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Abbey Ales
Established in 1997, this Bath brewery has four tied pubs.
Address: The Abbey Brewery, Camden Row, Bath BA1 5LB
Phone: 01225 444437
Web: abbeyales.co.uk/
Abbeydale Brewery
Abbeydale Brewery was founded in 1996 by Patrick Morton and his father, Hugh. Abbeydale supplies more than 200 pubs directly. Beer is also supplied through wholesalers.
Address: Abbeydale Brewery Ltd, Unit 8, Aizlewood Road, Sheffield S8 0YX.
Phone: 0114 281 2712
Web: www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk
Abernyte Brewery
A small-batch brewery overlooking the River Tay, in Perthshire
Address: South Latch Farm, Abernyte, Perthshire PH14 9SU
Web: abernytebrewery.co.uk/
Abyss Brewing
An eight-barrel brewery, established in 2017, using kit previously at the Black Cat Brewery.
Address: Unit 12, Squires Farm Industrial Estate, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 5RB
Tap: Opening in 2021. Find out more here.
Web: abyssbrewing.co.uk/
Accidental Brewery
A brewery and micropub in a converted stable block. As of summer 2023, the brewery was for sale.
Address: The Old Stables, Bulk Street, Lancaster LA1 1PU
Web: accidentalbrewery.com/
Acorn Brewery
Acorn produces more than 30,000 pints of real ale every week, including six permanent ales plus a range of seasonal IPAs and kegged beers. Established in 2003, the brewery employs 11. It also has a pub, the Old No 7, in Barnsley, showcasing its beers.
Address: Acorn Brewery Ltd, Unit 3, Aldham Industrial Estate, Mitchell Road, Wombwell, Barnsley S73 8HA
Phone: 01226 270734
Web: www.acorn-brewery.co.uk
Adnams
Adnams claims to date back more than 650 years, to the time when it was the brewhouse for Southwold’s oldest inn, The Swan. George and Ernest Adnams gave their name to the business in 1872. These days the beers are brewed in a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient, 300-barrel brewery.
Address: Adnams plc, Sole Bay Brewery, East Green, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6JW
Phone: 01502 727200
Web: https://www.adnams.co.uk
Aerocraft Brewery
A brewery established in 2023 by a group of engineers with a passion for beer, quality, and process control. They have designed and built their own kit.
Web: aerocraftbrews.com/
Affinity Brew Co
A brewery and tasting room set up by Steve Grae and Ben Duckworth.
Address: 39A Markfield Road, London N15 4QA
Web: www.affinitybrewco.com/
Ainsty Ales
A former cuckoo brewery, now with its own premises in York. The brewery is owned by Andy Herrington, with Alan Hardie as head brewer.
Address: Manor Farm, Acaster Malbis, York YO23 2UJ
Phone: 01904 703233
Web: www.ainstyales.co.uk/
AJ’s Ales
A brewery set up in 2015 by Andy Dukes, who has previous experience with the Highgate and Blue Bear breweries.
Address: Unit 12, Long Acre Street, Walsall WS2 8QG
Web: www.ajsales.com/
Aldwark Artisan Ales
A ten-barrel brewery in an old milking shed on a working farm.
Address: Lydgate Farm, Aldwark, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 4HW
Phone: 01629 540720
Web: aaabrewery.co.uk/
Aldworth Brewery
A brewery attached to The Bell Inn, Aldworth.
Address: Bell Lane, Aldworth, Reading RG8 9SE
Alechemy
Actually two breweries in one, Alechemy has a main ten-barrel plant and a smaller half-barrel pilot kit. The directors are James and Adam Davies, James also being the brewer.
Address: Unit B, 1 Gregory Road, Livingston EH54 7DR
Phone: 01506 413634
Web: alechemy.beer/
Ales of Scilly
Established at Higher Trenoweth, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly in 2001, the brewery moved to industrial unit premises in 2007. It is the only brewery on the Isles of Scilly. Jennie Trevitchick became brewer and co-owner in 2016.
Address: 2B Porthmellon Industrial Estate, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly TR21 0JY
Phone: 01720 423233
Web: www.alesofscilly.co.uk/
Aleworks
A brewery developed by a former home brewer. “As lovers of both English cask ale and modern craft ale, it is our ambition to combine the two to create a modern take on traditional British brewing.”
