Breweries around Scotland & Northern Ireland

Brewing began in 2016, producing craft keg and bottled beers. Although production is focused on canning, cask-conditioned ale made a welcome return to the Dundee area in 2023. Collaboration projects a... View

Established in 2016, the brewery overlooks the Carse of Gowrie. Brewing features a step mashing process in small batch, producing a range of unfiltered and naturally carbonated craft beers, packaged m... View

Dr James Davies, a keen traditional brewer and chemist, started brewing in 2012. A 12-barrel plant is used. Beers can be found in shops and pubs across the UK, Sweden and China. Alechemy is now part o... View

Originally named Tinpot and then Wash House, the brewery was established in 2009 using a one-barrel plant designed to brew speciality beer. From 2018 all beers and branding are under the Allanwater Br... View

Applecross Brewing Co was established in 2016 in the remote wilderness of the Applecross Estate in the Highlands of Scotland. All the beers are available in bottle and cask. The main cask outlet is th... View

Opening in 2020, eight years after Fergus and Lizzy Stokes bought the crumbling Manse with a view to bringing great beer to Scotland’s west coast, this new-build, five-barrel brewery is situated in th... View

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

The brewery opened in Brodick in 2000 using a 20-barrel plant with water sourced from the nearby mountains. It has its own in-house bottling plant, shop and taproom - brewery tours are also available.... View

Formerly known as Arran Gin, Arran Botanical Drinks is located at Cladach, overlooking Brodick Bay. Drinks can be enjoyed outdoors at the idyllic beachside location, often beside a large and warming b... View

Established in 2009, Ayr has a five-barrel plant. Typically, two brew runs are carried out weekly with casks supplied to more than 50 outlets throughout Scotland and England. The beers are also availa... View

The only microbrewery in Edinburgh's city centre, Barney's Beer was founded in 2010 and now brews on the site of the original 1800s Summerhall Brewery. Summerhall is Edinburgh's centre for the arts an... 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 was... View

Beath began brewing in 2016, originally with a 20-litre capacity upgraded to 100-litre within a few months. There are plans for a further expansion. The beer range varies from week to week. 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

Belhaven is Scotland's oldest working brewery, established 1719. Nestling between the rolling hills of East Lothian and a beautiful bay (the meaning of Belhaven), it brews beers using 100% Scottish ma... View

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

Bellfield was established in 2014 and was the UK’s first certified gluten-free brewery. It is accredited by Coeliac UK and registered with the Vegan Society. The new site with taproom and all-weather... View

This in-house brewery operates from a space next to, and visible from, the Keller Taproom. There is also a distillery. The first unfiltered craft lager appeared in mid 2021. View

A nomad brewery established in 2017. Collaboration brews form part of the brewery strategy. View