tarboat's photos with the keyword: beer

Window at Shakespeare's Ale House, Gibraltar Street, Sheffield. The Ward's Sheaf Brewery was on Ecclesall Road, Sheffield and was acquired by Septimus Henry Ward in the 1870s. In 1972, S H Ward & Co. Ltd was acquired by Vaux & Associated Breweries and continued to brew bitter as a subsidiary. Despite still being profitable, the brewery was closed in 1999. The Wards brand was bought by the Double Maxim Beer Company in 2003 and is run as a subsidiary called Ward's Brewing Company.

A copper in the old version of Robinsons brewery in Stockport. This has now been replaced with new plant supplied from Germany which allows for production of more smaller batches of beer.

Thanks to the Landlord of the George & Dragon in Holmes Chapel for Tweeting that he still had some mild after he read Tom Kitching's blog about the demise of Robinson's wonderful brew yesterday. I rang them up this afternoon and they said that there was still a bit left, so off I went to Holmes Chapel, and when I got there - a miracle - they had the rare and scrumptious Dark variety. The photo shows my last ever pub pint of 1892 (mild) in a moment of reverence after it was set down on the bar for me in a proper handle glass ....................... 35 minutes later the barrel ran out. Luckily I had the foresight to take two containers with me which were filled on arrival, so it will be mild for me tonight as well. Oh yes, one more thing, this lovely pub gave me a pump clip as a souvenir too. Thanks guys. The Wizard pump clip is for the so-called replacement for 1892. It may be called an amber ale but it isn't amber. Farewell Robbies Mild, you were a good pal for so many years.

Still brewing fine ales and now with new brewing plant which allows smaller batches than previously. Robinson's brewery is an iconic part of the Stockport landscape.

Sometimes it is easy to lose focus whilst standing around on edge of some enormous opencast mine surrounded by steam trains rushing about. On the other hand it is fun to concentrate on a bottle of Yanjing beer in the afternoon! The trains are still there, just in the background for a few minutes. :-) Sandaoling opencast coal mine, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.

I have always greatly enjoyed the beer produced by Robinson's at Stockport and it was a treat to be able to see it being brewed whilst visiting the site. This is a vat of Double Drop being drawn down into a tanker for transport to the filling plant at Bredbury where it will be put in casks. The surface of the beer is covered in a thick layer of yeast.

Home of some of my favourite beers is Robinson's Unicorn Brewery in Stockport.