Address: The Parlour, Brookhouse Farm, Shipley RH13 8PY
Phone: 07875 395432
Web: aleworksbrewingco.co.uk/
Alfred’s Brewery
Named after King Alfred, the brewery was set up by local man Steve Haigh. There is a brewery shop.
Address: 5b Scylla Industrial Estate, Winnall Valley Road, Winchester SO23 0LD
Phone: 01962 859999
Web: www.alfredsbrewery.co.uk/
All Day Brewing Co
A brewery which malts its own barley and wheat, grows its own hops and has its own borehole, as well as growing its own herbs and fruit for its beers.
Address: Salle Moor Farm, Wood Dalling Road, Salle, Norfolk NR10 4SB
Phone: 01603 327656
Web: www.alldaybrewing.co.uk/
All Nations Inn
An historic brewpub “untouched by modern fads”.
Address: 20 Coalport Road, Telford TF7 5DP
Phone: 01952 585747
Web: allnationsinn.co.uk/
Allanwater Brewhouse
Founded in 1996 by Douglas Ross, brews range from the traditional to the experimental. There is a brewery bar.
Address: The Brewhouse, Queens Lane, Bridge of Allan FK9 4NY
Phone: 01786 834555
Web: allanwaterbrewhouse.co.uk/
Allendale Brewery
A previous Allendale Brewery closed in 1887, but this business was established in 2005. A ten-barrel plant has a capacity to produce 720 gallons of beer a week. Pubs across the North East and North West are supplied.
Address: Allendale Brewing Co Ltd, Allen Mill, Allendale, Hexham, Northumberland NE47 9EQ
Phone: 01434 618686
Web: allendalebrewery.com/
Almasty Brewing Company
A one-man, ten-barrel brewery,producing unfiltered beers. The Free Trade Inn, Byker, is the brewery tap.
Address: Unit 11, Algernon Industrial Estate, New York Road, Shiremoor NE27 0NB
Web: almastyshop.co.uk/
Alnwick Brewing Company
Established in 2016 to continue a long tradition of brewing in the town.
Phone: 01289 389230
Web: lindisfarnemead.com/
Alpha Delta Brewing
A six-barrel microbrewery with tasting room.
Address: 18 Riverdale Court, Newburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8SG
Phone: 0191 267 1295
Web: alphadeltabrewing.com/
Alter Ego Brewing Co
An Alfreton-based brewery.
Web: alteregobrewing.co/
Ambridge Brewery
Whole leaf hops and Maris Otter malt go into Wies and John Nowacki’s beers. The brewery was set up in 2013. Later that year it acquired the Wyre Piddle Brewery, under which name some of the beers are brewed.
Address: 2A Priory Place, Priory Farm Lane, Inkberrow, Worcestershire WR7 4HT
Phone: 01386 792233
Web: www.ambridgebrewery.co.uk/
Amity Brew Co
Inspired by the US model of a brewpub, Amity makes fresh, modern interpretations of classic beer styles.
Address: Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds LS28 5UJ (from December 2020)
Tap: Read about the Brewpub and Courtyard.
Web: amitybrew.co/
Ampersand Brew Co
A small brewery in South Norfolk brewing modern, seasonal beers. Started by father and son Adrian and Andy Hipwell, the brewhouse is on the family farm.
Address: Camphill Farm, Middle Road, Earsham, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2AH
Phone: 07791 086689
Web: ampersandbrew.co/
Ampleforth Abbey Brewery
Ampleforth Abbey beer was launched in 2012, reigniting a tradition of monastic brewing which had been lost in Britain. Read all about the project in this Guardian article by the paper’s northern editor, Martin Wainwright.
Address: Ampleforth Abbey, York YO62 4EN
Phone: 01439 766000
Web: www.ampleforth.org.uk/
Amwell Springs
Established in the summer of 2017, the brewery uses its own spring water to make “awesome craft beer”. The brewery has an on-site taproom.
Address: Westfield Farm House, Westfield Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire OX10 9LS
Phone: 07812 396619
Web: asbco.co.uk/
Anarchy Brew Co
A lifelong hobby became a reality in 2012 for Simon and Dawn Miles in Morpeth, Northumberland. Relocating to Newcastle upon Tyne in October 2018, the team are keen on developing and exploring different beer styles, while retaining some of the classics (all unfiltered).
