Breweries in Nottingham

Aither Brewery

Mansfield

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

Alter Ego Brewing Co

Alfreton

Bang The Elephant Brewing Co

Nottingham

Neo victorian inspired micro brewery making unique small-batch real ales and craft beer.

Beermats Brewing Company

Newark

Beermats was born out a couple of friends sitting round a table in the local after a hard days work, playing that flipping game that everyone knows with bunch of beer mats! With their wealth of experience, love of beer and the craft of making it they deciding that opening their own brewery was an obvious step to take. The name of the brewery was easy and the rest as they say is history! Fulfilled through our dedication to detail, the art of making beer and our passion for the end result we have grown into a brand we are proud of and want to share with you.

Birch Cottage Brewery

Nottingham

Established in 2018 by Marie & Nick Redfearn. Bespoke hand-built stainless Nano Brewery in Sawley, Derbyshire, supplying cask ales to great independent pubs. All cask ales are brewed vegan-friendly and conditioned in the cask. Some beers are gluten-free.

Black Hole Brewery

Derby

Black Iris Brewery

Nottingham

Black Iris Brewery is a Nottingham-based microbrewery located in Basford, producing acclaimed cask ales and kegged craft beers since 2011. Known for a bold, artistic aesthetic and a popular taproom, they produce diverse styles, including popular hoppy pales, stouts, and high-ABV NEIPAs, with notable beers like Snake Eyes, Endless Summer, and Hellbound.

Blue Monkey Brewery

Nottingham

Multiple award-winning brewery in the urban jungle on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border. We brew more than a dozen different types of beer including: Pale Ales, Stouts, Dark Ruby Ales and Black IPAs.

Brunswick Brewing Company

Derby

Castle Rock Brewery

Nottingham

When Chris Holmes opened the Old King’s Arms in Newark, it was an act of defiance against an industry dominated by monopolistic brewers. It was niche, believe it or not, to focus on real ale in homely surroundings. The brewery opened twenty years later and, in 2010, we were catapulted into the spotlight when Harvest Pale was crowned Supreme Champion Beer of Britain. We now have over twenty pubs in the Castle Rock extended family, brew a huge variety of skilfully crafted beers, and work hard to have a positive impact on the world around us. Running great pubs and brewing great beer is still our humble life’s mission.

Crich Brew Co

Belper

​Crich Brew Co is a microbrewery based in Derbyshire, England, dedicated to crafting small-batch beers using locally sourced ingredients to minimize their carbon footprint. They prioritize sustainability by recycling water for cleaning and donating spent grain to local farms for livestock feed. Originally located in Crich, the brewery has moved to Belper, where they have expanded capacity and opened a taproom. Their beers are available through monthly online sales, local pubs, bottle shops, and at their taproom, which hosts events like craft beer festivals and tap takeovers.

Dancing Duck Brewery

Derby

Dancing Duck Brewery, founded in Derby in 2010 by Rachel Matthews (joined by Ian, a brewery design engineer), crafts bold and characterful real ales from their 10‑barrel kit under the playful ethos “serious about beer, silly about everything else”. Their core lineup includes flagship session beers like Ay Up (3.9 % ABV) and Nice Weather 4 Ducks (4.1 %), through to hop-forward pale ales like 'dcuk' and the tropical fruit‑filled Abduction IPA (5.5 %), plus rich stouts including Dark Drake, which earned CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain Bronze in 2015. Producing around 15,000 pints weekly and supported by a dedicated nine-strong team, they’ve won multiple awards for both consistency and creativity, while embracing quirky branding and a fun-loving atmosphere.