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Local craft beer & real ale
Breweries in Wales
From Tiny Rebel in Newport to the cult brewers of north Wales, the Welsh scene has grown from a proud pub heritage into something genuinely exciting. Meet them, then find the festivals they pour at.
- In Wales
- 72 breweries
- They pour at
- 9 festivals
- Across
- 3 cities
The Wales brewing scene
Local breweries across Wales
Wales has brewing in its bones. Brains poured in Cardiff for well over a century and made SA a national institution, and the country's pub culture kept cask alive through lean years. Then Tiny Rebel arrived in Newport, won Champion Beer of Britain with Cwtch, and helped spark a Welsh craft scene that now runs from Crafty Devil in Cardiff to Polly's in Mold, whose hazy beers have a cult following.
From the valleys to the north coast, small breweries are pouring pale ales, lagers and stouts with real confidence, and many run their own taproom or tap takeover. They form the backbone of Wales' festivals through the year, so a brewery you take to is an easy way into a weekend out.
The directory
Every brewery in Wales
The full local listing, not a teaser. Each card links to the brewery and the festivals it pours at.
Crickhowell
Antur Brew Co is a microbrewery and bottle shop located on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Crickhowell, Wales. The brewery produces high-quality, small-batch beers inspired by the Welsh landscape, with offerings influenced by German and American styles. Their core range includes a Session Pale Ale (4.4% ABV) that is light, crisp, and refreshing with a citrus punch; a New Altbier (4.7% ABV), a full-bodied beer with medium bitterness and tropical notes; and a Helles Lager (4.8% ABV), cold-conditioned for a crisp, clean, and malt-forward profile. The brewery's name, 'Antur,' is the Welsh word for 'adventure,' reflecting their aim to showcase local landmarks through their label designs. Antur Brew Co also operates a taproom and hosts street food pop-ups, providing a welcoming space for both locals and visitors to enjoy their craft beers.
Maesteg
Authentic craft beers from a brewery in the heart of Wales. Full of flavour and brewed with the purest Welsh water collected on the Brecon Beacons.
Colwyn Bay
Black Cloak Brewery & Taproom, established in 2018, is a modern craft beer bar located at 71 Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Originally brewing on-site, the brewery expanded to larger premises in Denbigh in early 2024, while continuing to serve their beers at the Colwyn Bay taproom. The taproom offers a diverse selection of craft beers, including their own brews and guest ales from quality breweries across the UK, served in a comfortable and convivial atmosphere. Recognized as the CAMRA Pub of the Year for the Abercolwyn region, Black Cloak Brewery & Taproom is also dog-friendly, welcoming both locals and visitors to enjoy their offerings.
Fishguard
Bluestone Brewing Company is a family-run microbrewery situated in rural North Pembrokeshire, Wales, operating from a 300-year-old dairy constructed with locally sourced Bluestone from the Preseli Mountains. The brewery crafts a diverse range of handcrafted, vegan-friendly beers, utilizing pure spring water from their land, which requires no additional filtering or chemicals. Committed to environmental sustainability, Bluestone Brewing employs solar panels, a reed bed drainage system, and repurposes brewing by-products for farm animals. In 2018, they became the first brewery globally to receive the Green Key Accreditation, and in 2023, they were honored as Sustainable Business of the Year at the SIBA Business Awards. Visitors can enjoy their taproom and events venue on-site, as well as two craft beer and pizza restaurants, Grain, located in St Davids and Carmarthen.
Holyhead
Caernarfon
Gaerwen
Our craft brewery was established in 2018 by seven likeminded friends with a common interest in, amongst other things, good beer…. All our beer is hand-made in small batches, to ensure quality and consistency and we like to behave in a sustainable way.
Pontypridd
We are a fresh and dynamic microbrewery and tap room located in Trefforest, South Wales. Our exceptional award winning ales are hand crafted and honed at such a small scale we’ve been able to truly push the taste experience of real ale. Home of Diablo Dragons, winner of the best IPA in Great Britain 2023. CAMRA Great British Beer Festival Champion IPA 2023.
Festival regular
Cardiff
Brains Brewery is one of the UK’s longest-running independent regional breweries, founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales, and still family owned more than 140 years later. They brew a broad portfolio of beers at their Dragon Brewery in Cardiff Bay using a mix of traditional techniques and modern brewing science, producing everything from classic cask ales like Brains Bitter and Brains Dark to lagers, IPAs and seasonal or limited-release beers. Over the decades Brains grew into a major regional brand (once owning hundreds of pubs) and today its beers are widely available across Wales and the UK in pubs, retailers and events, while the brewery remains focused on quality, consistency and its Welsh heritage.
Bridgend
Brecon Brewing is a Welsh independent craft brewery founded in 2011 by brewer Buster Grant. Working with pure Welsh water and high-quality malts and hops, it has built a strong reputation for flavour-packed ales—spanning bitters, golden ales, pale ales, lagers and more experimental brews. The brewery has also gained recognition through a partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union to produce official WRU beers, tying it into local culture beyond just brewing.
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Breweries from Wales at upcoming festivals
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Good to know
Breweries in Wales, 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 Wales? 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.