Sheffield Beer Week returns for the sixth year - and it's launching with a craft beer festival

Sheffield known for its brewing and its range of pubs serving cask ale and Beer Week, which will run from March 9 to 15, celebrates that.

The local breweries involved include Abbeydale, Sheffield Brewery Company, Lost Industry, Thornbridge, True North Brew Co and Saint Mars Of the Desert. There are also a number of national and international breweries taking part, with pubs, bars and beer shops from around the city getting involved to showcase all of them.

Beer collaborations specially brewed for Beer Week will also be released. They include an official beer brewed for 2020's charity partnership supporting charity The Friends of Edward Carpenter, in collaboration with Sheffield based LGBTQ+ beer group Out and About and Lost Industry Brewing. Money will be raised for the charity throughout the week.

The week will be launched with Sheffield's craft beer festival, Indie Beer Feast, this weekend. On March 6 and 7, there will be brewery bars, street food, gin, a Hogan's cider bar, a Hop Hideout bottle bar and a natural wine bar hosted by Sheffield bar Public at Abbeydale Picture House.

Visit www.sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk for more information.