Raising a glass of Stones to Sheffield’s fabled ale – The Yorkshire Post says

Those with longer memories will recall that it was also once a cask ale with a distinctively South Yorkshire provenance – brewed to replenish the salt levels of Sheffield’s foundry workers. Its popularity made its original brewer, William Stones, reputedly the richest man in the city – quite an achievement given the wealth of the steel industry at that time.

It is this cask variety that is about to be relaunched under licence by a small brewery in Sheffield. While it may not be an obvious candidate for a revival, we don’t doubt that it will find a nostalgia-fuelled market.

Craft breweries are at the opposite end of the beer spectrum to the American multinational that now owns the Stones brand name. Whether they mix well remains to be seen, but we don’t doubt that quality will quickly rise to the top.