# The Great Yorkshire Brewery — Pickering, North Yorkshire

> The Great Yorkshire Brewery in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England scores 2.91 out of 5 — Limited, #34 in North Yorkshire.

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The Great Yorkshire Brewery is a brewery in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. We grade it Limited, with a score of 2.91 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #34 in North Yorkshire. Of the 38 beers we track, 46% are Stout / Porter and 21% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 2.91 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #34 in North Yorkshire · #1,353 in England · #22,117 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 38

## About

All our beers are born & brewed in Yorkshire, it’s real honest beer made with proper Yorkshire Watter, British Barley, Malt & Yeast with whole hops and nowt else.

The brewery, formally Cropton, was rebranded in 2012 and with a large investment to develop cask, keg and bottle beers. We are now one of the fastest growing microbreweries in the UK.

## What they brew

- Stout / Porter — 46% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 21% of the beers we track
- Mead — 9% of the beers we track
- Other — 7% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 6% of the beers we track
- Amber Lager — 6% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Pickering, North Yorkshire, England
- Coordinates: 54.2907411, -0.8409355
- Website: http://www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Breworks](https://finding.beer/brewery/breworks-15469.md) — 3.06, Limited — York, North Yorkshire — 3.9 mi away
- [Helmsley Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/helmsley-brewing-co-7887.md) — 3.45, Poor — York, North Yorkshire — 9.4 mi away
- [Horsetown Beers Ltd](https://finding.beer/brewery/horsetown-beers-ltd-36209.md) — 2.70, Limited — Malton, North Yorkshire — 11 mi away
- [Brass Castle Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/brass-castle-brewery-9639.md) — 3.74, Fine — Malton, North Yorkshire — 11 mi away
- [Malton Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/malton-brewery-19126.md) — 2.66, Limited — Malton, North Yorkshire — 11 mi away
- [Ampleforth Abbey Drinks](https://finding.beer/brewery/ampleforth-abbey-drinks-36277.md) — 3.43, Poor — York, North Yorkshire — 12 mi away
- [Baytown](https://finding.beer/brewery/baytown-15727.md) — 2.68, Limited — Whitby, North Yorkshire — 15 mi away
- [Lady Luck Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/lady-luck-brewery-10887.md) — 2.61, Limited — Whitby, North Yorkshire — 16 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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