# Pictish Brewing Company — Rochdale, Greater Manchester

> Pictish Brewing Company in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England scores 3.08 out of 5 — Limited, #46 in Greater Manchester.

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Pictish Brewing Company is a brewery in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. We grade it Limited, with a score of 3.08 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #46 in Greater Manchester. Of the 165 beers we track, 71% are Pale Ale and 12% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.08 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #46 in Greater Manchester · #824 in England · #17,237 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 165

## About

Pictish Brewing Company is a small independent brewery established in April 2000 by Richard Sutton. In 2013 Richard decided to opt for an easier life and skive off, leaving it in the hands of his old friend Paul Wesley. We brew a wide variety of high-quality cask conditioned ales, delivering direct to the licensed trade in Lancashire, Manchester and West Yorkshire.

One thing that all our beers have in common is that they are brewed carefully and consistently using only the finest ingredients available. If anyone finds our pump clip designs to be amateurish, that’s because they are. There are some real howlers amongst them! They were once described as “a bit 90’s” and so were apparently old-fashioned before we’d brewed our first beer!

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 71% of the beers we track
- IPA — 12% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 8% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 7% of the beers we track
- Other — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Woodbine Street East, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
- Coordinates: 53.6080301, -2.1428792
- Website: https://www.pictish-brewing.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Sheriff’s Good Head](https://finding.beer/brewery/sheriffs-good-head-32040.md) — 2.83, Limited — Rochdale, Greater Manchester — 0.6 mi away
- [Wakey Wakey Brew Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/wakey-wakey-brew-co-27942.md) — 3.45, Poor — Rochdale, Greater Manchester — 2.2 mi away
- [Phoenix Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/phoenix-brewery-9671.md) — 3.05, Limited — Heywood, Greater Manchester — 2.9 mi away
- [Whitworth Valley Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/whitworth-valley-brewing-29709.md) — 3.44, Poor — Rochdale, Lancashire — 4 mi away
- [J.W. Lees & Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/j-w-lees-co-9644.md) — 3.75, Fine — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.8 mi away
- [LWC Drinks](https://finding.beer/brewery/lwc-drinks-11007.md) — 2.47, Limited — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 5.4 mi away
- [Deeply Vale Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/deeply-vale-brewery-6355.md) — 2.96, Limited — Bury, Greater Manchester — 6.4 mi away
- [The Rising Sun Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-rising-sun-brewery-15413.md) — 3.06, Poor — Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester — 7.1 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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