Dog & Partridge, Sheffield

A proper locals' pub, multi-roomed and nicely aged, with a bit of an Irish flavour. There is a front room, with a dartboard, a side room with a fireplace, a back room with a TV screen and a nice little snug behind the central bar. There were three good cask ales on handpump - Stancill Barnsley Bitter, Chantry Full Moon and Doctor Morton's Proper Gander, with a Lilley's fruit cider - plus a nice selection of bottled Belgian and other beers. I quite liked it here - shame it's a late opener.

Partly opened-out layout in the plain bar area, but the side room to the left of the entrance and the rear lounge area are more appealing. Four real ales offered on handpump, with the regular Stancil Barnsley Bitter, Landlord, Chinook 'low carbon' from Grizzly Grains (£3.50) and Plump Penguin plum porter from Little Critters on this visit.

A fairly basic looking traditional pub, It was close to closing time so I didn't linger here long but found it to be a comfortable albeit not a particularly thought provoking twenty minutes. My Pint of Bad Seed Light Cluster was showing the early signs of tiredness but perfectly drinkable. The pub was ok but nothing really to write home about.

My resolve to come here more often in 2018 amounted to 14 visits that year, but they tailed off after the summer when the regular beer changed from Balck Sheep to Barnsley Bitter. It was still that way on my first visit this year, but on my latest time through the door there was a pleasant change: Blue Bee Hillfoot Bitter, a very well made and properly bitter beer brewed here in Sheffield. If it's the same next time, I'll be back to making this a regular haunt.

One of my new year's resolutions - in fact, probably the only one - is to go to the Dog & Partridge more often, after having several perfect pints of Black Sheep Best Bitter here last year. I know, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but to my taste buds it's a pretty good substitute for the long lost Leeds Tetleys; when well kept, as it always is here. Black Sheep is a well balanced session bitter with a lingering, dry, bitter aftertaste and that well-known hop flavour that people with strange beards deride as "twiggy". Well, I love twigs - bring them on! And I'll be coming here more often in 2018.

A very impressive pub,on entry their is a front lounge to your left,a corridor with original glazed tiling,a tap room,a rear room with it's own bar access and a charming side snug with a serving hatch.The snug is worthy of close inspection with wood embellished with carvings by cutlers,bell pushes,Victorian fireplace yet a discreet flatscreen.Muzak was playing at a sensible volume and the welcome from the barman was genuinely friendly ,proud of his pub and committed to serve decent real ale.There are 6 handpumps,with four working on our Monday lunchtime visit serving Stancill Porter,Kelham Island Easy Rider,Black Wolf Lomond Gold and an excellent Blue Bee Hyphen,my pint of the crawl. This pub should not be missed on any crawl around town,I plan to spend a lot longer in here on my next visit to the area.