Breweries

The 3 Brewers brew at Symondshyde Farm on the edge of St Albans, in Hertfordshire, on water from their own borehole.

Their own description of themselves is the shortest one here: local beer brewed by local beer lovers using local ingredients, no fuss and no pretension.

Stancill are an independent brewery in Sheffield, brewing cask ale, lager and keg beer.

Their first beer was Barnsley Bitter, still made to the Oakwell Brewery recipe with the original yeast strain, which is the thread back to Barnsley's own brewing that South Yorkshire drinkers know it for.

Oakham Ales started in 1993 in Oakham, in Rutland, moved to Peterborough in 1998 and has brewed at Woodston, on the south side of the city, since 2006.

They were among the first British brewers to work with American hops, and in 2009 their brewing director brought Citra back from a hop-sourcing trip to the United States and put it in a beer on its own, which nobody here had done before. Jeffrey Hudson Bitter took Supreme Champion at the Great British Beer Festival in 2001.

Hop Back started in 1986 in the cellar and yard of the Wyndham Arms, a street-corner pub in Salisbury that John Gilbert bought with the money from selling his house in London. The beer outgrew the pub: a twenty-barrel plant at Downton, a few miles south of Salisbury, started brewing in June 1992, and that is where it is made now.

Summer Lightning is the one everybody knows, and the brewery has been collecting awards since it was named Champion New Brewery in 1989.

Thornbridge Brewery was founded in 2005 by Jim Harrison and Simon Webster, brewing on a second-hand kit in the outbuildings of Thornbridge Hall at Bakewell. Their first brew was Lord Marples, a classic bitter, and later that year Jaipur, an India pale ale built around American hops, established the brewery's reputation. Demand outstripped what the Hall site could produce, and in 2009 a new brewery was built at Riverside in Bakewell, which is where Thornbridge brews today; the original kit stands beside the Riverside taproom and is still used for smaller and experimental brews.

Left Handed Giant has brewed in Bristol since 2015, founded by Rich Poole, Bruce Gray and Jack Granger, who began on a 200 litre kit at Small Bar before building their own brewery and taproom at St Philips in 2017. Money raised from more than fifteen hundred local shareholders funded a second site, the brewpub at Finzels Reach, which opened in 2019 in a former compressor building that had stood empty for twenty years. The beers are modern pale ales, IPAs and lagers, alongside alcohol-free and gluten-free ranges.

Dorking Brewery brews at Aldhurst Farm in Capel near Dorking, in a converted cattle shed on a working farm. It started brewing in June 2008 in a former engine shed at Dorking West railway station, and moved to Capel around 2017; Neel Singh took over the business in 2016. Spent grain from the brewery goes to feed the farm's dairy cattle, and the site has an on-site taproom, the Tap and Gun, which opened in 2021.

Brass Castle brew on Yorkersgate in Malton, North Yorkshire, part of the cluster of breweries around the town that has become known as Yorkshire's Brewtown. The business began on a small home kit before moving into permanent premises in Malton in 2014 and expanding its brewhouse in 2023. Every beer in the range is vegan and gluten-free, and the site includes an adjoining taphouse.

Kirkstall Brewery has brewed on Kirkstall Road in Leeds since 2011, close to where the Cistercian monks of Kirkstall Abbey brewed from 1152 and where the original Kirkstall Brewery Company stood from 1833 to 1983. The brewery moved to its current site in 2016, installing a larger five-vessel brewhouse alongside the original small kit, which it still uses for limited releases. It brews across cask, keg and can, and in 2023 took on production of the former Leeds Brewery's beers.

Five Points brew in Hackney in east London, on Mare Street, having started out in 2013 in a railway arch beneath Hackney Downs station, close to the five-way road junction that gave the brewery its name. Ed Mason and Greg Hobbs founded it that year on a small brewhouse; by 2021 the brewery had outgrown its split sites and moved into a refitted warehouse on Mare Street. The core range includes Five Points Pale, Railway Porter, XPA and Lager, and the Mare Street site also holds a taproom and courtyard.

Hook Norton Brewery has brewed in the village of Hook Norton in Oxfordshire since 1849, when John Harris founded it. The present six-storey tower building dates from around 1900, and inside it stands a 25 horsepower steam engine installed in 1899: the brewery says it is the last engine of its age in the country still used for its original purpose, and runs it on the first Sunday of every month. Hook Norton describes itself as one of only thirty-two family-owned breweries left in Britain, and as the finest surviving example of a Victorian tower brewery.

Tempest brew in Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders, having started out in 2010 in a converted dairy on Winchester Row in nearby Kelso. Gavin and Annika Meiklejohn founded the brewery after returning from New Zealand, where Gavin had begun home-brewing; the move to Tweedbank in 2015 brought a bigger brewhouse and room for a bottling line. The range runs from session IPAs to barrel-aged strong ales and stouts, including beers finished in bourbon and brandy casks.

Burning Sky brew and blend at Place Barn in Firle, at the foot of the South Downs in East Sussex. Mark Tranter founded it in 2013 after fourteen years at Dark Star, and the brewery works in stainless steel and in oak: alongside the hoppy beers there are farmhouse ales and mixed-fermentation beers matured in foudres.

Cider maker at Duloe, near Liskeard in Cornwall.

Independent brewery in Bristol, brewing lagers and Belgian-inspired beers since 2016.

Family brewery in Hochfelden, Alsace, brewing since 1640.

Brewery in Glasgow.

Small independent brewery in Small Dole, West Sussex, brewing cask ale since 2010.

Independent brewery in Nottingham.

Old Dairy Brewery started life in 2009 in a converted dairy in Rolvenden. In 2015, due to the popular demand for our beers, they moved to a new larger brewery in Tenterden – Old Dairy is now housed in two World War II Nissen huts.

Gloucester Brewery has a range of beers including popular classics such as Gloucester Gold and Dockside Dark plus craft beers Session IPA, NEIPA and American Pale. Many of their beers are also Vegan-friendly.

The Shivering Sands Brewery is named after the iconic sea forts in the Thames Estuary off the North Kent coast between Whitstable and Herne Bay. They brew a variety of ales on site on the Maple Leaf Business Park Manston. The Tap Room is located in the brewing area sitting where the ales are produced and all are happy to serve hand crafted beers.

Based in the heart of east London, Three Sods brew delicious, small-batch ale in cask, keg, and bottles for pubs, hotels, organisations and shops around London and the U.K. They started brewing at home, then spent 6 years at the Bethnal Green Working Mens Club and have now moved to a new premises in London Fields.

‘Bringing People Together Since 2014’

Big Smoke Brew are a modern brewery, distillery and pub group passionate about good beer, seasonal food and friendly service. They pride themselves on delivering an eclectic range of independent beer, freshly prepared food and a welcoming atmosphere; designed for everyone.

Saltaire is passionate about how they make their beer – it’s the only way they know how. They don’t compromise on quality. Truly independent, they have been making internationally award-winning beer this way since 2006.

Snails Bank selects the best fruit that the locality has to offer and use their years of experience to craft ciders that are traditional, yet suit the modern palate. They don’t believe in chemicals or additives, they work with nature, not against it and, they think you’ll agree, the results speak for themselves.

Founded in 2002, Sandford Orchards are independent, family owned and very proud to be based in the oldest working cider mill in the UK, breathing life back into the old building. Their home, in the heart of Devon, is the perfect micro-climate to grow cider apples and they are blessed with some of the finest bittersweet apple orchards in the world.

Founded in 1980 with a pioneering spirit and vision, founders Susie and Ivor Dunkerton set about making deep flavoured organic ciders and perry without using any concentrates or chemicals, instead growing apples in harmony with the environment to help sustain the natural eco system. This vision is still at the heart of Dunkertons and is in every drop of their Cider and Perry creating distinct flavours and aromas enjoyed around the world.

Wiper and True first fell in love with brewing on the stove at home, surrounded by pots, pans and raw ingredients. Tinkering endlessly, they studied the ancient art of their vocation. Nomadically brewing around the country, they learned from fantastically generous, knowledgeable artisans, honing their craft along the way. 

Relentlessly creating 'out of the ordinary' flavour journeys for a new sense of adventure

Pig and Porter combine traditional brewing techniques with contemporary ideas to give you full-flavoured beers across a wide range of styles and in a format to suit, whether that is keg or cask or direct to you in cans or minikegs. They will happily brew a classic Dark Mild for cask or a fruit infused Hefeweizen for a refreshing lift on keg in the summer.

Balance is everything, in a beer, and in a brewery. Here Gadds, The Ramsgate Brewery learnt to mix innovation and change with custom and consistency.

Tonbridge Brewery are an independent brewery based in the ‘Historic Heart of Kent’s Hop Growing Area’, supplying cask conditioned ales to Pubs and Clubs throughout Kent and also South East London, and Eastern parts of Sussex and Surrey. Established in 2010, they produce a widerange of distinctive real ales in cask and a small range of keg ales. Tonbridge Brewery use only malted barley, leaf hops (predominately Kentish) and yeast. Their ales are brewed with a live yeast that originates from the Barclay Perkins brewery of Southwark, south east London, which they think provides individual character. Tonbridge Brewerys regular cask conditioned ales are all clearly differentiated and our range offers a choice of lighter, darker, hoppy, malty, weaker and stronger ales.

Kent Brewery brew a stunning range of modern beers using the highest quality of ingredients in the traditional artisan way.