Welcome to The Rising Sun,

Slipping back to normality.....

After a successful & busy Christmas and New Year, routine is set to return to the Rising Sun this January following this mornings purge of all Christmas related paraphernalia from the premises (except the rather stubborn coating of snow!). The quizzes will once again be running every Wednesday and Sunday evening from 9:30pm (see below), live music will resume from Monday 11th at 9pm (see entertainments page for details) and the Sunday carvery will be back on from 10th January 12-3pm.

We hope those of you who joined us for the festivities had a fabulous time and we would like to wish all our customers a happy & prosperous 2010, we look forward to seeing you all over the course of the year.

Quest for Knowledge

At The Rising Sun we have a pretty hardcore collection of 'Quizzers' who battle rain, and more latterly, snow, every week to take part in our twice weekly quizzes. The problem is, some of them are getting a little too used to winning and we need some fresh teams in to take them on!

The Wednesday Quiz is a 25 question General Knowledge quiz which is apparently considered to be a bit more difficult than the Sunday night Quiz, as there is no element of luck involved! The prizes are awarded to first and second place which is the two teams with the highest number of correct answers and are cash sums made from the entirity of the quiz sheet sales (£1 a sheet). We also hold a raffle to raise money for our Guide Dogs for the Blind Sponsor dog and the tickets for this are £1 each. The prize for the raffle is a meal voucher offering free meals for two people at The Rising Sun. We also offer free rolls to our Quizzers on a Wednesday night during the interval.

On a Sunday night we hold a 'Noughts and Crosses' quiz which is run in a similar way to bingo, and this is where the 'element of luck' come in to play as the first prize dosn't go to the team with the most correct answers but the one who gets a line of randomly ordered correct answers first! Second prize goes to the team with the most correct answers out of 30. First prize is a gallon of beer and second prize is a half gallon. We also offer a 3rd & 4th prize (a bottle of wine) for overall closest to the tie-breaker question and also the team who get the most correct answers on the 'Name the Face' round which runs concurrently.

The 'Crack the Safe' Sunday raffle is also extremely popular and runs like a snowball, you buy a ticket for £1 and the winner of the raffle gets to pick a combination from the bag to try to crack the safe, if the safe opens they win the contents, if it dosn't they win £5 and the safe contents roll over. Our last winner walked away with £150!

Did you know.... .

Despite being a well known Real Ale pub many people do not know that we also stock a wide range of quality Whiskies at The Rising Sun, usually with at least 10 to chose from. For those just starting out on the fine art of single malts we hold a tutored Whisky Tasting session 2-3 times a year, usually on a Tuesday evening. These are advertised 4-8 weeks in advance and are a fun but informative event for anyone interested in whisky.

Our current stock of single malts comprises:-

a'bunadh Batch no. 25 60.4%

Highland Park 12yo 40%

Bushmills 10yo 40%

Cragganmore 12 yo 40%

Lagavulin 16 yo 43%

Penderyn (Welsh Whisky) 46%

Bowmore 12yo 40%

Glenfiddich 12yo 40%

Ardbeg 10yo 46%

Balvenie 12yo 40%

A Whisky Tasting will be held on Tuesday 2nd March at 8:30pm. £10.00pp with £5.00pp deposit required, only 25 places available so book early to avoid disappointment.

Food at The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun serves a variety of hot and cold snacks across two menu's Monday- Saturday.

There is a light lunchtime menu running from 12-1:45pm with a selection of cold & toasted sandwiches or larger main meals on the specials board.

The evening menu, running from 5:30-8:15pm, provides popular and traditional pub favourites as well as some slightly more exotic fare.

The carvery is available every Sunday from 12-3pm. We advise that parties of four or more book in advance where possible as some Sunday's we can be very busy, especially around Christmas, Easter and Mothers Day.

We can cater for your group's party be it birthday, leaving do or even small wedding receptions and we also have experience in preparing and hosting funeral wakes. Drop in and talk to Rob or Julie or give them a call on 0114 230 3855 to discuss your requirements.

Rising Sun News

The Rising Sun has continued to maintain a presence in the Good Pub Guide and was once again listed in 2009, why not pick up a copy and take a peek.

We have also continued to appear on the Sheffield Telegraphs Top 20 Pubs List for 2009, coming in seventh place once again.

In the wake of our highly successful third annual beer festival last summer we are planning an even bigger festival for 2010! Planning is in the very early stages but expect more beers, more bands and more great food. Sunfest 2010 is planned for the 8th-11th July (Thurs-Sun).

PLEASE NOTE THAT TONIGHTS MUSIC (MONDAY 11TH JANUARY) HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY DISAPPOINTMENT THIS MAY CAUSE.

Looking for unusual beers?

You will find them at The Rising Sun.

Being part of a microbrewery business, we are able to get hold of microbrewery beers which don't appear in the free trade very often, if at all. Some micros only brew for their own outlets and don't sell their beer much at all. But they will often swap beer with another micro to put guest beers into their pub or pubs. So look out for rare and unusual beers alongside old favourites. If you have a favourite beer from a micro you would like to see on the bar, let Robert know and we'll see what we can do.

And if you can't find something to your taste on the handpumps, check out the bottled beers menu!

New Music Listings now available for viewing.

The Rising Sun hold live music weekly on Monday nights, usually starting at 9pm. The listings for February, March & April 2010 are now available to view on the Entertainments page.

We occasionally hold music on other nights so be sure to keep checking the website & the in pub entertainment board for updates.

Please note that at this time we do not have any upcoming bookings for Ensemble 360.