And your favourite non-Little Mesters beers or breweries?
We’re very fortunate in Sheffield to have an amazing craft beer scene, with some absolutely fantastic breweries to match. As a whole, we think that is something the city can be incredibly proud of. There are probably too many beers to name individually, but we’re all big fans of the SMOD beers. Further afield we’d have to give a nod to the guys up at Brew York and Wylam. They’ve given us some great advice and support, also both of them knock out some cracking beers.
Is there a story behind the name and/or logo?
We knew the name and logo needed to stand out. It was also important to us, as proud ‘Sheffielders’, that our city was recognised in our name too.
The name and logo are a nod to the Little Mesters who were undoubtedly the backbone of Sheffield’s cutlery and tool making industries of days gone by. They made a vast contribution to the variety of products which were produced in Sheffield. We decided to use the name to honour these fine gents who helped to put Sheffield on the map. Their reputation of skilled work and producing quality products, sums up exactly how we feel about making beer.
Once we’d settled on the name, we had an idea of how we wanted the logo to look but that was brought to life by Oliver Barron (@obarron) and Jack Evans (@jevs.design). We’re very fond of our Little Mesters man. While he doesn’t have a name yet, we have some big plans for him in our future designs.
Plans for the future/post lockdown?
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s probably that as a business we need to be able to adapt to any situation life throws at us. Planning for the next year has been fairly tough with regards to the uncertainty of when we can all get back to a normal way of life…and what exactly new normal will look like.
That said, we will definitely continue on as we have been. We plan on completing the Originals range in the coming months, with the Pale coming in the next couple of weeks. We then plan for one more beer to sit in that range too. As well as our own beers we have lined up, there are a couple of collabs we have planned with some great breweries and a couple of things a little outside the box. But they are still in the planning stage so we will have to share more on that a little further down the line.
In short…beers, beers and more beers.
How can beer heads support a new brewery such as yourselves?
We have been completely blown away by the support we’ve received so far from everybody we have dealt with. From people who have tried the beers and given us feedback, to the independent shops that have put our beers on their shelves. It’s been fantastic and that support really does mean a lot to us.
We’d love people to try our beers and spread the word about Little Mesters. Show us some love on social media, but more importantly we’d love feedback from people. Any ideas or suggestions people want to share with us, we’d love to hear them.
Our city has such an exciting independent and craft beer scene, which has the potential to rival any in the UK, we’re just looking to play our part in that as much as we can.
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