The Sportsman combines heritage (built in 1930 as an ‘improved pub’) and modernity (at the forefront of the real cider movement and the creator of the Huddersfield International Crisp Festival!).
We’ve graced the pages of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide since 2012 and are proud winners of Huddersfield CAMRA’s Cider Pub of the Year for several years running. Of course, as you would expect from a Beerhouses pub, we also offer an excellent range of cask ales as well as a weekly Dram Club, celebrating featured whiskies.
We’re known for our tasting events and manager, John Fletcher, is also known as an Honourable Knight of The Brotherhood of the Pink Elephant, as designated by Huyghe Brewery due to his exceptional conditioning of Delirium beers on the bar. It’s what he insists his friends call him.
Food at The Sportsman
We offer a range of bar snacks, including hot pork scratchings and a wide variety of crisps and nuts. You can also order food from Big Joe’s next door via the hatch in the beer garden to eat in the pub.
Events
We offer a varied programme of events, including tasting nights, Meet the Brewer, and are the original innovators of the Huddersfield International Crisp Festival. See our socials for details of upcoming events.
Our regular events include:
Monday: Poker Night from 7pm
Tuesday: Tuesday Treats – offers on selected drinks
Thursday: Dram Club
Sunday: Quiz Night from 7pm
Function Room
We have two rooms that are available for hire. One seating 24 and the other, 18 people. They are free to hire for parties, meetings, or groupings of any kind.
Opening Times
Monday: 12:00 – 23:00
Tuesday: 12:00 – 23:00
Wednesday: 10:00 – 23:00
Thursday: 12:00 – 23:00
Friday: 12:00 – 00:00
Saturday: 12:00 – 00:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 23:00
Our nominated charity is Project Youth Cancer, whose mission it is to change the way that young people experience cancer. In 2024, we set ourselves a huge target to raise at least £6000 for the charity and a huge target requires a huge challenge. Working with Huddersfield brewers, Magic Rock Brewing, we created the Yorkshire 3 Pints Challenge, which involved carrying 3 barrels up and down the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. This event, and several other fundraising activities resulted in us raising £6600. You can see more information here.
The Sportsman Beerhouse
News & Events
The Sportsman Team
We’ve got a fantastic team here at The Sportsman, but these are the people you’ll see most often:
John Fletcher
Manager
Ryan Robinson
Assistant Manager
The Latest from The Sportsman
Seasoned Greetings! Feast on a Crispmas dinner at The Sportsman
The Sportsman is now serving Crispmas dinner; a festive menu consisting entirely of crisps!
It’s our birthday and we’ll rebrand if we want to!
To celebrate 10 years as a business, we’ve undergone a bit of a visual transformation! We have a new brand and a new website, but we’re still the same Beerhouses and we still believe in ‘proper pubs’!
Huddersfield International Crisp Festival – the best festival ever?
The inaugural Huddersfield International Crisp Festival has gone viral!
Tuesday means amazing deals here at The Sportsman!
🍻 Mallinsons American SIPA: £3!!!
🥃 House Double and Mixer: £5!!!
🍷 Large Wine: £5.50!!!
😍 And many more of your favourites, all slashed in price!
You won't find better quality for less. All day, every Tuesday. See you soon ❤
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Cerys says drink Paulaner! 🍻
And it tastes even better right now because it comes with a chance to win a free trip to the world famous Munich Oktoberfest! Simply get yourself a pint of Paulaner, scan one of the QR codes dotted around the pub and fill out your details! You have until the end of the month to enter. Good luck and PROST!
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Introducing... The all new Sportsman Whisky Tasting Club!
It's something that we get regularly asked about, especially on a Thursday for our weekly Dram Club so we thought we'd try it out and if the response is good then we'll carry it on ❤
This first Whisky Tasting Club session will focus on introducing you to different whisky producing regions and explaining the characteristics of each, what makes each whisky taste the way it does etc. There'll be 6 single measures of 6 very different whiskies with our very own Ryan guiding you through each. The perfect event for anyone new to whisky or just wanting to learn a little a bit more about whisky geography and distilleries in general... or anyone that just wants to try 6 excellent whiskies and have a good time 🥃
Tickets are now live on eventbrite, link below, and available at the bar. Cheers and see you soon!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1466702048309?aff=oddtdtcreator
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