Hopulist issue 5
Welcome to issue 5 of Hopulist. We bring you the latest news, brews and intrigue from the craft beer universe and we hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together. This month we feature Hop Hideout, Home Brew Club, Writer's of Craft, our World Cup 2018 Special and much more...
Welcome to issue 5 of Hopulist. We bring you the latest news, brews and intrigue from the craft beer universe and we hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together. This month we feature Hop Hideout, Home Brew Club, Writer's of Craft, our World Cup 2018 Special and much more...
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Jules wanted<br />
to g|ve the<br />
c|ty someth|ng<br />
more. SHE<br />
wanted to<br />
make |t a place<br />
where the<br />
scene really<br />
thr|ved – so<br />
SHE began HER<br />
add|t|onal<br />
venture<br />
– Sheff|eld<br />
Beer Week.<br />
Broaden|ng hor|zons<br />
Far from content with just giving the city of<br />
Sheffield a stylish watering hole with a great range,<br />
Jules wanted to give the city something more. She<br />
wanted to make it a place where the scene really<br />
thrived – so she began an additional venture<br />
– Sheffield Beer Week.<br />
“To be honest, one of the main drivers behind<br />
this was frustration,” explains Jules. “Frustration<br />
from the fact that I was seeing a huge number of<br />
great independent beer events springing up almost<br />
on a weekly basis, but nearly all in London and<br />
Manchester. I thought - why not Sheffield too?”<br />
So in 2015, the Jules ran the first ever Sheffield<br />
Beer Week with around 10 or 15 venues taking part<br />
and including interesting aspects like beer history<br />
walks with local historians as well as the usual<br />
party atmosphere in bars and pubs.<br />
Jules continues: “It was a bit of a struggle in the<br />
first year, but then I think people saw what we were<br />
trying to do and the support has grown with each<br />
year. We like to focus on the history of Sheffield as<br />
a beer town, including cask ales as well as craft, and<br />
then link in its place on the global stage – like how<br />
many Yorkshire breweries are using international<br />
ingredients to make international beer styles.”<br />
Each Sheffield Beer Week has a theme and the<br />
2018 edition, which happened in March, focused<br />
on women in the beer industry – something close<br />
to Jules’ heart.<br />
“We were delighted with the support from<br />
Sheffield businesses and the wider beer scene.<br />
We even had a group of guys come over from<br />
Scandinavia who wanted to visited the old cask<br />
breweries of the area.”