Local craft beer & real ale

Breweries in East Anglia

Meet the breweries pouring across East Anglia, from cask champions to new craft names, and the festivals where you can drink them fresh.

In East Anglia
99 breweries
They pour at
47 festivals
Across
3 cities

The East Anglia brewing scene

Local breweries across East Anglia

East Anglia is home to a growing roll call of breweries, from long-standing cask producers to new microbreweries pouring their first batches. Browse the full local directory below, then follow any brewery through to the festivals where you can find their bar.

The directory

Every brewery in East Anglia

The full local listing, not a teaser. Each card links to the brewery and the festivals it pours at.

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Adnams

Southwold

Adnams, based in Southwold on the Suffolk coast, is a historic brewery with roots dating back to 1872, renowned for its commitment to quality, sustainability, and innovation. Known for its flagship brews like “Ghost Ship” and “Broadside,” Adnams combines traditional brewing techniques with a forward-thinking approach, producing a diverse range of award-winning beers, spirits, and wines. With a focus on environmental responsibility, Adnams has implemented eco-friendly practices across its operations, including energy-efficient brewing and sustainable packaging. Deeply connected to its coastal heritage, Adnams continues to be a leader in British brewing, offering distinctive, characterful drinks enjoyed by customers worldwide.

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Aerocraft Brewery

Braintree

We're obsessed with the science of flavour and the creative freedom that craft beer enables. We harness this to bring you great beer experiences. Our founder Billy, is a professional engineer who has worked on space cameras, radiotherapy machines & leading defence technologies. He brings his love for science and engineering to our beers, processes and equipment.

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Ampersand Brew Co.

Diss

Ampersand Brew Co. is a family-run brewery based in South Norfolk, dedicated to brewing a diverse range of high-quality, flavourful beers. With a focus on balancing traditional brewing methods and modern techniques, Ampersand creates beers that are approachable yet innovative, showcasing bold flavors and a commitment to craftsmanship. Whether producing small-batch brews or their core range, Ampersand Brew Co. aims to deliver beers that are best enjoyed with friends and family, celebrating the art of brewing and community spirit.

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Artefact Brewing

Bury St. Edmunds

WHEN WE SAY SMALL BATCH BEER, WE MEAN SMALL Run by husband and wife team, James and Kat, we brew craft beer from a converted shipping container on Kat’s family farm in Suffolk. It’s cosy and we brew just 250 litres of beer at a time. That’s just 600 bottles or five casks per brew! Literally back-breaking madness. We’re always improving and growing Artefact and have big plans for the future. But for now, producing on such a small scale means our craft is everything, making us extremely passionate about every recipe, every ingredient and every part of the process – to produce great beers that we love. We hope you will love them too!

Baron Brewing

Buntingford

Baron is a playground for beer, with an ever-changing range. Made for the fun and love of the process. The brewery is based on a farm in Great Hormead, East Hertfordshire. The focus is to brew modern styles, particularly highly hopped ales, fresh lagers and occasional dark beers.

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Big Drop Brewing Co

Ipswich

Big Drop Brewing Co., established in 2016, specializes in crafting award-winning alcohol-free beers that don't compromise on taste. Their range includes styles like IPAs, pale ales, craft lagers, and milk stouts, all naturally brewed to 0.5% ABV without artificial alcohol removal processes. Big Drop's commitment to quality has earned them recognition in the industry, including accolades at the World Alcohol-Free Awards and the Australian International Beer Awards. Their products are available in various markets, including the UK, US, Australia, and Canada. In 2023, Big Drop entered into a licensing agreement with In Good Company, enhancing their production capabilities and distribution.

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Bowler's Brewery

Peterborough

At Bowler’s Brewery, based in The Deepings near Peterborough, our aim is to produce premium quality bottle and keg conditioned beers, inspired by traditional British ales and US craft beers. Predominantly vegan friendly, we use local suppliers, but more than anything we like to produce beer that just tastes great! Our distinctive, tasty craft ales are now available for you to purchase online. Offering gift sets, merchandise and mixed bottle sets, these all make ideal gifts for celebrating special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas and New Year and also just because it’s the weekend and you can.

BrewBoard

Cambridge

BrewBoard is a small, independent craft brewery based just outside Cambridge, founded in 2017. Their core philosophy is simple: brew the kinds of beers they love, hoping others will too. They produce a wide variety of styles — from hop-forward IPAs and NEIPAs (using Kveik yeast) to dry-hopped lagers and rich stouts — using a 30 HL brewhouse, conical fermenters and their own automated canning line. They’ve grown steadily, expanded their fermentation capacity, and are even launching a barrel-ageing programme, all while maintaining that bold, intuitive, balanced character in their beer.

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The other half of the weekend Looking for beer festivals in East Anglia? See every upcoming festival in the region, who is pouring, and how to get tickets. Beer festivals in East Anglia

Good to know

Breweries in East Anglia, answered

Use the browse-by-city block to jump to a local area, or scroll the full directory and check the location under each brewery name. Every brewery links through to its own page with a map and the festivals it pours at.

Many do. Where a brewery runs its own tap or an online shop you will find the link on its page. We do not sell beer ourselves, we point you to the brewery.

Closely. The breweries in this directory pour at the region's festivals through the year. Each brewery page lists its upcoming appearances, so a brewery you like is an easy route into a weekend out.

Many breweries are already listed through the festivals they attend. If yours is missing, or you want to manage how it looks, you can list a new brewery or claim an existing one in a couple of minutes. It is free to be listed.

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Run a brewery in East Anglia? List it or claim your page

Add your brewery, upload a banner and logo, and link it to the festivals you pour at. It is free to be listed, and claiming an existing page takes a couple of minutes.