Breweries around Northern Ireland

Ards began brewing in 2011 using a 100-litre plant. A five-barrel plant is now in operation, allowing cask production in addition to the increasing range of bottle-conditioned and KeyKeg beers. Very m... View

A microbrewery based on the outskirts of Armagh, established in 2016. View

A family-run, farm-based brewery founded in 2018 nestled at the foot of the picturesque Bessie Bell mountain, close to Harry Avery’s Castle, producing high end hand-crafted artisan beer. Brewery waste... View

Microbrewery situated near Kilkeel harbour. Established in a flat pack hut using a 100-litre kit, it has since upscaled twice and now operates using a 1,000-litre plant. Further expansion is planned. View

Brewery within the Deer's Head pub, Belfast. View

Boundary is a cooperative brewery based in Belfast, established in 2014. View

Bullhouse was set up in 2016 by beer enthusiast and homebrewer William Mayne at his family farm. The brewery has since relocated to Belfast and a new permanent tap has opened at 442-446 Newtownards Ro... View

A microbrewery founded in Derry by the proprietors of the Grand Central Bar. Beers can also be found at its sister pub, the Guildhall Taproom. Beers are contract brewed. View

Under the Inishmacsaint brand, Fermanagh Beer Company is a small-scale brewery producing a range of bottle-conditioned beers since 2009. View

Founded in 2014. Initially beers were brewed at Boundary Brewing (qv) in Belfast while Mal and Suzy McCay's brewhouse project was being constructed on a farm in Bellaghy, Co Londonderry. In 2019 produ... View

The original Hercules Brewing Company, founded in the 19th century, was one of 13 breweries in Belfast at the time. The company has been re-established to produce small batch brews using old brewing t... View

Established 1981, Hilden is Ireland's oldest independent brewery. Now in the second generation of family ownership, the beers are widely distributed across the UK. The beers are regularly available in... View

Founded in 2009 by Joseph McMullan, Knockout produces a range of bottle-conditioned beers. Each brew is usually in small 900-litre batches. View

Lacada is a co-operative brewery founded in 2015. It produces a wide variety of styles. It is situated on the scenic north coast of Northern Ireland, and each beer is named after a feature of the coas... View

Mashdown began brewing on its own nanobrewery in 2018 with brewing formerly taking place in collaboration with other breweries. Although cask is available on occasion the majority of production is bot... View

Currently Co Armagh's only real ale brewery, established in 2018. Producing a range of bottle-conditioned beers. View

Small, independent brewery, originally brewing in a private garage but has now moved to a much larger brewery in Randalstown. View

Brewing since 2015 with an extensive and varying range of seasonal, special and one-off brews produced throughout the year - some may appear in cask format. Isinglass finings are used in all cask prod... View

Proudly brewing beer on the outskirts of Belfast since 2018 using quality local ingredients. View

Established in 2015, Northbound produce a range of bottle-conditioned beers primarily named after their measurement of bitterness (IBUs). View