Local craft beer & real ale

Breweries in Midlands

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

In Midlands
189 breweries
They pour at
47 festivals
Across
3 cities

The Midlands brewing scene

Local breweries across Midlands

Midlands 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 Midlands

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

10am Brewhouse Ltd

Derby

A nano brewery, 500L to start, established by Simon Odell and Scott Wood.

3P's Brewery

Swadlincote

3P'S is a small microbrewery, set in the South Derbyshire village of Woodville Swadlincote. Woodville was once renowned for its, "Pits Pots & Pipes" hence the name 3P'S was born. Incorporating the freshest English malts & hops and never far from an experiment or two, our aim is to create something just that little bit different, yet still retaining that cask ale tradition. Occasionally, we do produce one-off keg beers throughout the year, and small batch cans.

Aither Brewery

Mansfield

Traditional brewing with a modern intake to create new and exciting beers.

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Ashover Brewery

Chesterfield

Ashover Brewery, established in 2007 by Roy Shorrock and Kim Beresford, began its journey at the Old Poets' Corner public house in Ashover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The brewery quickly gained popularity among local real ale enthusiasts, leading to an expansion in 2015 to a larger facility in Clay Cross to meet increasing demand. In 2020, ownership transitioned to David Neale, a Sheffield-based entrepreneur with a passion for real ales. The brewery is renowned for producing high-quality ales using locally sourced ingredients, including those from local suppliers, home growers, farms, and their own foraging efforts. Their commitment to quality and innovation has earned them numerous awards from CAMRA, SIBA, and various beer festivals.

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Attic Brew Co

Birmingham

​Attic Brew Co., founded in 2018 by university friends Sam Back and Oli Hurlow, is a Birmingham-based microbrewery and taproom located in Stirchley. Known for producing a diverse range of vegan-friendly, full-flavored, and easy-drinking craft beers, their offerings include the award-winning pale ale "Intuition" and the IPA "Signals". The brewery has been recognized with accolades such as the UK Champion award from Beer52 in 2024. Committed to sustainability, Attic Brew Co. received a net zero grant in 2024 to invest in energy-efficient brewing equipment, significantly reducing their carbon emissions and fuel costs. Their taproom serves as a community hub, regularly hosting local street food vendors and events to foster social engagement.

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Bach 95

Sandbach

Bach 95 is a modern, lifestyle‑focused brewing brand known for its reduced‑calorie, vegan, and gluten‑free premium lager, designed to offer full flavour with a lighter nutritional profile. Brewed in Cheshire, it emphasises clean, crisp drinkability at 95 calories per can, positioning itself as a forward‑thinking option for beer drinkers who want quality without compromise.

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

Good to know

Breweries in Midlands, 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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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.