Jack Rabbit Brewing Co
A craft brewery opened in 2019 by two friends, to satisfy their love of craft beers. (January 2025)
Address: Hops Farm, Hungerdown Lane, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2LX
Phone: 07506 596597 / 07538 906299
Web: jackrabbitbrewing.co.uk/
Jaw Brew
A new independent five-barrel craft brewery in Glasgow, utilising soft Scottish water and premium malt, hops and yeast. Named after the brewer’s cottage.
Address: Unit 9, The Centre Point, 67B Montrose Avenue, Hillington Industrial Estate, Glasgow G52 4LA.
Phone: 0141 237 5840
Web: www.jawbrew.co.uk/
Jawbone Brewery
A craft brewery founded by Ben Hughes, experimenting with bold, innovative ideas.
Address: Unit C, 1 Strawberry Vale, London TW1 4RY
Web: jawbonebrewing.com/
Jazz Brewco
A new nanobrewery in 2025, based in Willerby, East Yorkshire.
Jennings Brewery
Closed by Carlsberg Marston’s in 2022, the brewery was reborn under new ownership in February 2025. The brewer is the very experienced Buster Grant, formerly of Brecon Brewery and latterly at Batemans. (June 2025)
Web: jenningsbrewery.co.uk/
Jesus College
An in-house brewery at the Cambridge college. Beers are for college consumption only.
Address: Jesus College, Cambridge CB5 8BL
Jiddler’s Tipple
Craft beer “created in a non-fashionable part of North London”.
Web: jiddlerstipple.com
John O’Groats Brewery
A small-batch brewery on the north coast of Britain with a visitor centre.
Address: The Old Fire Station, John O’Groats, Caithness KW1 4YR
Phone: 07842 401571
Web: johnogroatsbrewery.co.uk
John Smith’s
Home of John Smith’s bitter, a top-selling keg bitter.
Address: The Brewery, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire LS24 9SA
Web: johnsmiths.co.uk/
Jolly Boys Brewery
Established in 2016, the brewery also has a pub, the Jolly Tap, in Wakefield.
Address: Unit 16A Redbrook Business Park, Wilthorpe Road, Barnsley S75 1JN
Phone: 07939 439166
Web: jollyboysbrewery.co.uk/
Jolly Sailor Brewery
A family-run microbrewery and bottle shop in the grounds of the Olympa Hotel, Selby.
Address: Olympia Hotel, 77 Barlby Road, Selby YO8 5AB
Phone: 01757 707564
Web: jollysailorbrewery.uk
Joule’s Brewery
Joule’s beer has been brewed in Staffordshire since 1780. It was resurrected in 2010 when The Co-operative provided financial support to back Steve Nuttall’s vision to build a new brewery in Market Drayton. There is an estate of some 40 pubs.
Address: The Brewery, Great Hales Street, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 1JP
Phone: 01630 654400
Web: joulesbrewery.co.uk/
Juggernaut Brew Co
A brewery whose beers have been contract brewed at Mobberley Brewhouse. Now said to have their own set-up in Ashton-under-Lyme. (March 2025)
JumpShip Brewing
A brewery established by a former sailor.
Phone: 0131 510 1066
Web: jumpship.beer/
Junction Brewery
A new brewery in 2012, in the cellar of a pub.
Address: The Junction, 1 Baildon Road, Baildon, West Yorkshire BD17 6AB
Phone: 01274 582009
Jura Brewery
Set up in the summer of 2021.
Address: Croft 7, Keils, Craighouse, Isle of Jura PA60 7XG
