Radiant Brewing
A craft beer microbrewery set up towards the end of 2021. A percentage from all sales goes to charity.
Radical Brewing
A former home brewery, now commercial, operating on a 100-litre plant.
Address: Lough Ned, Oakhill, Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 1AN
Web: radicalbrewing.im/
Radio City Beer Works
A community brewery in Chelmsford, influenced by music and art.
Address: Horsfrith Park Farm, Old Barn’s Lane, Radley Green, Chelmsford CM4 0LR
Web: rcbw.co.uk/
Ralph’s Ruin
A small kitchen brewery in the heart of the Royal Oak, Bath. Named after pub dog Ralph.
Address: The Royal Oak, Lower Bristol Road, Bath BA2 3BW
Web: ralphsruin.co.uk
Ram Brewery
Although Young’s Brewery left Wandsworth a few years ago and moved to Bedford where it merged with Wells to create Wells & Young’s, brewing has continued on the Ram Brewery site under John Hatch, one of the Young’s Brewing team. He works as site manager for the property owner Minerva and brews on a non-commercial basis.
Web: theramquarter.com/
Ramsbury Brewery
As part of Ramsbury Estates, the brewery uses water and barley from its own land. The brewery was established in 2004, although brewing in the area goes back more than 200 years.
Address: Aldbourne, Marlsborough, Wiltshire SN8 2NN
Phone: 01672 541407
Web: www.ramsburybrewery.co.uk/
Ramsey Island Brewery
Bringing the modern world of craft beer to the heartland of Essex, refreshing forgotten styles.
Address: Unit 3 West Newlands Farm, Steeple Road, St Lawrence, Southminster CM0 7ll
Web: ramseyislandbrewery.com/
Ramsgate Brewery
A well-established 25-hectolitre brewery with a small-batch project.
Address: 7 Hornet Close, Pyson’s Road Industrial Estate, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2YD
Phone: 01843 868453
Web: ramsgatebrewery.co.uk
Randalls
Brewing in Guernsey since 1868. There is an estate of 19 pubs.
Address: PO Box 154, St George’s Esplanade, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3JG
Phone: 01481 720134
Web: randallsbrewery.com
Rat Brewery
A brewery operated by Ossett Brewery from the Rat and Ratchet brewpub.
Address: 40 Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire HD1 3EB
Phone: 01484 516734
Raven Hill Brewery
A brewery whose beers reflect an outdoor sense of adventure.
Address: Raven Hill Farm, Kilham, East Yorkshire YO25 4EG
Phone: 07979 674573
Web: ravenhillbrewery.com
RBA Brewery
A commercial home brewer, new on the scene in 2020.
Address: Oswestry Close, Derby DE21 2RF
Phone: 07943 367765
Reaction Brewing Company
A small-batch nano-brewery in North Wales.
Reality Brewery
A 2.5-barrel brewery established in 2010.
Address: 127 Hig Road, Chilwell, Nottingham NG9 4AT
Rebellion Beer Co
Rebellion is obsessed about high quality. Established in 1993 in a small industrial unit moving to a farm in 1999. Expansion continued on the farm site with some 70,000 pints produced per week.
Address: Bencombe Farm, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 3LT
Phone: 01628 476594
Web: www.rebellionbeer.co.uk
Recoil Brewery
Established in 2016, Recoil has experienced brewers in its team.
Address: Lee Mills, St Pauls Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 4QW
Phone: 01756 243243
Web: recoilbrewing.co
Red Dog Ales
A homebrewer who went into business after a period working for a commercial brewery.
Web: reddogales.com/
Red Rock Brewery
A family-owned South Devon brewery with its own spring water.
Address: Higher Humber Farm, Bishopsteignton TQ14 9TD
Phone: 01626 879738
Web: redrockbrewery.co.uk
Red Rose Brewery
A recently re-opened (2020) Lancashire brewery, on a mission to make interesting, tasty, and quality beers.
Address: The Old Brewery, Back Square Street, off Old Ground Street, Ramsbottom BL0 9FZ
Phone: 01706 827582
Web: redrosebrewery.co.uk/
Red Shoot Brewery
The Red Shoot is a Wadworth pub in the New Forest, Hampshire, that has its own microbrewery and comes up with its own individual beers, as well as selling Wadworth core and seasonal cask ales. The pub holds two beer festivals a year which are very popular. There is a camp site for people who want to stay for a while.
Address: Toms Lane, Linwood, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3QT
Phone: 01425 475792
Web: www.redshoot.co.uk
Redcastle Brewery
A purpose-built ten-barrel brewery on a family farm.
Address: Drummygar Mains, Carmyllie, Arbroath DD11 2RA
Redemption Brewery
One of London’s new breed of craft brewers, Redemption was established in the north of the city in 2010. The beers are contemporary, but the methods and ingredients are traditional.
Address: Unit 16, Compass Industrial Estate, West Road, Tottenham, London N17 0XL
Phone: 0208 885 5227
Web: www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk
Redwell Brewing
Under new ownership, the small-batch brewer was established in 2013. It focuses on keg beers.