Address: Unit A1, Benfield Business Park, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 4NQ
Phone: 0191 389 7580
Web: anarchybrewco.com
Anchor House Brewery
A commercial home-based brewer.
Address: 3 Osmand Gardens, Plymouth PL7 1AA.
Andwell Brewing Company
Established by Adam Komrower in 2008, he and head brewer Tim Collins operate from a brewhouse with a 20-barrel plant made by Bavarian Brewing Technologies. Ingredients include water from beneath the brewery. In July 2011 the brewery relocated to the riverside hamlet of Andwell.
Address: Andwell Brewing Company, Andwell, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9PA
Phone: 01256 761044
Web: www.andwells.com
Angel
A Nottingham microbrewery, fired up in 2017.
Address: 7 Stoney Street, Nottingham NG1 1LG
Phone: 0115 948 3343
Web: theangelmicrobrewery.co.uk/
Angel Ales
A brewery established in 2011, set up by Nick Pritchard and Andy Kirk and based in a former chapel of rest.
Address: Angel Ales Ltd, Furlong Lane, Halesowen, West Midland B63 2TA
Phone: 07847 300350
Web: angelales.co.uk/
Anglesey Brewhouse
A former home brewer scaled up to launch this microbrewery in 2017.
Address: Unit 12, Pen Yr Orsedd, Industrial Estate Road, Parc Bryn Cefni, Llangefni LL77 7AW
Phone: 01248 345506
Web: angleseybrewhouse.co.uk/
Anglesey Brewing
Established in 2014, the brewery took on its new name, and moved to new premises, in 2017.
Address: Chwaen Ddu, Carmel, Llannerch-y-Medd LL71 7DE
Phone: 01248 717734
Anglo Oregon
A collaboration between partners from England and Oregon.
Address: 3 Traston Lane, Newport NP19 4RR
Phone: 07854 194966
Web: aobc.co.uk/
Anomaly
A small brewery, mostly packaging its beer in bottles. Specialising in old European recipes.
Address: 59 Glebe Gardens, New Malden KT3 5RU
Web: anomalybrewing.co.uk/
Anspach & Hobday
Paul (Anspach) and Jack (Hobday), two London graduates, founded the brewery in 2012 and have been guided by the contemporary craft brewing scene. The Brewery and Tap is based in an archway in Bermondsey, London.
Address: 118 Druid Street, Bermondsey, London SE1 2HH
Phone: 0208 617 9510
Web: anspachandhobday.com/
Anthology Brewing Company
Small-batch beer made in Leeds. The beers are described as “flavour forward”.
Web: www.anthologybrewing.co.uk/
Apex Brewery
A nanonbrewery on the Somerset/Dorset border, set up by an experienced and proficient home brewer.
Phone: 07817 806730
Web: apex.beer/
Applecross Brewing Co
Craft ales produced in the remote wilderness of the Applecross estate. Established in 2016.
Address: Russel Yard, Kishorn, Applecross, Ross-shire IV54 8XF
Web: applecrossbrewingcompany.co.uk/
Arbor Ales
Arbor Ales was established in 2007 and, since then, has moved twice, upgraded from a 2.5-barrel to 5.5-barrel plant, then to 12-barrel kit. It owns two pubs, purchased in 2009 and 2010.
Address: 181 Easton Road, Easton, Bristol BS5 0HQ
Phone: 0117 329 2711
Web: arborales.co.uk
Ardgour Ales
A five-barrel brewery launched in 2020.
Address: The Old Manse, Ardgour PE33 7AH
Phone: 01855 632321
Web: ardgourales.scot/
Ards Brewing Co
A five-barrel brewery supplying mainly local customers.
Address: 34B Carrowdore Road, Reyabbey, Newtownards, County Down BT22 2LX
Web: www.facebook.com/ArdsBrewing/
Arkell’s
A long-established brewery established in 1843 as an offshoot to the family farm. Set up to quench the thirst of workers in Great Western Railway shed, it survived the closure of the GWR works in the 1980s and is now one of just a few family breweries left in the UK.
Address: Arkell’s Brewery Ltd, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon SN2 7RU
Phone: 01793 823026
Web: www.arkells.com
Armagh Brewing Co
A young brewery, established in 2020.
