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Things to do in United Kingdom, United Kingdom: The Best Breweries
Discover a country filled with epic landscapes, fairy-tales castles and vibrant modern cities bursting with unforgettable experiences to share. Whether it’s gazing at the London skyline from the top of iconic St Paul’s and sipping the finest single malt whisky in a pub in the Scottish Highlands, or tracing footsteps of Banksy in Bristol, discovering musical legends in Liverpool and exploring the history of Cardiff Castle in the stunning heart of Wales, there’s a Britain that’s perfect for you.
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1. The Wychwood Brewery
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5.0 based on 719 reviews
Reviewed By hivehome
What an enjoyable experience we had visiting this fantastic brewery. Wonderful to hear all about its history and facts about the brewing process from our knowledgeable and friendly tour guide Chris. We also very much enjoyed the beer tasting session at the end. Well worth a visit!
2. Greene King Brewery
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5.0 based on 795 reviews
Walk, Talk and Tasting Tour Join us as we walk through Greene King’s history discovering our oldest buildings and finding out what they have been used for throughout time. Our knowledgeable guides will tell you everything you need to know about Greene King and how our beers are made. Back in our café you will be able to watch a virtual tour of our brewery and enjoy a tutored tasting of our beers brewed here in Bury St Edmunds and Belhaven Brewery in Dunbar. Find out how we make our beers and what goes in to them to give that distinctive taste. We also have a delicious new beer-based condiment range to taste, featuring a chutney, mustard & marmalade all made by our friends at Scarlett & Mustard with Greene King and Belhaven Beer. You will receive a free bottle of beer to take away and a 10% off voucher to spend in the café and the shop on the day. We have a max of 6 on a tour and will ensure you are all socially distanced feel safe by following all current government guidelines
Reviewed By Francaise64
Great tour, and very well curated by Steve, our tour guide...fascinating history and delicious beer tasting session to complete our outing. Highly recommended.
3. Skinner's Brewery
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5.0 based on 215 reviews
Reviewed By llahxela
Absolutely phenomenal value for money and wonderful way to spend a few hours. We visited the brewery on a rainy Tuesday with very little expectation and were delighted to find a warm and friendly staff to greet us with a pint awaiting. The quality of the beer is beyond reproach and both the tour guide Louise (the daughter of the CEO no less) and the barman, Jason were flawless. By far the best value for money of any distillery or brewery tour I have ever done. Cannot recommend enough.
4. Palmers Brewery
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5.0 based on 130 reviews
After a short break we are delighted to be opening again for Brewery Tours from 21st June 2021. Our draught ales win awards. Beer drinkers love them. They love the distinctive taste and delicious character. And the refreshing, thirst-quenching qualities of Palmers’ traditional ales. They love the fact we’re among the UK’s very best small independent brewers – and that we’ve been brewing fine ales non-stop since 1794. The original Old Brewery at Bridport in West Dorset is where we still work to traditional methods with the finest ingredients. Methods and ingredients that have built our reputation over 200 years. Today, we skilfully blend these best brewing rules with scientific systems, to create five quality ales for the 21st century.
Reviewed By DerekP_9
Booked the brewery tour having read the reviews on trip advisor. My husband I weren’t disappointed. Very interesting tour and nice to sample the beer and a whisky and or gin at the end in a very well stocked shop. Guide and staff in shop very friendly.
5. Ringwood Brewery
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5.0 based on 679 reviews
Reviewed By 173louiset - Wisbech, United Kingdom
We went on a 6.30pm tour with Vincent and John and we were made very welcome. John was very informative about the history of Ringwood and instantly gave everyone a half pint of their excellent beer and then Vincent took us on a tour of the building, talking us through the brewing process. As my husband is a keen beer drinker we have been on several of these tours, but this was the best. It was explained step by step and we learnt a lot. We especially enjoyed tasting the barley in various stages and looking at the barrel process. After our tour we went back to John in the pub who talked through the different beers and generously handed out more to taste. I also had a go at pulling a pint. We are a varied group from 17 to 73 and we all thoroughly enjoyed our visit. At the end we were given our Ringwood glasses and a bottle of their tasty beer. After the tour we were given time to buy anything from the shop. John and Vincent were both knowledgeable and friendly and we didn't feel rushed at all, it felt like a nice evening at the local pub!!
