Your Local: The Broadfield

 

 

 

 

The Reader: Sally Mastin, Proprietor at Vintedge, 444 Abbeydale Road.

Why is this ‘Your Local’?  “The bar staff are friendly and it’s a great place to take the kids. I’m looking forward to Christmas there again as last year they had reindeer and played old Christmas films. The pork pie and piccalilli with a pint is a winner too.” 

 

Favourite tipple: Belgian fruit beer like Lindemans Kriek 3.5%

The Local:  A thriving pub since the mid 1890s when dairy farmer Albert Twigg built the Broadfield Hotel as it stands today. Re-opened by Forum Café Bars Ltd in December 2011; adding to their ever-growing portfolio of bars and pubs taking pride in serving quality food and drink. With a strong beer emphasis having nine hand pulls including their individual house ale First Blonde (using Maris Otter malt and Cascade and Willamette hops) cuckooed down at Welbeck Abbey Brewery. Local hard to find pico brewery On The Edge count ‘The Broady’ at their local and they’ll often be first to tap his new beers. Over thirty bottled beers from the likes of US breweries Brooklyn and Anchor to Germany’s Schneider Weisse and Belgian fruit beers from Lindemans reside in the back bar. Five keg lines showcase forward thinking UK independent breweries such as Magic Rock, Summer Wine Brewery, The Kernel, Wild Beer Co and RedWillow. A beer tasting paddle allows for those indecisive of the bunch to try three one thirds from across the cask beer list. It’s no wonder they’ve just hauled the title of ‘Traditional Craft Ale Pub’ from the recent Eat Sheffield awards. In addition Forum Café Bars are launching their own microbrewery; expect core beers by February and keep informed via the blue bird-o-sphere @TheBroadfield. 

 

 

Also known for their hearty hand-pressed pies and homemade sausages, they’ve even built a meat smoking facility and will be expanding to add a specialised drying room in 2014. The slow beer braised brisket accompanied with colcannon mash, braised red cabbage and horseradish cream shows a flare for more than just pies from their team of chefs.  

A warm hospitable atmosphere and a dedicated food area make this an attractive venue for locals and their families.

 

 

Manager:  Miles Kehoe

 

Address: 452 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield.S7 1RF

www.thebroadfield.co.uk / @TheBroadfield