pub as such.

Down the road at the Sentinel Brewhouse you can get good real ale, most of it brewed on the premises, and a chip butty on match days, for £4, so I'm told. They also have their own red and white striped SUFC Kop lager - so all you folks on here who haven't a clue about real ale can go and sup something that tastes like Carling and be happy!

I think The Clubhouse makes more than a token gesture to real ale now yes it's not like The Beer Engine but the lines they've got are always changing and they're stocking the smaller local breweries like Neepsend and on Tuesday they had beer from Dronfield breweries Drone Valley and Hopjacker. The Hopjacked Citra was very nice I thought. Never knew it was brewed at The Dronfield Arms (The Sidings back in my days in Dronnie). Surprised they can fit all the equipment in there!

Also need to take into account the prices in The Clubhouse compared to The Beer Engine and other places like Sentinel. It's a lot cheaper for what is still good beer. Not slagging the other places off as I go in and like them all. More the better for me round the ground!

 

[BushBlade]

Opposite the new Tesco on Sharrow Lane. When I was I kid my dad would park near the Cross Guns and there'd be plenty of Blades outside. Looked rough as fook.

Can't get the image to embed, but here's the link with a pic of the building.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/uploads/monthly_10_2010/post-3521-049927200 1286266728.jpg

I didn't even know it had shut. In my mind, Sheffield is just like it was when I left in the early 90s. Of course, it isn't and I don't recognise most of it anymore. Had two cars sound their horns at me last time I drove from the parkway through town as I kept looking around thinking 'not seen that before' when I should have been concentrating on driving.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I regularly frequent the Cremorne for a post match pint. If we're staying out we tend to call to the Old Crown Inn and the Clubhouse.

Rarely go to the others. Used to go in the Standard now and again when I lived at that side of the ground.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

Green Room, Cremourne and occasionally the Beer Engine or Sentinel for me.

Not a "pub", but occasionally go in the The International Bar so the kids can watch the player's warm up while I sup beer (although not cheap, don't seem to serve very efficiently and not a great selection of beer).

 

[Tunstall Fred]

What was the name of the pub on the back wacks,behind where Stokes Tiles and that ugly building is now?

 

[coolhandluke]

The Pheasant was a great pub in its time.

Indeed it was . Also spent a few evenings in the Domino afterwards being serenaded by a group of wierdos playing songs ...... i think they called themselves " Like Ice , Like Fire "

 

[coolhandluke]

What was the name of the pub on the back wacks,behind where Stokes Tiles and that ugly building is now?

I think you are referring to the Domino .

 

[Sean Thornton]

Indeed it was . Also spent a few evenings in the Domino afterwards being serenaded by a group of wierdos playing songs ...... i think they called themselves " Like Ice , Like Fire "

You'd have played the mammoth chase the ace games in there then?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

I think you are referring to the Domino .

Thank you Luke

 

[Sean Thornton]

Green Room, Cremourne and occasionally the Beer Engine or Sentinel for me.

Not a "pub", but occasionally go in the The International Bar so the kids can watch the player's warm up while I sup beer (although not cheap, don't seem to serve very efficiently and not a great selection of beer).

Green Room has a great atmosphere that's not totally ruined by it being a filthy shithole with the worst toilets in town.