6. Cairngorm Brewery
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5.0 based on 354 reviews
Reviewed By CptHowdy - Stafford, United Kingdom
Well stocked brewery shop. Alas tours not on at present due to Covid. Knowledgeable and friendly gentleman working in the shop though and got an excellent selection of beers to take away. Plus you can see a good amount of the brewery through the large windows in the shop which is a cool touch.
7. Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd.
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5.0 based on 336 reviews
With a busy shop, membership club and monthly tour nights we are well worth a visit. Rebellion started brewing in 1993 in a small industrial unit in Marlow Bottom. In 1999 we moved to Bencombe Farm at the entrance to Marlow Bottom. We currently produce approximately 70,000 pints per week and you can find our beers in over 400 local pubs and clubs within a 30-mile radius of Marlow, in our brewery shop or in several local supermarkets and off-licenses. We have a busy brewery shop, selling our fresh beer in containers from 1 litre to 72 pints as well as over 300 varieties of wine and other local produce. Feel free to visit and have a browse...
Reviewed By Caw20 - London, United Kingdom
Visited for the first time when visiting Marlow as love the beer. You can taste free samples and the selection is fabulous. A great shop friendly staff and very helpful
8. Windsor & Eton Brewery
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5.0 based on 468 reviews
A small, but growing craft brewery based in the heart of Windsor. Our mission - through our WeBrew and Uprising brands, to make Windsor more famous for its beers than any other attraction! We run two different public tours - Duke Street Experience every Saturday (£12.50) and Brew Masters Tour every third Wednesday eve in the month (£30) Duke Street Experience: A fun and informative tour on how beer is made – raw materials, process and packaging with a large focus on what makes Windsor and Eton Brewery unique (45 minutes) Brew Masters Tour: A brewery tour for the true beer connoisseur! Join one of the brewery directors for a full guide on the history of British breweries and how our business was founded and has developed. It includes a full insight into the raw materials used to make beer, how they are used during the brewing process and a full tour of the brewery itself (2 hours) The brewery also has a shop and on-site bar with full viewing windows looking into the brewhouse.
Reviewed By randmwelfare - Bracknell, United Kingdom
Brought vouchers for a Christmas Present for my husband and son.They Enjoyed the brewery tour and the sampling of the beers they came home very merry,Willy is amazing host,felt very safe with social distancing each group sitting on different tables.Good value for money and a shop for purchase supplies to bring home,Will be back next year for another visit.
9. Eden Mill
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5.0 based on 1,025 reviews
NEW DISTILLERY CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ACCEPT VISITORS. Just outside St Andrews, Eden Mill is Scotland's original single-site brewery & distillery. Since 2012 we've been brewing and distilling here, creating a unique and diverse range of beer, gin and whisky.
Reviewed By D361JDlisap - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
What a great afternoon we had blending our own gin and hearing the interesting takes of gin and the history of Eden Mill from Matthew who was very engaging and a fantastic host. Would absolutely recommend.
10. The Cotswold Brewing Company
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5.0 based on 193 reviews
*Please check our website for available tour dates. All tours must be booked in advance.* The Cotswold Brewing Company is a specialist keg lager microbrewery nestled in the beautiful Cotswolds. We brew a range of lagers and IPA and cider, as well as gin and vodka. We are all about premium quality, community engagement and passion for life. Please note, all tours must be booked in advance as they do not run every day. Our Brewery Shop is open daily 10am until 2pm.
Reviewed By robbH3046MC
Our group of eight had a great afternoon on the brewery tour , Nigel our ‘tour guide’ was exceptionally knowledgeable on all aspects of the brewery and made the whole event great fun. We sampled ALL the beers on offer with generous sampling measures and a couple of surprise freebies !!! Thank you Nigel for ‘opening up’ over the Christmas holidays , much appreciated. Would thoroughly recommend this tour.