Address: The Arches, Bracondale, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 2EF
Phone: 01603 904990
Web: www.redwellbrewing.com
RedWillow Brewery
Toby and Caroline McKenzie set up this well thought of brewery in 2010. “Our objective was simply to make the types of beer that we love to drink, big in flavour, well balanced and very drinkable,” they say on their website. Do visit the site to experience the lovely branding.
Address: The Lodge, Sutton Garrison, Byrons Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 7JW
Phone: 01625 502315
Web: www.redwillowbrewery.com
Reedley Hallows Brewery
A multi-award winning brewery, founded in 2012, with a capacity of more than 80 barrels a week.
Address: Unit B3 Farrington Close, Burnley, Lancashire BB1 5SH
Phone: 07749 414513
Web: reedleyhallows.co.uk
Regather Brewery
Operated as part of a multi-faceted co-operative group in Sheffield.
Address: 57-59 Club Garden Road, Sheffield S11 8BU
Phone: 0114 273 1258
Web: regather.net
Reids Gold Brewing Company
A brewery usuing locally-sourced, fresh ingredients, and pure Scottish water.
Address: 61 Provost Barclay Drive, Stonehaven AB39 2GE
Web: reidsgold.com
Remedy Oak Brewery
Beginning on a 100-litre pilot kit in the corner of an old farm building set in the Dorset countryside in 2018, the team have now scaled up.
Address: Horton Road, Woodlands, Dorset BH21 8ND
Phone: 01202 612509
Web: remedyoakbrewery.co.uk/
Renegade Brewery
Characterful beers created with bold flavours and storytelling in mind.
Address: The Old Dairy, Yattendon, Berkshire RG18 0XT
Web: renegadebrewery.co.uk/
Resting Devil
The majority of production is cask, with packaged beers bottle conditioned and unfined. The brewer was formerly at Thornbridge Brewery.
Address: Chesterfield Arms, Newbold Road, Chesterfield S41 7PH
Web: restingdevil.co.uk/
Revolutions Brewery
A music themed brewery with classic songs, albums and artists referenced throughout the beer range.
Address: Unit B7, Whitwood Enterprise Park, Speedwell Road, Whitwood, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 5PX
Phone: 01977 552649
Web: www.revolutionsbrewing.co.uk/
Rhymney Brewery
The old Rhymney Brewery was acquired by national giant Whitbread in the 1960s and was closed in 1978. In 2005, though, the name rose again, as a new microbrewery, and the beers are found all over South Wales.
Address: Gilchrist, Thomas Industrial Estate, Blaenavon, Pontypool NP4 9RL
Phone: 01495 790456
Web: rhymneybrewery.com/
Rigg & Furrow
A farmhouse brewery in a former milking parlour. The family-run business celebrates the best of Northumbrian and British produce.
Address: Acklington Park Farm, Northumberland NE65 9AA
Web: riggandfurrow.co.uk/
Rising Sun
A two-barrel brewpub. Beers are mostly sold through the pub.
Address: 235 Stockport Road, Mossley OL5 0RQ
Phone: 01457 238236
Web: risingsunmossley.co.uk
River Leven Ales
A small, independent brewery founded in 2011 by Harry Heskey, making traditionally-brewed, cask-conditioned ales.
Address: Lab Road, Kinlochleven PH50 4SG
Phone: 01855 831519 / 07901 873273
Web: riverlevenales.co.uk/
Riverhead Brewery
A microbrewery in a cellar pub, producing beers with a local connection.
Address: 2 Peel Street, Marsden, Huddersfield HD7 6BR
Phone: 01484 841270
Web: theriverheadmarsden.co.uk/
Riviera Brewing Co
Estabished in 2014 in South Devon by engineer and home brewer Alan Waldron. He brews part time, for a few local pubs, beer festivals and the home market.
Address: 4 Yonder Meadow, Stoke Gariel, Totnes TQ9 6QE
Phone: 07857 850110
Web: www.rivierabrewing.co.uk/
Rivington Brewing Co
A craft brewery on a dairy farm in rural Lancashire.
Web: rivingtonbrewing.co.uk/
Roam Brewing Co
Formerly Tavy Ales when it was founded in 2012. There is a six-barrel plant, and a bakery, too.
Address: 8-9 Porsham Close, Beliver Industrial Estate, Plymouth PL6 7DB
Phone: 01752 396052
Web: roambrewco.uk/
Robinsons
Robinsons’ history goes back to 1838 when William Robinson bought the Unicorn Inn from which the current brewery takes its name. Six generations on, Robinsons remains a strong family business in its North West heartland, famous for its beers. The firm brews 37,000 barrels a year, is installing a state-of-the-art new brewhouse at a cost of £5 million, and has a 360-strong pub estate.
Address: The Unicorn Brewer, Stockport, Cheshire SK1 1JJ
Phone: 0161 480 6571
Web: robinsonsbrewery.com/
Rock and Roll Brewhouse
A small, music-themed brewery.
