Metro area
Within 16 miles of Peterborough we track 16 breweries. None currently rate Great or better. Drum and Monkey Brewing in Stamford leads the list at 3.83 (Fine).
Exceptional
A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.
Great
Consistently produce world-class beer.
Fine
Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
Poor
Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
Limited
Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Drum and Monkey Brewing produce's decent quality beer and is ranked #1 in Lincolnshire. They are most well known for "#34 Kings Head Gold", which is a New England IPA and "#95 This Is Sacred Ground", which is an Other Stout. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Samuel Smith brews organic fruit beer at the ancient Melbourn Bros’ All Saints Brewery, Stamford. The tiny steam-powered brewery lies in the shadow of the 14th century All Saints Church in the heart of Stamford. The old brewing equipment has been carefully restored and is used to brew the genuinely handcrafted organic fruit beers
Stamford, Rutland, England
A lifetime in the pub industry has lead to a passion for cleaning and beer. Surely the natural progression is to start a brewery? We brew a high-quality range of beers with an emphasis on striking brews that break the traditional mould.
Peterborough, England
Oakham Ales was established in 1993 in Oakham (Rutland) - the first beer brewed was Jeffrey Hudson Bitter (JHB). In 1998 the brewery relocated to new premises in Peterborough, a 35 barrel plant being installed in the new Brewery Tap brew pub. Rapidly increasing demand meant that capacity at the Brewery Tap site was reached and in October 2006 a new 75 barrel brewery was opened in the Woodston area of Peterborough. In 2009 on another hop sourcing visit to the USA, John Bryan, our Brewing Director, discovered an exceptional new hop variety – Citra. He instantly fell in love with it and couldn’t wait to brew with it. He rushed it to the UK, ensuring that Oakham Ales were the first brewery to brew a beer with 100% Citra hops. Citra is now our best selling beer. Volume has doubled in the last few years with particularly rapid growth in bottled beer production and Oakham Ales today brews over 25000 brewers barrels a year (43000 HL) of beer per year. That’s more than 7m pints! We are now going through ambitious expansion works that will enable us to diversify more into producing exciting keg beers.
Turves, Cambridgeshire, England
Secret Project Brewing produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #3 in Cambridgeshire. They are most well known for "Subject: Ekuanot", which is a New England IPA and "Ugolyok", which is a New England Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and IPAs.
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Nene Valley Brewery is located in Oundle, Northamptonshire and produces a wide range of cask, keg, canned and bottled craft ales. We are creators of quality beers, with an on-site Bar & Restaurant. For over a year now most of our beers have been produced to be gluten free. That is to say we have them regularly tested by accredited labs and the results show them to have less than 20ppm of gluten. We are convinced that it will soon be the norm for gluten to be removed from beer. This is why we don’t regard it as the key differentiator for NVB’s products. We still want to stand out for the range and quality of what we make here at Oundle Wharf. We are proud of what we do and want to share it with as many people as possible.
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Rockingham Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #8 in Northamptonshire. They are most well known for "Electric Mosaic", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Hop Devil", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Dark Beers.
Peterborough, Lincolnshire, England
Hopshackle Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #9 in Lincolnshire. They are most well known for "Simarillo", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Double Momentum", which is a Barleywine - English. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Dark Beers.
Peterborough, England
Mile Tree Brewery produce's unproven beer and is ranked #9 in Cambridgeshire. They are most well known for "Mosaica", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Hopfire Pale", which is an English Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Amber Ales.
Peterborough, England
At Bowler’s Brewery our aim is to produce premium quality bottle and cask conditioned beers, inspired by traditional British ales and US craft beers. Vegan friendly, we use fresh ingredients, but more than anything we like to produce beer that just tastes great!
Peterborough, England
Xtreme Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #13 in Cambridgeshire. They are most well known for "Milk Stout", which is a Milk / Sweet Stout and "BlaX Forest Stout", which is a Milk / Sweet Stout. Their primary focus is brewing Dark Beers and Pale Ales.
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Kings Cliffe Brewery (KCB) produce's unproven beer and is ranked #19 in Northamptonshire. They are most well known for "5C", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "P51", which is an English Porter. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Dark Beers.
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Digfield Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #12 in Northamptonshire. They are most well known for "Fool's Nook", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Chiffchaff", which is a Bitter - Session / Ordinary. Their primary focus is brewing Amber Ales and Pale Ales.
Peterborough, England
Duncan Vessey of Castor Ales a lifelong Posh supporter wanted to commemorate Posh’s amazing season with a special beer. He has dry-hopped one of his regular brews, in other words he has added extra hops to a cask, which changes the taste and nature of the beer. Duncan said ‘ The name ‘Craig Mack Ale’ is a fitting tribute to Craig who has had a fantastic season scoring 35 goals, he is a favourite at London Road and will always receive a warm welcome from the fans when he returns’ The beer went on sale in the Ostrich, North Street, Peterborough yesterday, and will soon be available at the Prince of Wales, Castor, and the Hand and Heart, Highbury Road, Peterborough. Duncan added ‘the ale is blonde of course, a pint of two halves, and when drunk sensibly, you’re likely to score!’ Duncan friend’s local artist and ET cartoonist, John Elson drew the pump clip in the pub on Monday night, to be displayed with ‘Posh pride’ on the pump clips of the pubs. Duncan hopes to be able to present Craig with the original artwork, when he leaves Posh. The beer is a limited edition in Peterborough, but is likely to be found in Norwich, Liverpool, Wigan or London in the near future!
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
John and Jen are proud to announce that they have taken over the on-site Bluebell Brewery as of Spring 2016. We have continued with the brewing of the ever popular and exclusive, 5.1% Ingle Dingle ale (aka "the other one"). We have also re-worked the former award winning 4.1% ale, Old Honesty and have launched New Honesty (aka "that one") in the pub. We have also added the new summery, Tilly's Golden Tipple at a refreshing 3.7% (aka "the one on the left") to our brewing portfolio.
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Austendyke Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #33 in Lincolnshire. They are most well known for "Long Lane Bitter", which is a Bitter - Session / Ordinary and "Sheep Market", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Amber Ales.
