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Best Breweries in England
1. Mills Brewing
Berkeley, England
Mills Brewing produce's world class beer and is ranked #1 in Gloucestershire. They are most well known for "Draw Together", which is a Wild Ale and "Picture Pot", which is a Sour. Their primary focus is brewing Sours and Wild Ales.
2. Emperor's Brewery
Coalville, England
A long time ago, in a brewery far, far away....a keen home brewer had a dream to produce the greatest Imperial Stouts and Porters the galaxy had ever seen. That dream is Emperor's Brewery. This will be a day long remembered...
3. Verdant Brewing Co
Penryn, England
Verdant began life back in Autumn 2014 when homebrewers Adam and James teamed up with Rich to craft US-inspired beers that weren’t available locally. Since then the team has continued to grow alongside the demand for our beer! Over the past few years, we’ve become synonymous with hop-forward beer styles including pale ale, India Pale Ale (IPA) and Double IPA (DIPA). Our ethos revolves around brewing the flavour-packed beers we love to drink, and ensuring that beer lovers across the U.K. have access to delicious, quality-driven releases week after week.
4. Azvex Brewing Company
Liverpool, England
We are Azvex Brewing Company and we are absolutely driven and fully committed to delivering the best beer we are capable of and to offer the best possible experience for our customers. Our team has many years of experience in the beer industry, and over those years have produced some of the countries top beers. We will continue to create even more of them here at Azvex.
5. Beak
Lewes, England
Conceived as a nomadic brewery, The Beak has spent the last several years releasing small batches of unfiltered, seasonally-inspired beer with the help of friends at some the UK’s greatest breweries. We’ve now laid roots in the historic brewing town of Lewes where we’ve built a neighbourhood brewery and taproom with a mixed fermentation project. A 10 minute walk from Cliffe High Street, it has 15 keg lines devoted to brewery-fresh beer, alongside a guest beer fridge and a natural, bio-dynamic wine list curated by the youngest Master of Wine in the UK. Alongside world class drinks, we offer an ever-changing roster of street food every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
6. Saint Mars Of The Desert
Sheffield, England
St Mars of the Desert is a small family-owned brewery in Sheffield. We have a 10 hectolitre brewery and a licensed taproom so you can taste our beers steps away from their birthplace. We have been brewing for over 25 years, in the USA and the UK, and our beers are made in the spirit of “great beers for great people”. That’s you! We brew using traditional techniques including a koelship, wood aging and spunding to offer naturally carbonated beers of purity for your enjoyment.
7. Makemake
Southsea, England
Makemake produce's world class beer and is ranked #1 in Hampshire. They are most well known for "Pizza Planet", which is an American Pale Ale and "Hazy Cosmic Jive", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
8. Three Hills Brewing
Kettering, England
Founded in 2017 Three Hills Brewing is an experimental brewery. We produce beers in four major categories; Heavily Fruited Sours, Pastry inspired Stouts, Hazy hop forward IPAs & Traditional style Lagers. Our mission is to create interesting, fun & innovative drinks, spaces & experiences for everyone to enjoy!
9. Nothing Bound Brewing Co
Bewdley, England
Nothing Bound Brewing Co produce's world class beer and is ranked #1 in Worcestershire. They are most well known for "Connecticut", which is an American Pale Ale and "Hold (the) Horizon", which is a New England IPA. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and IPAs.
10. Pipeline Brewing Co
Saint Agnes, England
Pipeline Brewing Co produce's exceptional beer and is ranked #2 in Cornwall. They are most well known for "All Eyes On You", which is an American IPA and "Stargazing At Midnight", which is an Imperial New England IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
11. Old Chimneys Brewery
Diss, England
Founder Alan Thomson started as a brewer with Vaux Brewery in Sunderland in 1977. After spells with Greene King and Broughton Brewery, he started Old Chimneys in 1995. Alan closed the brewery in 2019 and is now a part time contract brewer. Good King Henry, Old Chimneys' renowned Imperial Stout, is brewed with Grain Brewery in Norfolk.
12. State Of Kind Brew Co.
Wigan, England
State of Kind Brew Co. launched in spring 2021. As you can imagine, it’s taken a fair bit of planning, and yes, you’re right, we basically started a brewery in the middle of a global pandemic. This isn’t quite as crazy as it sounds. In a funny way, it’s ideal: if we can make it work now, we can make it work any time, whatever the world throws at us. Our state-of-the-art brewery and taproom is based in the heart of the North West, Wigan to be precise, home of the Wigan kebab, fancy dress on Boxing Day and the country’s only land-locked pier! We are going from strength to strength, we are brewing amazing beer, and our taproom is ready to welcome you any time, so why don't you pop in for a pint and say hello!
13. Gravity Well Brewing Co
London, England
Gravity Well Brewing Co produce's world class beer and is ranked #1 in Greater London. They are most well known for "Galaxies Apart", which is a New England IPA and "Cosmic Dust", which is a Session IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
14. Rivington Brewing Co
Chorley, England
We are a modern craft brewery and tap room founded in 2014 in Rivington, focusing on innovative modern styles while drawing inspiration from the past. Our inspiration comes from the world over, but our focus is very much local. We concentrate on making the best beer in styles we love, for the people in our local communities. Our passion for the North West is paid back tenfold. We have local landlords who buy whatever we make, no matter the style - from barleywine to grisette - we’re really lucky that so many places support us because they like our beers, and their customers love to try anything local. The people we look up to are all the brewers who are never content with the beers that they’re making - you can always be better.
15. Floc.
Canterbury, England
Floc. produce's world class beer and is ranked #1 in Kent. They are most well known for "Whisper", which is a New England Pale Ale and "Warm Shade", which is a New England Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
16. By The River Brew Co
Gateshead, England
BY THE RIVER BREW CO. IS A 15BBL MICRO BREWERY THAT LIVES WITHIN AN INDEPENDENT CONTAINER COMMUNITY BENEATH THE ICONIC TYNE BRIDGE ON THE GATESHEAD SIDE OF THE RIVER. OUR BEERS ARE FOUND MAINLY HERE AT OUR TAP ROOM WITH THE OCCASIONAL KEG REACHING EXCEPTIONAL BEER BARS AROUND THE UK.
17. Little Earth Project
Sudbury, England
Little Earth Project is a forward-thinking craft brewery with its roots in the beautiful Suffolk countryside. We produce mixed fermentation beers that harvest the power of wild yeast and bacteria to produce unique flavours. By using a combination of wild yeast we source from the lees of our own cider, Castlings Heath Cottage, as well as organic hops and barley that we grow ourselves, plus ingredients foraged from local hedgerows, we produce beers that are true representations of Suffolk in a glass. Our beers are produced in small batches which are moved to wooden oak barrels to rest for anywhere from 3 months to 2+ years. This natural, organic approach is applied to all parts of the business, as well as our pub, The White Horse Inn.
18. Baron Brewing
Buntingford, England
Baron Brewing is a playground for beer, where no two batches are the same. Made for the fun and love of the process – the next beer will be the best beer. The brewery is based on a farm in Great Hormead, East Hertfordshire. The focus is to brew modern styles, particularly highly hopped ales and fresh lagers. The 1000L brewhouse allows for an ever-changing range of beers to be brewed. Each style will be pushed to its limits, with the evolution and development of new flavours.
19. Pinnora Brewing
Pinner, England
Formed in early 2016 in Pinner, a leafy suburb in North West London, Pinnora Brewing is Pinner's first craft brewery and takes its name from the village dating back to the early 13th century. Inspired by our brewing friends on the East Coast, USA we focus on hazy, hop-forward pale ales.
20. Good Name Brewing
Loughborough, England
Brewing big flavour, contemporary craft beer from the East Midlands, England since 2020. We brew on a small scale; creating unique, distinct flavours in limited numbers. Our bottles are available online and through selected independent retailers whilst stocks last.
21. Belschnickel Brewery
England
We are a Nano Brewery based in Bridlington / England selling a combination of 440ml canned core beers and 750ml speciality bottled beers. We sell to small independent bars, bottle shops and restaurants in our local area and also directly to customers via farmers markets and small local festivals. Belschnickel Brewery is named after a German folklore character from the southwestern region of Germany where Kevin our Head Brewer was born. We chose this name as our beer names and branding tie into German language and culture and is a theme we wish to continue throughout our line of beers whilst we grow.
22. Primordial Brewing
England
Primordial Brewing produce's high quality beer and is ranked #1 in Bedfordshire. They are most well known for "Ancient Cataclysm", which is an Imperial Pastry Stout and "Impact Hypothesis", which is an Imperial Pastry Stout. Their primary focus is brewing Dark Beers.
23. Bubble Works Brew Co
Hitchin, England
We are a nanobrewery based in Hertfordshire, UK. We brew modern, bold and progressive beer in small batches exclusively for our shops and tasting rooms ⇨ beershophq.uk
24. Portcullis Brewing Co
Fareham, England
Portcullis Brewing Co. Formed in 2023 by Phil Stenning and Elliott Carrington. We are a Microbrewery in Portchester, Hampshire, UK. We operate a 500L Brew Kit with 2 Fermenters in a 20ft Shipping Container situated behind Phil's Bar, The Portcullis Taphouse. We produce both Cask and Keg beers.
25. Breakbeat Brewing
Southampton, England
Breakbeat Brewing produce's high quality beer and is ranked #2 in Hampshire. They are most well known for "Journey From the Light", which is an Imperial Pastry Stout and "Living In Darkness", which is an Imperial Baltic Porter. Their primary focus is brewing Dark Beers and Strong Ales.