Address: 28 Drumgaw Road, Armagh BT60 2AD
Phone: 07828 473199
Web: armagh-brewing-co.business.site/
Arran Botanical Drinks
A brewer and distiller making use of local botanical ingredients.
Address: Cladach Beach House, Cladach, Brodick KA27 8DE
Phone: 01770 302513
Web: arranbotanicaldrinks.com/
Artefact Brewing
A small 200-litre microbrewery, set up in a shipping container on a family farm. It’s run by husband and wife team, James and Kat.
Address: Bury Road, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 2HX
Web: artefactbrewing.co.uk/
Arundel Brewery
Established in 1992, the brewery was the first in the town for more than 70 years. The beers have won awards and are available in Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Majestic Wine Warehouse stores.
Address: Unit C7, Ford Airfield Estate, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0HY
Phone: 01903 733111
Web: www.arundelbrewery.co.uk
Ascot Ales
Established in 2007, the brewery had new owners in 2017. Several pubs are supplied and the beers are often seen at festivals, including food festivals. Beers are bottled and also available in 5-litre minicasks.
Adddress: Unit 4 Lawrence Way, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3DL
Phone: 01276 686696
Web: www.ascot-ales.co.uk
Ashley Down Brewery
Address: 15 Wathen Road, St Andrew’s, Bristol BS6 5BY
Phone: 0117 983 6567
Ashover Brewery
Established in 2007, the brewery mainly caters for a few local pubs, although beer festivals are supplied. in 2015, it took over the former Brown Ales Brewery, in Clay Cross, where the beers are now brewed.
Address: Unit 1, Derby Road, Clay Cross, Chesterfield S45 9AG
Phone: 07803 708526
Web: www.ashoverbrewery.com
Atlantic Brewery
A Soil Association certified brewery established in 2005, with brews suitable for vegetarians and vegans. The focus is on bottles conditioned beers, although occasion brews escape in cask.
Address: Treisaac Farm,Treisaac, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 4DX
Phone: 01637 880326
Web: atlanticbrewery.com
Atlas Brewing Co
Part of Sinclair Breweries, owner of Orkney Brewery.
Address: Nairn IV12 5QW
Web: atlasbrewing.co.uk/
Atom Beers
A science themed brewery created by Allan Rice and Sarah Thackray in early 2014. They have their own beer school, too, passing on their knowledge and enthusiasm.
Address: Unit 4, Food & Tech Park, Malmo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate (West), Hull HU7 0YF
Phone: 07908 737769
Web: www.atombeers.com
Attic Brew Co
Address: 29B Mary Vale Road, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2DA
Phone: 07470 643758
Web: atticbrewco.com/
Aurora Ales
Traditional small-batch beers made by friends Mark Derbyshire and Trevor Bishop using a modern ten-barrel plant. The brewery has its own micropub, The Ilson Tap.
Address: 6 Gallows Industrial Park, Furnace Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5EP
Phone: 07926 512003 / 07768 976999
Web: www.aurora-ales.co.uk/
Austendyke Ales
A seven-barrel brewery with its own micropub, The Prior’s Oven, Spalding.
Address: The Beeches, Austendyke Road, Weston Hills, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 6BZ
Avalanche Brewing Co
A Northamptonshire nanobrewery producing both cask and craft beers.
Web: avalanchebrew.co.uk/
Avid Brewing Co
Phone: 07976 275672
Web: avidbrewing.co.uk/
Axholme Brewing Company
Founded in 2012 and run by brewer Mike Richards and his wife, Jules, Axholme has enjoyed great success. There is a craft arm, Docks Beers.
Address: Dock Beers, Grimsby DN31 3JD
Phone: 01472 289795
Web: www.axholmebrewing.co.uk/
Ayr Brewing Company
Established in 2009 by Anthony Valenti and his brother-in-law Paul Rossi, the brewery operates from the Glenpark Hotel. There are four regular beers and summer and winter specials.
Address: Ayr Brewing Company Ltd, 5 Racecourse Road, Ayr KA7 2DG
Phone: 01292 263891
Web: ayrbrewingcompany.com/
Azvex Brewing Co
A modern Liverpool brewery launched in 2021.
Address: Unit 16 King Edward Rise, Gibraltar Row, Liverpool L3 7HJ
Web: azvexbrewing.com/
