The Sheaf Island (JD Wetherspoon), Sheffield

The Sheaf Island is a very large Spoons that is on the busy ecclesall road. Once inside there is one very long room that runs the width of the pub,the bar faces,the seating is the normal Spoons layout,with tall tables and stools near the bar and normal tables and chairs elsewhere,there were a few leather settes to the left and a bench seat to the rear left. There are very tall windows which give great views of the ecclesall road traffic whizzing by. There was a good choice of beers on the bar,i had a drink of Chantry Steelos which was a very nice drink,the other beers that i noted were Acorn Black Oak,Bradfield Farmers Blond,Beer Studio Dark Oddessy,Doom Bar,Ruddles best,there were other micro beers which i failed to note. The pub had a nice laid back feel to it on my early morning visit. I quite liked this Spoons,but i could'nt help but think of the old Wards brewery which used to be here,i know which i would prefer to be here. Pub visited 19/4/2014

A fairly typical JDW in the new buildings that occupy the site of the former Ward's brewery. There are tables under a canopy beside the main road - if the cigarettes don't get you the car exhaust will. Inside it's the usual tall spacious room you'd expect from a JDW, with a couple of pillars quite close to the bar and two banks of hand pumps as well as the usual fonts. The service was efficient but I'm told that it can be overwhelmed at busy periods. The beer was served too cold, but soon reached a drinkable temperature. For my first pint I had a Bateman's XB, which was surprisingly almost devoid of taste, but the Brakspears Triple which I had next was spot on, a really excellent beer.

Official pages of the Sheaf Island - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk