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The most divisive story in modern beer. BrewDog built a global empire on punk branding and the 'Equity for Punks' crowdfunding movement that turned 200,000 drinkers into shareholders — then, after…

Britain drank ale for centuries and then two Germans turned up in north Wales and brewed it a lager, forty years before anyone else bothered. The whole history of British lager starts in Wrexham,…

Brewery history usually gets reduced to two dates. Opened. Closed. Cwrw Ogwen deserves better than that. This was a brewery created in Bethesda, Gwynedd — not by a drinks multinational or a distant…

Famous for Neck Oil and incredibly striking can art, with Heineken eventually taking full ownership.

Founded by a Theakston fleeing his own family brewery's takeover, and taken over in turn — into administration in 2023, then out of it under the investor-backed Keystone Brewing Group. The irony is…

The iconic beer of Wales; they sold their massive pub estate to survive, but retained family independence over the brewing.

A textbook case of brand, brewer and farm being three different things. The barley is Clarkson's, the brewery is Cotswold Brewing Company in Bourton-on-the-Water, and the name on the can is neither.…

Known globally for their barrel-aged beers, eventually acquired by the massive C&C Group.

A legendary Lake District brewery that survived 200 years of floods, only to be permanently closed by CMBC for efficiency.

UK Pass 147. Founded in 2022 and now a physical 500-litre brewery in Crickhowell after a 2024 move. The official and tourism sources identify Lance van Dijk as founder/owner. Current street-level…

UK Pass 147. Family brewery founded in 2023 at Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate, Maesteg. Current first-party pages publish a core Welsh range named for mountain heights and describe an eco-focused…

UK Pass 147. Anchor Brewery lineage begins in 1616. Acquired by Barclay and Perkins in 1781; one of London's great porter breweries. Merged with Courage in 1955; Park Street brewery later demolished.

UK Pass 147. Ten-barrel brewery at Unit A1 Abbey Close, Redwither Business Park, Wrexham LL13 9XG. The company was incorporated on 31 August 2012 and brewing began in 2013. Dave Shaw died in 2022,…

UK Pass 147. Founded in early 2017 by Czech expats Petr Skocek and Zdenek Kudr; moved to Tottenham in 2018. Specialises exclusively in Czech/Bohemian-style lagers using decoction and bespoke…

UK Pass 147. Anchor Brewery moved to Mile End in 1757; Charrington joined 1766. By 1807/08 it was London's second-largest brewer. Anchor closed January 1975; most buildings were demolished in 1976.

UK Pass 147. Edward Cheshire established Windmill Brewery in 1886, integrating an old windmill into the complex as a grain store. M&B acquired the brewery in 1913; brewing ended in 1914 and the site…

UK Pass 147. Nano-brewery associated with the Core Of The Poodle record and hi-fi shop. CAMRA confirms a brewery behind the shop and SIBA membership; a 2026 trade profile identifies owner Malcolm…

UK Pass 147. John Courage bought the Horselydown brewhouse in 1787. Known as Courage & Donaldson c.1800-1851; incorporated Courage & Co Ltd 1888. Merged with Barclay Perkins in 1955.…

UK Pass 147. Stourbridge brewery producing cask and keg beer. First-party site verifies seven house ales and brewery-owned pubs; CAMRA currently lists Craddock's among breweries near…

UK Pass 147. Nano-brewery founded in 2014. After hiatus and a Walkley cellar phase, Emmanuales moved/upscaled again in 2025-26 using a kit formerly owned by Middle Child Brewing and originally used…

UK Pass 147. Started in 2008 as The Brew Company, renamed Sky's Edge in 2014, then Exit 33 after a trademark problem. CAMRA says the brewer took a year off before Covid and the pandemic ended…

UK Pass 147. Founded in 2014 by cycling and brewing enthusiasts Scott Povey and Sharon Bryant. Eight-barrel full-mash brewery at Long Lane Trading Estate; canning plant added in 2021.

UK Pass 147. Founded 1831 by Edward Fordham Flower. Charles Edward Flower joined the business in the mid-19th century and Edgar later joined, trading as E.F. Flower & Sons. Detailed archival research…

UK Pass 147. Started as a nomad brewery in 2019 and installed its own five-barrel brewery at Bridge Studios in 2020. The current first-party site confirms active brewing, cans, nationwide trade and…

The historic brewer behind London Pride, which shockingly sold its entire brewing business to Asahi in 2019.

UK Pass 147. Maidstone & Mid Kent CAMRA describes traditional malt-and-Kent-hops brewery supplying tied houses and free trade.

Once the UK's largest independent brewer, controversially acquired by a massive Hong Kong asset company in 2019.

UK Pass 147. Independent rural microbrewery at Kilkiffeth Farm, SA65 9TP. First-party and CAMRA evidence confirm the physical brewery, old-granary taproom, own-well water and Nigel Smith taking over…

UK Pass 147. Ten-barrel brewery in The Old Slaughterhouse, Denbigh Street, Henllan LL16 5AR. CAMRA marks the brewery closed. Heavy Industry Brewing Limited was incorporated in 2011, entered…

UK Pass 147. Active artisan brewery and brew tap at 18 Bridge Street, Helmsley, in the North York Moors. First-party site confirms current brewing, bottled/cask sales and a beer range rooted in the…

Ireland's oldest independent brewery, north or south, brewing at Lisburn since 1981 — and the one that reintroduced real ale to the island when nobody else was interested. A family business in a…

UK Pass 147. Independent family Black Country brewery at Hopden Brewery/Park Inn site. Brewing began at the Park Inn in 1915; current company active. Traditional open fermentation, gravity mill and…

UK Pass 147. Independent brewery founded from a Horsforth garage in 2017. Current 2026 first-party site confirms active brewery/taproom and a second hospitality venue, Fuggle & Golding in Ilkley.

UK Pass 147. Modern Kirkstall brewery founded in 2011, continuing a Leeds brewing legacy associated with Kirkstall Abbey and the historic Kirkstall Brewery Company. Moved to 100 Kirkstall Road in…

UK Pass 147. Active farm brewery founded in 2019. The company is active and Companies House records Simon Poffley as director and a person with 75% or more control. Official history documents the…

UK Pass 147. Official and CAMRA evidence confirms continuing brewing and a taproom at 37a Bridge Street, Usk after relocation from Caerphilly. The original Lines Brew Co Ltd was dissolved on 4…

UK Pass 147. Originated from Sheffield pub operators who moved from homebrewing into a Kelham-area unit in late 2015. Current 10BBL brewery at Neepsend Industrial Estate; first-party catalogue and…

UK Pass 147. Began brewing in 2020 at former Mitchells Hop House premises. Relocated in late 2024 to Solpro Business Park, Attercliffe, on the footprint of the historic Royds/Burton Weir brewery;…

UK Pass 147. Started in March 2018 in a disused garage beneath the Wisewood Inn. Current first-party shop remains active with five core beers plus specials and uses an on-site spring.

UK Pass 147. Cellar brewpub founded by Matt and Gabby Otley in 2018 at the Otley Arms, supplying the pub and selected outlets. CAMRA still records colour-coded cask recipes such as Blue and Green,…

UK Pass 147. Cape Hill brewery built by Henry Mitchell in 1878-79; Mitchell & Co merged with Butler's Crown Brewery in 1898 to form Mitchells & Butlers. M&B merged with Bass in 1961. Cape Hill closed…

UK Pass 147. Company established in 2011 and brewing began in 2013; moved to a permanent 10-barrel site in 2015. Current first-party site lists five Swansea-brewed beers and direct brewery sales.

UK Pass 147. Production began in 2013 on a 2.5-barrel plant behind the Pilot Inn. Current CAMRA brewery and pub records confirm onsite brewing; named beer rows retain an explicit stale-banner caveat…

One of the most hyped modern breweries in Wales, heavily pioneering ultra-fresh New England-style IPAs in the UK.

UK Pass 147. Modern revival entity founded in 2004 and brewing at the current Blaenavon site from 2005. Companies House shows the company active; Marc Evans is recorded as a current person with…

UK Pass 147. Samuel Smith re-equipped and reopened the inherited Old Brewery under his own name in 1886 after John Smith's trade name/equipment had moved to the New Brewery.

UK Pass 147. Walter Showell built Crosswells Brewery beside the railway and Crosswells Springs in 1874 after earlier brewing at Victoria Brewery. Grew to nearly 200 pubs, exported beer, sold to…

UK Pass 147. Family-run Attercliffe brewery. Current CAMRA brewery/tap records confirm active brewing in 2026; traditional techniques include koelship, wood aging and spunding.

UK Pass 147. Small-batch York brewery established 2023; moved to a new brewhouse in Poppleton at the start of 2025. Companies House confirms active beer-manufacturing company; current site confirms…

UK Pass 147. Active independent brewery/taproom at 178 Shoreham Street. Company incorporated 15 Nov 2018; current brewery specialises in vegan and gluten-free craft beer.

UK Pass 147. Phillips Bros. established brewery between 1860 and 1865. Truman acquired it in 1873 and rebuilt it as the Burton Black Eagle Brewery. Closed 1971; demolished 1972-73.

UK Pass 147. Brewhouse on site c.1666; Joseph Truman purchased it in 1679. Huge porter producer. Official London Archives/AIM25 catalogue states Brick Lane brewing continued until 1988; Brewery…

UK Pass 147. Major London porter brewery. Samuel Whitbread moved operations to Chiswell Street in 1750; brewing continued there until 1976. Official archive production holdings include ale brewing…

UK Pass 147. Independent family-run brewery founded by James Godman in 2017. Official and registry sources corroborate an active Newtown operation, with James recorded as director and 75%+…

UK Pass 147. Family vineyard-and-brewery operation. Brewery established 2011; current first-party site confirms a 12-barrel plant using natural spring water from its own borehole and a broad current…

UK Pass 147. Five-barrel microbrewery established in 2016 at 3 George Street, Bridgend. The current first-party shop identifies four core beers and describes the venture as the brainchild of…

The red triangle is the oldest registered trademark in Britain, and a man queued overnight to be first to file it. Bass was the beer of the empire — Burton water made pale ale possible and Bass sent…

Bought in 2016 by St Austell — a Cornish family brewer trading since 1851, not a conglomerate. The archive filed this as macro-owned for years, which told you a Somerset ale brand had been swallowed…

Scotland's oldest working brewery, now heavily commercialized and fully owned by the Hong Kong-backed Greene King group.

The Cream of Manchester, and a lesson in what happens to a beer when the brewery goes. Boddingtons was a Manchester institution brewed at Strangeways from 1859, famous for a pale bitter so…

A massively popular South London craft brand fully acquired and absorbed by Heineken in 2021.

A legendary rural artisanal brewery widely considered the absolute pinnacle of UK oak-aged and saison brewing.

A prominent London craft pioneer famously acquired by the world's largest brewer in a massive 2015 buyout.

A globally recognized independent craft brewery famous for pioneering modern hop-forward styles in the UK.

The pioneer of modern hoppy session ales in the UK, whose original Sussex brewery was brutally closed by Asahi.

UK Pass 147. Father-and-son-in-law venture founded in 2018 and brewing on a 2.5-barrel plant in a domestic outbuilding. Current CAMRA brewery record confirms active local bottle/cask production;…

UK Pass 147. Independent family brewery opened in Hay-on-Wye in 2014 by Luke and Kelly Manifold. CAMRA and first-party evidence describe a four-barrel operation producing unfined, vegan beer and no…

Initially acquired by Lion in 2019, they were surprisingly sold back into independent hands in 2022.

A heritage staple that merged its massive brewing operations into a mega joint-venture with Carlsberg.

Bought by SABMiller, then AB InBev, and finally sold off to Asahi to satisfy monopoly regulators.

Originally famous for Old Speckled Hen, the brand was shockingly sold off by Greene King to Spanish macro giant Damm.

Another victim of CMBC; the historic Hampshire site was closed and sold, stripping the brand of its geographical identity.

Recently acquired by Paramount Retail Group as part of a massive consolidation of northern brewing brands.

UK Pass 147. Family brewing lineage dates to 1730; Samuel Allsopp took over in 1807. Allsopp developed Burton pale ale for India in 1822-23, built a vast New Brewery in 1859-60, merged into Ind Coope…

Producers of Doom Bar, one of the best-selling cask ales in the UK, heavily scaled after their Molson Coors acquisition.

Founded by a former Cloudwater head brewer, they quickly became one of the most sought-after hop-forward indie brewers.

UK Pass 147. Opened in 1996 at the Joiners Arms. Brewing now continues at the Railway Inn, where Becky and Rhys Floyd retained Rory Gowland's original recipes after his death and added their own…

UK Pass 147. Small-batch Leeds brewery with a mythology-led identity. Current first-party site confirms Sheepscar base, active beer catalogue and team; monthly brewery tap operates at Taverners Walk…

The undisputed best-selling lager in Scotland, heavily scaled by the Dublin-based C&C Group.

Formerly Charles Wells, then acquired by Marston's, and now swallowed up entirely by the CMBC joint venture.

One of the original modern UK craft pioneers, famous for Jaipur—the IPA that fundamentally changed the British scene.

A legendary, family-owned independent brewer whose Landlord pale ale remains an undisputed cask classic.

Wild fermentation done properly, then administration in 2022 and a rescue by Curious Brewery — a small Kent brewer, not a giant. Craft rescuing craft is the quietest story in this archive and one of…

World-famous for Fraoch, an incredible traditional Scottish heather ale brewed from a 4,000-year-old recipe.

Home of the famous Hobgoblin; CMBC closed the historic Witney brewery in 2023 to move production to industrial sites.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active brewery at Blackhorse Lane; first brewed 2015 per London CAMRA.

UK Pass 147. York-based brewery and taproom founded in 2014. First-party site confirms award-winning beers, circular-economy practices and year-round Friday taproom.

UK Pass 147. Joseph Ansell began as a home brewer at the Hope & Anchor before opening the Aston brewery/maltings in 1857. Ansells expanded through major acquisitions, merged into Allied Breweries in…

UK Pass 147. Family brewery dating to 1877; six generations. Still brews traditional Black Country Bitter and Mild and seasonal XXX; brewery tap is the Bull & Bladder.

UK Pass 147. Independent Stirchley brewery. First-party site says all beers are gluten-free and vegan and brewed with 100% renewable energy.

UK Pass 147. Modern brewery at the Old Bulls Head site. First-party history says brewing on the site began around 1834 under Edward Guest, passed to the Bradleys in 1870, was mothballed after WWII,…

UK Pass 147. Current independent Sheffield brewery at Hoyland Road Industrial Estate. CAMRA's 2026 brewery-tap guide confirms the brewery remains based in Neepsend; its first-party site carries a…

UK Pass 147. Production entity remains defensibly active: Companies House lists The Bosun's Brewing Company Limited as Active, with 2026 confirmation statement and SIC 11050 Manufacture of beer.…

A co-operative in Belfast, member-owned and crowd-funded, which in a city with Northern Ireland's licensing history is a deliberately communal way to start a brewery.

UK Pass 147. Family-run brewery based at Watt House Farm. First brew in 2005; current site says it grew from milking 100 cows a day to brewing over 100,000 pints a week.

UK Pass 147. Bilingual microbrewery and taproom established in 2015. Current first-party pages confirm Friday opening, a Welsh-language social group, Lolffest and a live bottle/can range; official…

Wales Pass 139 reconciliation. Founded 1769 — BHS and Coflein date first records to 1769; the 1767 date on later signage is reputed and was not adopted. Closed following the Brains merger, but the…

UK Pass 147. CAMRA current Coventry census. Established 2011; extensive rotating range, brewhouse bar, tours/tastings.

UK Pass 147. Family brewery on Church Farm. Current first-party catalogue and Companies House evidence confirm active brewing. Brewery story includes conversion of former dairy/milking equipment into…

UK Pass 147. Current CAMRA Surrey/Hants Borders listing; cask brewery/shop at Thatched House Farm.

UK Pass 147. Independent Cardiff brewery established in 2014 and brewing at Unit 3, The Stone Yard since 2017. Current CAMRA and first-party records confirm packaged beer, keg production and…

UK Pass 147. Community social-enterprise brewery at Pant Du Road, Eryrys CH7 4DD, operating a 10-barrel plant and using profits for local projects. Closure was announced on 24 October 2023 after just…

UK Pass 147. Began in February 2020 as a cuckoo/hosted operation at Old Market Hall in Caernarfon. In spring 2023 it moved to 5 Ogwen Terrace, Bethesda and took over the five-barrel plant/site…

UK Pass 147. Historic Birmingham brewing name with origins stated by the brewery as 1829. Current artisan brewery produces Davenports heritage beers plus incorporated Highgate and Dares brands.

UK Pass 147. Established 2014 as Lion Heart; relaunched as Dhillon's in 2015 with new beer range. Bottles/cans plus cask; brewery tap.

UK Pass 147. Small-batch brewery started in 2018 and currently selling a broad can range direct. Current product pages and 2025 SIBA results support selected beers while strength/category conflicts…

UK Pass 147. Current Sheffield brewery established in the modern Sheffield brewing wave; listed by CAMRA Sheffield as a 2024 brewery and active in Sheffield Beer Week 2026.

UK Pass 147. Founded in Leyton in 2011; current brewery/taproom at Lockwood Way. First-party site confirms active production and multiple heritage/core/EAST ranges.

UK Pass 147. Current brewery at a Grade II-listed Victorian farm complex. CAMRA says it uses natural well water and traditional steam brewing; signature Enville Ale uses honey and a 19th-century…

Family-run in Leicestershire since 1849, and unusual for building a brewery village where it hosts other small brewers on its own site — a landlord model rather than an acquisition one.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active cask brewery/taproom at Uplands Business Park.

Wales Pass 139 reconciliation. Parent created to release held beer records; the brewery was absent from the archive under any name or alias. Founding year not established in this pass and…

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active cask brewery/taproom at Mare Street.

UK Pass 147. Current CAMRA record says brewery relocated and expanded in 2022, took on a former Red Moon owner as partner and incorporated some former Red Moon beers into the range.

UK Pass 147. Independent North Wales lager specialist at Pant Glas, Gellioedd, Corwen LL21 0RN. First-party site confirms the address, 2013 founding and focus on bottom-fermented beers. Founder and…

UK Pass 147. George Hutchinson began brewing at the Crown Inn/Crown and Cushion, Walmgate in 1835. Archaeological/documentary evidence records London Brown Stout plus Strong and Mild Ales; he retired…

UK Pass 147. Family-owned brewery and drinks company founded in 1994 and currently operating at Llantrisant Business Park. Current first-party products and CAMRA evidence outweigh registered-office…

On the Gower peninsula, the first place in Britain designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The brewery leans on it and is entitled to.

UK Pass 147. Family-owned brewery currently recorded by CAMRA at Robertstown Business Park with its own National Tap. The first-party shop remains live in 2026 but carries an older Gasworks Road…

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active brewery/taproom at Blackhorse Lane.

UK Pass 147. Independent family-run microbrewery established in 2013 by Tony and Jackie Rogers, operating from the original Blacksmiths Forge at Forge House, Ellerton near York. Companies House…

Brewing in Dorset since 1777 and still owned by the founding family seven generations on — one of a handful of British brewers that never sold, in a country where almost all of them eventually did.

UK Pass 147. Established 2018; moved from Hall Green to larger Digbeth plant in 2021. CAMRA records brewery closed since 21 Feb 2024. Historical catalogue preserved in CAMRA.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA North London lists active cask brewery/taproom at Roman Way Industrial Estate.

UK Pass 147. Brewery at the Neuadd Arms Hotel, Llanwrtyd Wells. First beer was contract-produced in 2004; the physical brewery in converted stables opened in 2006. Current proprietors Lindsay and…

UK Pass 147. Walsall brewery built and registered in 1898. Merged with John Lord and Arthur Beebee breweries in 1924; acquired by M&B in 1939. Management buy-out in 1995, merged with Aston Manor in…

A tower brewery uses gravity instead of pumps — everything starts at the top and falls through the process. Almost all of them were demolished. This one still runs, still on its original steam…

UK Pass 147. Founded in Riccall in 2012 and moved after about a year to the Olympia Hotel site in Selby. Current first-party site confirms active brewery, shop, core/seasonal beer programme and…

UK Pass 147. Family-owned independent brewery founded 2004 on a four-barrel plant; later expanded to a custom ten-barrel plant. Current first-party site verifies active production and broad…

UK Pass 147. Modern Kirkstall brand revived in 2011 near the old brewery; moved to 100 Kirkstall Road in 2016 and explicitly draws on historic Kirkstall brewing.

UK Pass 147. Founded 2011 at The Bull; current Bohemia brewpub has an on-site 6.5–6.6 barrel brewhouse producing up to 10 beers.

UK Pass 147. Independent family-run brewery producing beer onsite at its Castle Street taproom in central Cardiff. First-party and Visit Wales records confirm five core styles, vegan production and a…

UK Pass 147. Large physical brewery at Magor, operated within Budweiser Brewing Group / AB InBev. Official corporate and Welsh Government sources place the site in production since 1979 and describe…

Manchester's longest-standing craft stalwart, brewing since 1997 out of a city that produced Boddingtons and then watched it get taken away. Marble stayed.

UK Pass 147. Physical brewery operating from the former Well Drawn site at Greenway Workshops. CAMRA records a live house cask and Weird Dad overflow production; 2025 official SIBA medals for two…

UK Pass 147. Morton first-party site remains online but explicitly states all Morton beers are now brewed by Newbridge Brewery, Wolverhampton. Preserve Morton as a separate historical/brand lineage…

UK Pass 147. Independent 10BBL Sheffield brewery established in 2015; moved to 92 Burton Road in 2020. Focuses on rotating hop-forward cask/key-keg beers plus core Blonde and Alcis.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active Leyton brewery; important low/no-alcohol specialist for later NA depth.

UK Pass 147. Famous Ma Pardoe's brewpub. Present brewery/pub built 1863; brewing continued until 1988 and restarted in 2001. Current CAMRA pub evidence confirms house beers are still served.

Pontypridd in the south Wales valleys, naming its beers by number and doing more than most to drag Welsh brewing past the traditional bitter.

The only thatched brewery in Britain, brewing at Bridport since 1794 within sight of the sea. The roof is not a marketing decision; it simply never came off.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA West London lists active cask brewery at Mitre Bridge Industrial Estate.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA East London branch lists active brewery at Uplands Business Park.

Brewing at the foot of Snowdonia in Porthmadog, bilingual on the label and named — in the way of Welsh microbreweries — for a joke that has long since become the brand.

UK Pass 147. Current brewery website confirms continued brewing/trading in Tottenham; Companies House lists Redemption Brewing Company Limited as In Administration following appointment of…

UK Pass 147. Established in 1992 in a former ammunition building on the old RAF Marston Moor airfield. Now based at Centre Park, Tockwith. Brewery identity and many beer names draw on nearby…

Shropshire's most respected brewery, quietly excellent for thirty years and never especially interested in being famous for it.

Britain's oldest brewer, brewing in Faversham since 1698 and quite possibly earlier — the records simply start there. Still independent, still family-run, still drawing water from an artesian well…

UK Pass 147. CAMRA current branch listing confirms brewery at Uplands Business Park.

UK Pass 147. Independent brewery established 2010. CAMRA records move in 2024 from Catherine-de-Barnes to 44 Bracebridge Street, Aston, with onsite taproom.

UK Pass 147. Production began in 2003 on a four-barrel plant in a former slaughterhouse. Current CAMRA brewery and March 2026 taproom records confirm active brewing despite stale closure warnings on…

UK Pass 147. Welsh-Spanish family brewery and cidery founded by Adrián Morales Maillo and Alys Williams. The former Lower Porthamel/Talgarth taproom is permanently closed; official 2026 information…

A massive, family-owned regional brewer in the southwest, producing undisputed pub classics like Tribute.

UK Pass 147. Active Sheffield brewery at Oakham Drive. Companies House lists active beer-manufacturing company incorporated 8 Aug 2013; current first-party site describes a working brewery supplying…

UK Pass 147. Very small Leeds microbrewery run by Nigel Poustie. First-party history says established in 2012, named for Sunbeam Terrace where brewing began, and now operates a two-barrel plant…

UK Pass 147. Brewpub launched in 2018 with a visible 500-litre brewkit installed after the former pub kitchen was removed. The current first-party site documents core cask/keg beer, collaborations…

UK Pass 147. Deal Dover & Sandwich CAMRA lists current brewery at Statenborough Farm.

Named for Captain Smith of the Titanic, who was born in Stoke. Plum Porter became one of the most ordered dark beers in Britain, which is a strange fate for a tribute to a shipwreck.

UK Pass 147. True North says its Eldon Street brewery is taking a short production pause after its long-standing head brewer departed. Its Haze recipe is currently being brewed collaboratively by…

UK Pass 147. Active physical brewery established in 2007 and moved from Abergavenny to Llanhilleth in 2012. Official, CAMRA, food-safety and Welsh food-industry sources corroborate the current…

UK Pass 147. Founded in a garage in 2013; moved to FarGo Village in 2015 and later expanded there. 5,200-litre capacity, onsite bar, homebrew club; canning machine added 2021.

UK Pass 147. Independent three-barrel brewery established in 2017. Current CAMRA brewery and March 2026 taproom records confirm operation at York Road Industrial Estate.

UK Pass 147. Independent Leeds microbrewery developed from garage homebrewing begun in 2010. Current 2026 site advertises its 10th birthday and active brewery at 7 Armley Road.

UK Pass 147. Independent eight-barrel microbrewery supplying around 30 outlets, with cask, keg and packaged beer. Current CAMRA brewery record confirms active operation despite stale closure warnings…

UK Pass 147. Burton brewing concern founded 1761. Became a major pale-ale/export house and later combined with Bass; detailed corporate and beer lineage requires dedicated follow-up.

UK Pass 147. Commercial brewing began in 1996 at 12 Toft Green. Bought out of administration by Black Sheep in December 2018; York-site lease ended June 2019 and production moved to Black Sheep in…

UK Pass 147. Young's brewing at the Ram began in 1831, on a site with brewing history reaching back to at least the 16th century. Young's ceased Wandsworth production in 2006; brewing later returned…

An absolute powerhouse of the incredibly vibrant Sheffield pub scene, universally famous for their Moonshine pale.

A quintessential, fiercely independent coastal English brewery leading the charge on sustainability and zero-carbon brewing.

A hazy New England IPA winning the cask category is a genuinely odd result, and a telling one. Cask has spent forty years being defended as the home of traditional bitter, and the top award just went…

UK Pass 147. Founded in the Forest of Dean in 2015 and relocated to a garage brewery in Nash, Newport, in 2017. Current first-party range turns Chartist history, Gwent Levels vocabulary and Newport…

London Black revived the dark, sessionable pint London ran on for two centuries and then abandoned. Porter was invented in this city, exported to the world, and had all but vanished from its own…

A true staple of the Bristol scene known for serving all their high-quality ales in massive, satisfying pint-sized cans.

The absolutely dominant modern craft force in Birmingham, built solidly on approachability and community-driven independence.

A highly rated Liverpool newcomer focusing heavily on incredible hazy IPAs, stouts, and heavily fruited sours.

Manchester's dedicated barrel-aging and blending project, truly representing the bleeding edge of UK wild fermentation.

UK Pass 147. Park Brewery opened in 1875 after Banks began brewing at Newbridge in 1874. Brewing at Park Brewery ended in 2025 after 150 years. The Banks's brand continues, but Park Brewery itself is…

Exploding onto the scene in 2020, famous for intensely hopped, unfiltered IPAs and their mixed-fermentation festival.

UK Pass 147. Lockdown-era microbrewery that began on a 30-litre kitchen plant, expanded into a converted grain silo on a Holt farm, then operated a shop and pop-up taproom at Rhosddu Industrial…

UK Pass 147. Offshoot of Pilot Brewery opened at Swansea Marina in 2018. Current CAMRA and first-party pages confirm a four-barrel brewery, onsite taproom, keg/can production and unfiltered, unfined…

Scotland's premier organic brewery, crafting exceptional beers on a working farm using entirely natural ingredients.

A trailblazing Yorkshire independent heavily awarded for their stellar 100% vegan and largely gluten-free craft beers.

UK Pass 147. Edward Peart Brett converted an oil-cake mill/wholesale chemist on Church Lane, Low Ousegate into City Brewery in 1858. Brother joined in 1869; exact closure/lineage remains UNKNOWN…

An immensely popular independent operation known for quirky pop-culture beer names and incredibly intense pastry stouts.

A fiercely independent anchor of the Bristol brewing renaissance, famously reviving long-dead local stout recipes.

A Somerset bitter that became the default good pint across the West Country. Now part of the Liberation Group, which is not the same thing as the independent it is often assumed to be.

Focusing strictly on 100% spontaneous lambic-style fermentation, creating some of the most complex, tart beers in the country.

Originally founded by a winery to brew with wine yeast, they were eventually bought out by a private equity firm.

UK Pass 147. Hop-forward can-and-keg brewery launched in 2024 at 1 Lon-Y-Twyn in former Brew Monster premises. Current first-party shop and CAMRA records confirm the physical brewery and selected…

UK Pass 147. Current CAMRA 2026 census lists Dead Parrot as active. Brewery and Perch tap share the Garden Street complex; brewing kit/pipework came from two defunct breweries, Henry's Brewhouse and…

An independent powerhouse that exploded in popularity thanks to their legendary Steady Rolling Man pale ale.

Housed in a spectacular converted church, this brand is deeply and beautifully tied to Grimsby's maritime heritage.

A celebrated nomadic-turned-permanent independent producing stellar rustic lagers, including their cult-favorite Big Foam.

An independent Scottish powerhouse known for aggressive flavors, beautifully filling the void left by BrewDog's corporate shift.

Major independent pioneers producing a fully gluten-free core range without ever compromising on modern craft flavor.

A premium draft-led modern brewery creating soft, juicy pales that absolutely dominate the Southern UK craft pub circuit.

Much like Magic Rock, they were bought out by Lion before being divested back to an independent group.

A major anchor of the North East craft scene, specializing in hop-forward pales that regularly sweep independent awards.

Brewing on a stunning farm estate, their flagship Jarl is widely considered one of the best modern cask ales in Scotland.

A massive London indie success story that took the rare step of transitioning to become entirely employee-owned.

An absolute essential visit for hop-heads in the Midlands, producing high-end, heavily dry-hopped independent ales.

A cosmic-themed microbrewery tucked neatly under a railway arch in East London, crafting impeccable hazy pales.

UK Pass 147. Founded 1840, bought by James Hammond in 1860. Expanded via many Yorkshire brewery takeovers; Fountain Brewery ceased brewing July 1955. Company later entered United Breweries and Bass…

An 8th-generation family business producing traditional Sussex Best Bitter, defining what a protected heritage independent looks like.

A Scottish pioneer famous for Ola Dubh, one of the earliest legendary beers aged in Highland Park whisky casks.

A farm brewery in Bellaghy — Seamus Heaney's village, run by the poet's relatives on family land. Barley from the fields he wrote about, which is either heavy-handed or perfect depending on your mood.

UK Pass 147. Beekeeping drinks company founded in 2018 as Wye Valley Meadery; CAMRA records beer brewing from 2021. Current first-party honey-beer range is accepted under the present Hive Mind Mead &…

Specializing almost entirely in mixed-fermentation and wild ales, bringing an incredible artisanal edge to Scottish brewing.

UK Pass 147. Lineage begins as Tunnel Brewery in 2005; renamed Indian Brewery after owners separated in 2015. CAMRA records relocation in 2024 to a purpose-built brewery/taproom at 1 Mary Ann Street.

UK Pass 147. Founded 1854 at Cross Street. Registered 1893 with 308 houses; reconstructed after 1896 liquidation. Acquired by Bass in 1933 and brewing ceased. Park Street maltings demolished 1981.

UK Pass 147. John Smith bought the brewery in 1852; new brewery opened 1883 and remains operational.

UK Pass 147. Tetley acquired the brewery in 1822; Leeds brewing ceased June 2011.

UK Pass 147. Monmouthshire brewery established in 2005 on a four-barrel plant. Current first-party bottle shop and CAMRA record confirm active production at Tintern.

Kendal is a market town on the edge of the Lake District, better known for mint cake than for imperial stout. Winning the national keg championship from there says something about how far British…

UK Pass 147. One-barrel brewery operating inside the Rook & Gaskill on Lawrence Street. York CAMRA reports launch in 2025 with weekly cask/keg brews and plans to expand tanks during 2026.

Funded largely through a massive local crowdfunding effort to secure their absolute independence from corporate buyouts.

A massive independent player that has successfully scaled a large network of proprietary taprooms across the Home Counties.

A rapidly rising southern independent craft star turning out highly sought-after IPAs backed by brilliant branding.

UK Pass 147. Historic Shobnall brewery complex dates to 1875 and was originally known as the Albion Brewery. Famous for Burton Union fermentation; original commercial Union use for Pedigree was…

A crucial player in the unfined, naturally hazy vegan beer movement across the UK, remaining fiercely independent.

The monks were dairy farmers until milk stopped paying, so they became brewers instead. That is the Trappist model working exactly as intended — the abbey needs an income, and the beer is the means…

UK Pass 147. Current 1,000-litre brewhouse using open-top fermenters. CAMRA states no filtering agents, vegan-friendly beer and a sustainability goal of avoiding single-use packaging.

Founded by alumni of Kernel and Siren, focusing heavily on highly drinkable, flawlessly crafted heritage-inspired lagers.

Unfiltered and natural, brewing in the north west where the border is a daily fact rather than a political abstraction.

A massive independent force in the North, known for the Patrons Project and highly collaborative brewing.

A tiny farm-based brewery boasting a massive national reputation for thick, hazy IPAs and intense pastry stouts.

True pioneers of pale, hoppy ales in the UK, remaining famous for their legendary Citra and JHB cask ales.

Deeply influenced by vinyl music culture, they produce some of the absolute best traditional Kölsch and Altbier in the UK.

An iconic heritage brewery situated in a former schoolhouse, famous for their legendary Skull Splitter wee heavy.

One of Scotland's most hyped modern indie brewers, specializing in thick, beautifully opaque New England-style IPAs.

A legendary part of the original Bermondsey Beer Mile, known for brilliant artistic labels and farmhouse-style ales.

A small rural operation consistently punching far above its weight to deliver world-class dark beers and hop bombs.

UK Pass 147. CAMRA lists active cask brewery/taproom in Ravenswood Industrial Estate.

Named after a forgotten dockland, they are renowned for eclectic can art and exceptional modern sours and stouts.

An incredible eco-friendly regional powerhouse that uses a wetland nature reserve to naturally filter its wastewater.

UK Pass 147. Founded in 1757; Griffin Brewery built 1763. Reid became partner in 1793. By 1803 Meux, Reid & Co. was London's largest porter brewer, producing more than 170,000 barrels. Merged into…

A fiercely independent farm-based brewery in the North West that has achieved absolute cult status for its hazy pales.

A fiercely independent 6th-generation family brewer, scoring a pop culture goldmine with their globally selling Iron Maiden Trooper ale.

True visionaries and early adopters of American hop varieties in the UK, long before the modern craft boom hit.

Tadcaster's oldest brewery, at it since 1758, and the most stubbornly antique operation in Britain. Still ferments in Yorkshire squares — open stone vessels — still uses its own strain descended from…

UK Pass 147. Victorian tower brewery attached to Beacon Hotel. Sarah Hughes family brewing began in 1921; brewing ceased in 1957 and was revived in 1987 by grandson John Hughes. Historic brewery…

A multi-award-winning independent brewery known for complex stouts, IPAs, and exceptional barrel-aging.

UK Pass 147. Two-barrel brewpub brewery at Snowdonia Parc Brewpub and Campsite, Waunfawr LL55 4AQ. CAMRA says brewing began in 1998 and is now carried out by owner Carmen Pierce solely for the…

UK Pass 147. CAMRA describes it as the first cask-oriented brewery on the Bermondsey Beer Mile.

The dominant independent craft brewer in the Edinburgh region, highly awarded for their incredibly precise pales.

A crucial driver of the modern Scottish craft revolution, pairing heavy global hop influences with traditional Scottish malt.

The undisputed godfather of the modern London craft beer scene, boasting minimalist labels and famous independence.

Famous for Old Peculier; the family pulled a rare move by buying the brewery back from corporate owners to restore independence.

Where Brains begins. The company's own heritage says Samuel Arthur Brain bought Thomas's Brewery in St Mary Street from his wife's family in 1882 — and the Old Brewery site itself is documented by…

A massively popular, highly branded Welsh craft brewery known for vibrant can art and aggressively flavored IPAs.

An undisputed cornerstone of the Manchester indie scene, brewing exceptional pale ales, IPAs, and heavy stouts.

Located in a historic estate brewing since the 1700s, this pure heritage brand produces legendary traditional Scottish ales.

A massive new independent eco-brewery and distillery on the River Ness, heavily leveraging Scottish folklore for branding.

A strictly sustainability-focused brewery that uniquely brews exclusively using 100% British-grown hops and malts.

The undisputed masters of modern sour beer in the UK, brewing intensely fruited, heavily-adjuncted independent ales.

One of the most highly-rated, fiercely independent producers of hazy New England-style IPAs in the UK.

Exploding from a hilltop brewery into a massive supermarket staple, delivering incredibly punchy, independent IPAs.

UK Pass 147. Cannon Brewery, Rutland Road. Registered July 1895; acquired by Bass Charrington in 1968 with 257 tied houses. Brewing ceased in 1998; maltings and much brewery fabric survived into the…

A highly respected Bristol independent known for gorgeous branding and incredibly precision-brewed pales and stouts.

A Norfolk institution famously known for Wherry, remaining a fiercely independent and essential stop on the Broads.

A highly respected independent brewery brilliantly operating out of a spectacular Palace of Arts building.

Undisputed masters of wild fermentation and foraging, crafting heavily fruited pastry sours and funky farmhouse ales.

UK Pass 147. Brewing since 2018 on a seven-barrel plant with six fermenters and an onsite taproom. Current first-party product pages and CAMRA record support the accepted entity and selected beers.

UK Pass 147. Independent small-batch nanobrewery in the Llandwrog/Caernarfon area. A 2026 Welsh producer page, a current first-party profile and the Food Standards Agency record collectively support…

UK Pass 147. Independent Belfast craft brewery; began on family farm before expanding.

UK Pass 147. Active Birmingham brewery and taproom. Current first-party shop lists packaged beers and Saturday brewery tours.

UK Pass 147. Founded by Thomas and Henry Wilders by 1842; registered 1846. Receiver appointed 1907. Brewery sold to Worthington in 1915; trade/houses later acquired by Ind Coope in 1927. Site cleared…

UK Pass 147. Brewpub established in 2010 in a converted garage adjacent to the Cross Inn and later enlarged to four-barrel capacity. Current CAMRA brewery/pub records verify Solar and Cascade as…

UK Pass 147. Hour Glass / City of London Brewery lineage predates 1431. Reynolds family recorded by 1587; Calvert & Co. acquired it in 1730. Brewing transferred from Upper Thames Street to Fulham in…

UK Pass 147. Wood Yard brewhouse documented from 1719. Became Combe & Co after 1787; merged into Watney Combe Reid in 1898 and production concentrated at Pimlico.

Wales Pass 139. Founder: Gwynne Thomas. CAMRA says Conwy began brewing in 2003, the first brewery in Conwy for at least 100 years, and moved to larger Llysfaen premises in 2013. Current first-party…

Wales Pass 139. Founder: Dave Facer. CAMRA records Facer's as established in 2003 and the oldest brewery in Flintshire; now operated by long-time employee Toby Dunn. Current first-party site lists an…

UK Pass 147. Current CAMRA Surrey/Hants Borders listing; cask brewery/taproom at Pierrepont Home Farm.

Wales Pass 139. Founder: Family business / UNKNOWN. Five-barrel brewery and taproom above Tenby Harbour, established in 2015. First-party range exceeds 15 beers and uses local harbour/boat history…

UK Pass 147. Possible lineage to c.1492; Red Lion brewhouse built 1792. George Matthew Hoare became partner 1802. Acquired by Charrington in 1933; final brew 23 June 1934.

UK Pass 147. Allied created a local microbrewery/pub chain in 1984 using names of former Holt, Plant and Deakin breweries. 15-barrel Peter Austin/Ringwood design; produced up to about 5,000 gallons…

UK Pass 147. Ind Coope opened its Burton brewery in 1856 to exploit Burton water for pale ales. Merged with Allsopp in 1934, later became part of Allied Breweries. Burton brewery sold to Bass in…

UK Pass 147. First new independent brewery in Sheffield for over 50 years; opened behind the Fat Cat in 1990, moved to purpose-built premises in 1999, liquidated in 2022. Assets later purchased;…

UK Pass 147. Independent Leeds brewery established in 2007. Its Westland Road chapter ended in 2022; Kirkstall Brewery acquired the Leeds Brewery brands in December 2022 and continues brewing Leeds…

Wales Pass 139. Founder: Liz Lever / Richard and team. Current brewery operates a 12-barrel plant at Plassey, Eyton. First-party history says Richard took over brewing there in 2017; current…

UK Pass 147. Major porter brewery and site of the 17 October 1814 London Beer Flood. Meux shifted production after acquiring Nine Elms; Horse Shoe closed 1921.

UK Pass 147. Former Thorne Brothers Nine Elms Brewery became Meux's production brewery in 1921 and was renamed Horseshoe Brewery. Meux/Friary Meux brewing at Nine Elms ceased in 1964.

Wales Pass 139. Founder: Seven-friend founding group. Anglesey craft brewery established by seven friends. First-party history dates establishment to 2018; CAMRA describes launch in 2019. Current…

UK Pass 147. Established in 2025 on the former Vale of Glamorgan Brewery site at Atlantic Business Park. CAMRA records brewing from early 2026 on a 10-barrel brewhouse and a spring 2026 taproom.…

UK Pass 147. Established 2014. Five-barrel plant incorporates six original Grundy cellar tanks. Regular beers supplied to Hail to the Ale and other Wolverhampton pubs/clubs.

UK Pass 147. Registered January 1900 to acquire Phillips & Marriott and the late William Ratliff business. Brewing was centred at Midland Brewery, 127 Much Park Street. Acquired by Bass, Ratcliff &…

UK Pass 147. Tiny Pontcanna brewery and courtyard tap established in 2008. Current brewery/pub evidence confirms active onsite production. A current first-party Instagram profile verifies Smoked…

UK Pass 147. Founded in 1837 at Sheaf Island Brewery; Ward joined in 1868. Moved to former Soho Brewery on Ecclesall Road in 1876, renamed Sheaf Brewery. Acquired by Vaux in 1972; brewing ceased 1999.

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Wales Pass 139. Current North Wales brewery. CAMRA says that by 2025 it had settled into a new 10-barrel brewhouse with taproom/shop; first-party range includes lager, porter, session IPA and bitter.

UK Pass 147. Family brewery founded 1827; 1875 brewery remains in use.

UK Pass 147. Salt began as a maltster in Burton and established his own High Street brewery around 1800. Acquired by Bass in 1927 and brewing ceased; Walsitch Maltings survived into later use.