# Dark Horse Brewery — Skipton, North Yorkshire

> Dark Horse Brewery in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England scores 3.06 out of 5 — Limited, #17 in North Yorkshire. 34 beers tracked, mostly Pale Ale.

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Dark Horse Brewery is a brewery in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. We grade it Limited, with a score of 3.06 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #17 in North Yorkshire. Of the 34 beers we track, 68% are Pale Ale and 16% Amber Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.06 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #17 in North Yorkshire · #857 in England · #17,462 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 34

## About

We are a small, independent brewery based at Hetton in the Yorkshire Dales. Our most well-known beer is the Hetton Pale Ale which is available at many fine drinking establishments across the region!

We take great pride in producing hand-crafted, traditional ales brewed in a converted 200-year old Laithe Barn - a Yorkshire term derived from Old Norse for a barn or agricultural building.

We have been brewing Dark Horse ales since 2008 and have now ‘racked up’ over 30 years of commercial brewing experience.

We use only the best British Maris Otter malt, pure Dales water from our own borehole, whole leaf hops and our own unique strain of brewing yeast.

Cheers from the Dark Horse Brewery team!

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 68% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 16% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
- Coordinates: 54.0327865, -2.0496989
- Website: http://www.darkhorsebrewery.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Two Rocks](https://finding.beer/brewery/two-rocks-28511.md) — 2.87, Limited — Skipton, North Yorkshire — 5.4 mi away
- [Recoil Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/recoil-brewing-co-12720.md) — 2.94, Limited — Skipton, North Yorkshire — 6.3 mi away
- [Carleton Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/carleton-brewing-co-31080.md) — 2.79, Limited — Skipton, North Yorkshire — 6.4 mi away
- [BB18 Brewing Co Ltd](https://finding.beer/brewery/bb18-brewing-co-ltd-25161.md) — 3.14, Poor — Barnoldswick, Lancashire — 8.9 mi away
- [Craven Brew Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/craven-brew-co-25275.md) — 3.42, Poor — Keighley, North Yorkshire — 9.2 mi away
- [Settle Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/settle-brewery-15752.md) — 3.05, Limited — Settle, North Yorkshire — 9.7 mi away
- [Lamb Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/lamb-brewing-company-25271.md) — 3.43, Poor — Skipton, North Yorkshire — 9.7 mi away
- [Wharfedale (Flying Duck Brewpub)](https://finding.beer/brewery/wharfedale-flying-duck-brewpub-7652.md) — 3.04, Limited — Ilkley, West Yorkshire — 12 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england.md)

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