Sheffield and the good old North may be grim, but it is great, and I mean GREAT for beer. Go there by train, as in the station, there is the legendary Sheffield Tap, a restored taproom, lovely building and a superb beer list. 12 on draught and hundreds of bottles, great staff who can help you out in the likely event you've not heard of most of the beers, slightly pricey though.
Get on the tram going to Shalesmoor and at Shalesmoor there is a proper old fashioned pub called The Wellington. Has a few rooms a fab bearded barman, and a friendly doggy. They even make their own beer in the brewery in the back. Really good beer too (Little Ale Cart) last time I was there it was the best stout of the day by far. Then make your way down to Kelham Island, not a far walk. You shall then have a choice of a few fine pubs. Closest is probably The Kelham Island Tavern, which is the only pub to have been voted CAMRA best pub of the year, twice.... In a row. They have plenty of beer, 14 I think, regular Acorn beers on, Gorlovka I believe is a regular. They do food too, I always drink in the beer garden, tis very nice.
Then there is my personal favourite, the Fat Cat. The bar isn't huge but there is plenty of beer on, plenty from Kelham Island brewery which is next door, with Pale Rider on all the time, a smashing brew. Truly fantastic. They sell pork pies made with Kelham beer, best pork pies I have ever had and they do really good food, steak pie is great and just a fiver! The prices in the Fat Cat are rather good, about £2.30 a pint. You could then, depending on the day and time, pop into the nearby Kelham Island Brewery shop, stock up on their beer or others which are local. I think if you carry on that way there is another pub called the Riverside which has another 8 beers on. There are even more pubs along that tram line, think the next is the stop after the one after Shalesmoor. Will write a blog if I visit them!
Sheffield is great for beer, give it a go!
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