“A brief history…

Sheffield has a longstanding relationship with beer, with the city’s brewing history going back to 1758 when the very first brewery was founded, reports suggesting that industrial workers were even permitted specific beer breaks to keep them going, partly because clean water was actually more difficult to secure in these times.

In the early 1900s, to fuel this thirst, there were up to 30 brewers (Stones Brewery, est.1868, being one of the most prolific), however by World War One there were only around 16 breweries left and the number continued to decline for decades after this.

Then, in the 1980s, something stirred which would go on to put Sheffield at the forefront of the “craft beer revolution”, and a new brewing movement was born, largely led by one slightly eccentric lecturer from the University of Sheffield…”

Head over to the ‘Welcome to Sheffield’ website to discover more on why ‘Sheffield Inspires The Craft of Beer’…. HERE