Address: 19 Hall Street, Birmingham B18 6BS
Rock Leopard Brew Co
A cuckoo brewery working on a permanent range … and finding a home!
Address: 81 Bellegrove Road, Welling, London DA16 3PG
Web: www.rockleopardbrewing.com/
Rock The Boat Brewery
Home of the Little Crosby Village Brewing Co Ltd, producing a range of cask- and bottle-conditioned beers.
Address: 6 Little Crosby Village, Liverpool L23 4TS
Phone: 0151 924 7936
Web: www.rocktheboatbrewery.co.uk/
Rocket Ales
A brewery established in 2016, with award-winning home brewer Dave Smith in the brehouse.
Address: The Brewery, Garden Farm, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5BE
Phone: 07747 617527
Web: www.rocket-ales.com/
Rockingham Ales
A small two-barrel brewery established in 1997.
Address: Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire PE8 6YN
Roebuck Brewing Co
A family brewery, opened in 2017. Three generations are involved in the business.
Address: Toby’s Hill, Draycott in the Clay, Sudbury DE6 5BT
Phone: 07757 503851
Web: roebuckbrewery.co.uk/
Roman Way Brewery
Established in 2019, the brewery is located within the historic setting of the Old Ordnance Depot in Weedon Bec.
Address: Building 79, The Old Depot, Bridge Street, Weedon, Northamptonshire NN7 4PS
Phone: 07950 234991
Web: romanwaybrewery.co.uk/
Romney Marsh Brewery
A family-run brewery in a rural setting, with beers available in casks and bottles. There is a brewery bar — Ales by the Rails in the garden of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch station in Dungeness.
Address: Unit 7, Jacks Park, Cinque Ports Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney, Romney Marsh, Kent TN28 8AN
Phone: 01797 362333
Web: romneymarshbrewery.com/
Roosters
Established by Sean Franklin in 1993, Rooster’s Brewing Co is owned and operated by Ian, Tom and Oliver Fozard. Production capacity stands at 145 barrels a week, with six beers making up the brewery’s core range in cask, along with a selection of monthly and quarterly specials. A selection of these beers are also available in keg and can.
Address: Unit 3, Grimbald Park, Wetherby Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8LJ
Phone: 01423 865959
Web: roosters.co.uk
Rossendale Brewery
An eight-barrel brewery, based at a pub, supplying a number of other local pubs.
Address: Griffin Inn, 84-86 Hud Rake, Haslingden BB4 5AF
Phone: 01706 214021
Web: rossendalebrewery.co.uk/
Rother Valley Brewing Co
Established in 1993 on a hop and dairy farm. Cask and bottled beers are produced.
Address: Station Road, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6QT
Phone: 01797 252922
Web: rothervalleybrewery.co.uk/
Rough Brothers Brewing Co
A new brewery in 2019.
Phone: 07946 638513
Roughacre Brewery
A small-batch brewery established in 2018.
Address: Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire CB21 4TA
Phone: 07801 930091
Web: roughacre.com/
Round Corner Brewing
The culmination of a 15-year vision shared by two life-long friends — internationally acclaimed brewer Colin Paige and City director Combie Cryan — to build the brewery of their dreams and make iconic British beers. The first beers were available in December 2018.
Address: Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JY
Web: www.roundcornerbrewing.com/
Rowton Brewery
An award-winning family brewery, set up in 2008. There is a second brewery in the Pheasant pub, Wellington.
Address: Stone House, Rowton, Telford, Shropshire TF6 6QX
Phone: 07854 885870
Web: rowtonbrewery.com/
Rude Giant Brew Co
A new Wiltshire brewery, launched in 2023, with former Sixpenny brewer Joe Robinson in the team.
Web: rudegiant.com/
Rudgate Brewery
Established in 1992, the brewery expanded into a modern facility in 2010/11 on the same site. Rudgate has won several awards, including CAMRA champion beer of Britain 2009 with Ruby Mild.
Address: 2 Centre Park, Marston Business Park, Tockwith York YO26 7QF
Phone: 01423 358382
Web: www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/
Runaway Brewery
Two friends, Mark and Darren, came together to create this brewery. “For us, brewing isn’t just about the end product, it’s about the process — the journey.”
Address: Unit 4, Millgate, Dantzic Street, Manchester M4 4JW
Phone: 0161 832 2628
Web: www.therunawaybrewery.com/
Running Man Brewery
A home-based commercial brewery, opened in 2018.
Address: 26 Greenway, Davis Estate, Chatham, Kent ME5 9UX
Rusty Garage Brewery
A craft brewery in Swindon, opened in 2020.
Address: 115 Thetford Way, Swindon SN5 7EX
Phone: 07889 928241
Rye Waterworks
A microbrewery set up in a micropub in 2023.
Address: Tower Street, Rye TN31 7AT
Phone: 01797 224110
Web: ryewaterworks.co.uk/
