Welcome to The Rising Sun,

About our Beer...

The Rising Sun is well known for the impressive array of hand pumps which can be found located across the entire length of the not exactly short main bar, 13 in all, with additional space taken up by a further 9 draught taps. It's not uncommon for customers to find themselves a little bewildered by the selection, and indeed 'window shopping ' is encouraged! Each pump boasts a miniature blackboard bearing a description of the ale, usually starting with the colour and aroma before moving on to taste and texture to assist you and if your still unsure our staff will be more than happy to offer a sample of your chosen ale before you commit yourself to a full pint- after all, taste is a matter of personal opinion!

We take great pride in our beer and as such also spend time training our staff in the art of real ale preparation, serving and tasting. We try to keep all our staff up to date with our beers and 'initiate' them all with a tutored tasting session held at the pub. Due to this, our staff should be able to advise you on beers that may suit your palate if you provide them with your requirements- strength, colour, preferred flavours, and even match you to a similar beer if what you usually drink isn't available. We've recently taken on a large number of new staff but they are learning quickly and will be enrolled on the real ale & Belgian beer tutorial shortly. Most of our staff are real ale drinkers themselves, and that’s their choice not ours!

The beers comprise of 5 permanant Abbeydale ales which are always available (Deception, Brimstone, Moonshine, Absolution & Daily Bread), along with a pump dedicated to the seasonal 'guest' Abbeydale (or Doctor Mortons or very occaisional Beer Works) brew PLUS a further 7 pumps rotating guest ales from near & far! We try for a range of colours, flavours & strengths where ever possible to cater for all tastes.

What's On Weekly?

Mondays- Our regular music night, check the blackboards in the pub, the Sheffield Telegraph or the entertainments page on the website for details.

Tuesdays- Special events are sometimes hosted Tuesday evenings such as beer tastings, whisky tastings and special food events. Details of up and coming events will be posted in the pub and online.

Wednesdays- Our weekly General Knowledge quiz, 30 questions starting at 9:30pm with a charity raffle alongside. Cash prizes.

Sundays- Noughts and Crosses 25 question bingo styed quiz. Great thing about this one is first prize goes to those who first get a line, so everyone is in with a chance of winning. A further 3 prizes available (high score, closest to tiebreaker and most correct on the bonus picture round). First prize is a gallons worth of beer tokens! Also a 'crack the safe' snowballing raffle which is not unknown to reach a jackpot of over £300! Well worth a £1 a shot.

Food at The Rising Sun

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

There is a light lunchtime menu running from 12:00 to 1:45pm with a selection of soups, cold & toasted sandwiches, paninis and jacket potatoes.

The evening menu, running from 5:30-8:00pm, provides popular and traditional pub favourites as well as some slightly more exotic fare. Food orders must be with the kitchen by 7:45pm. Evening meals are served Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evenings with bar snacks available instead Monday & Tuesdays.

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. Last orders need to be taken by 2:45pm but be warned, we do sometimes run out of food long before that time!

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 2011, why not pick up a copy and take a peek.

We have been Sheffield Pub of the Month winners in June 2010 & October 2007 and hope to continue to add to our collection of these titles this year.

We are now Cask Marque accredited, as another testiment to our excellent cellar & ale management standards. We also have some staff training events planned for this year to help educate and improve our new staff members understanding of real ale.

Dates have been announced for Sunfest 2011 which will run Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th July inclusive. Planning is in the very provisional stages but more information will appear on site as the time draws closer. As always we will be looking to improve on last years, highly successful, festival and will also be selecting a new charity to benefit from this event. Once again we will be recruiting volunteer bar tenders for the beer tent with payment in beer tokens...watch this space if you're interested in taking part!

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 & May 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.