Owners of new Sheffield bar, burger joint and brewery make beer to fund gifts for NHS heroes

Heist Brew Co is moving from Clowne, in Derbyshire, to a former machine works on Neepsend Lane, close to the Cutlery Works food hall and the Gardeners Rest pub.

Interactive tours, tastings and events were planned to start in August in two large bar areas, with 30 craft beer lines offering different varieties of ale and burgers served by a specially-appointed vendor.

However, the Covid-19 pandemic means Heist will likely be opening at the end of 2020 at the earliest.

Already its bosses have been buying stock from local bars and breweries such as Church and Boozehound that are either not able to open due to lockdown restrictions, or operate online due to licensing rules.

They have also donated more than £600 to the NHS with takings from an auction – and now Heist is joining a global brewery campaign called All Together.

Led by Other Half Brewery in New York, the project invites breweries from all over the world to make a beer that they provide the recipe, design work and promotional material for, with the profits generated by each outfit supporting the hospitality sector.

Heist is focusing its attention on the bars, restaurants, breweries, coffee shops and other small independent ventures around its new location. The proceeds will be used to purchase vouchers, experiences, tours and more from businesses that will then be donated to Sheffield’s NHS hospitals for staff to enjoy once restrictions have been lifted.

More than 700 breweries have signed up globally, each brewing their own version of the recipe. Heist has teamed up with Full Circle Brewery in Newcastle to brew its own version which will be available for wholesale and retail in keg and can online in May.

“These are very difficult times,” said Heist director Adam France. “The least we can do is show our support for the struggling industries as well as giving something back to those that are risking their own lives by saving and caring for others.”

See www.heistbrewco.com or visit www.fullcirclebrew.co.uk to buy or for more information.

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