Breweries around North East England

Established in 2006, the brewery is a 20-barrel plant in a historic lead smelting mill in the heart of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Many of the beers reflect the heritage and... View

Opened in 2014, Almasty brews on two sites, both on 10-barrel kits. The original site runs the mixed/natural fermentation and barrel-ageing programme, the new site produces unfined, unfiltered beers w... View

Brewing started in the 1860s in the centre of Alnwick. The brewery was acquired in 1978 by Scottish brewer Dryboroughs, who closed it in 1986, but relaunched in 2003 with the assistance of the Duchess... View

A 20-barrel brewery, started in 2012 in Morpeth, and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 2018. Its focus is on session beers, plus an eclectic mix of one-offs and collaborations with a host of breweries f... View

Brewing commenced in 2018, initially on a small scale for marketing purposes. Beers are only produced in bespoke batches via pre-order for events and special occasions, and available in bottle, cask o... View

Bear Claw began brewing in 2012 using a two-barrel plant, producing a variety of cask-conditioned ales and many bottle-conditioned beers, including some continental styles. All the beers are now ferme... View

The North East of England's oldest microbrewery. After relocating to a former water pumping station in 1997, it expanded to a 55-barrel plant. The brewery tap, Keelman, is next door with accommodation... View

Brewis Beer Co is a family-run nanobrewery featuring a bottle shop and taproom. View

Brewlab was founded 1986 in London by Dr Keith Thomas. It moved to Sunderland in 1991 and again in 2010 to a purpose-built facility. Brewlab provide training courses, analysis services and project sup... View

Brewing began in 2015, much influenced by West Coast US beer styles. Citrus flavours and highly-hopped bitterness is a feature of many of its beers. The brewery relocated to a new site in 2018. View

Established in 2020, the brewery moved to larger premises in 2022 with new equipment and an onsite taproom. A wide range of styles is brewed. View

Using the name of the former Castle Eden Brewery (having acquired the intellectual rights and recipes), a new 20-barrel commercial plant was installed in 2015 along with a bottling/kegging plant. Besi... View

Founded in 2018 by Zak Everest, focusing on small batch brews. Many of the beers are dry-hopped, giving bold, hoppy flavours. Brewing is currently suspended. View

Brewing commenced in 2018 in converted hunt kennels on the historic Ford & Etal estate. It is a 7.5-barrel plant producing ales named after local landmarks and historical figures. Bottles are supplied... View

Established in 2005 in the stables of a former coaching inn at the rear of the Grey Horse (Consett's oldest pub). The name, beers and branding commemorates the former steelworks in the town which clos... View

Established in 2013 in the cellar of the Half Moon in Darlington. Originally a 10-gallon brew length, it was upgraded to a one-barrel plant in 2015. One-off beers are produced solely for the pub. View

Established in 2011, brewing takes place twice a week. The brewery champions English hops. View

Brewing commenced in premises formerly occupied by Barclays Bank in Middleton-in-Teesdale, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the North Pennines. Beers are brewed in small batches and the nam... View

Established in 1994, Darwin was based in purpose-built premises in Sunderland which were shared with Brewlab. In 2022, the brewery was purchased by Three Kings Brewery and moved to North Shields. Darw... View

Starting in 2021, this nanobrewery takes its name from Dionysus, the Greek god of drunken madness. Producing small batches of high quality, artisanal bottled beers, the beer names reflect local histor... View