Breweries around Durham

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

Established in 2005, this four-barrel plant is located at the rear of the Grey Horse (Consett's oldest pub). The name, beers and branding commemorates the former steelworks in the town which closed in... View

County Durham's oldest brewery, established in 1994. A core range of bottle, cask, mini-cask and keg beers is available all year round with two to three special brews appearing monthly. View

Named after the brewer's two sons, the brewery originally set up as a two-barrel plant in 2014 at the Duke of Wellington pub, Welbury, near Northallerton. It moved to Spennymoor and closed in 2018. Th... View

Established in 2002, Hill Island is a literal translation of Dunholme, from which Durham is derived. It is part of Fowler's Yard Craft Workshops on the banks of the River Wear and can be reached by st... View

Brewing commenced in 2019 on a one-barrel plant situated in a working dairy farm on the outskirts of Sedgefield. There is a taproom in an old milking parlour. Currently it only has a licence for the l... View

Brewing commenced in 2017 using a 20-barrel plant. Outlets are supplied across the North-East and further afield. A taproom is open fortnightly. View

Brewing commenced in 2020 with beers available in County Durham and Wearside. View

Stables was established as part of a £1 million development of an old stable block of Beamish Hall, converting a disused building to a restaurant and eight-barrel microbrewery. The hotel is supplied p... View

Brewing commenced in the Hare & Hounds in 2010. The beers are mainly sold on the premises but some have found their way to nearby beer festivals and other local pubs. View

Established in 2008, the 2.5-barrel microbrewery supplies ales to its brewery tap, the Surtees Arms, beer festivals and to a growing number of pubs. View