Tiny micro brewery which produces really, really nice continental style craft beers like Pilsners,…read moreBelgian and Bavarian style wheat beers (my favourite is the Chocolate Wheat Beer) At the moment you can only buy the bottled beer in a few venues in Cardiff (see their website) and in a few festivals, but I believe this about to change and will soon be available in shops. They also hold regular MicroBEER Festivals in the yard outside now and again, so sing up for their e-mails.

The microbeer festivals, the first weekend of every month, are lovely, intimate and busy affairs…read morewith live music and much conversation. The brewery itself is open most saturdays selling bottled beers. The beers are totally delicious and unqiue but not as cheap as your local pub, just a warning which shouldn't put you off since you pay for what you get. The entrance to the beer courtyard is opposite The Diary (formally Pontcanna Pine),just go under the archway. As well as the website the facebook site is an excellent way to keep informed about the festivals etc.

I highly recommend to go there and have a tour. Nigel was such an excellent guy, he knows a lot and…read morehe's very passionate about beer. My go to are the IPA, Haus and Pils. The place have si much potential, I hope they will open a bar and a bear garden

Wonderful micro-brewery and beers. They have a pub also called the Norman Knight with all of their…read morebeers, amazing place! Keep up the good work. Best beer in the area for miles.....

Wychwood Brewery was kind of a rare opportunity for me to try beer from abroad. I am very grateful…read morethat the opportunity has arose and I got to try a beer from the UK. Steve and I experienced their Hobgoblin Ruby Ale. There are a couple different versions of this Ruby Ale but we had the one that came in at 4.5 ABV. It is an English style Brown Ale with noticeable flavor highlights of toffee, maltiness, sweetness and dryness all very well balanced with none of those flavor highlights being too heavy handed. I like brown ales in general but virtually all of the ones I have had are made in the United States. What I noticed with this UK one was the dryness and how the sweetness was more in the background on your taste buds rather than dominant. Not too sure how it was done but it was a refreshing change of pace.

Surprisingly challenging to find in this little town, once dominated by the brewery, down a…read morebackstreet in a seemingly residential area. Upon arrival we were ushered downstairs, and given a half-pint of their monthly special - ours was the 'full Brazilian' which was...well...not the best, but good to try. We were then taken around the brewery by our very knowledgeable tour guide / ale aficionado. This involved tasting the raw hops, and different kinds of malts used, and looking at lots of vats and pipes and other brewing stuff. It is actually surprisingly small for how common their beers are, some of the equipment was over a century old which seemed impressive. After the tour came the bit that everyone was looking forward to, the tasting! Beers served at the recommended temperature, which despite the detailed lecture from our doctor of ale tour guide about ale temperature, was still a little warm for me. 11 beers, served one or two at a time to compare and contrast. Before you get excited they were served in tasting cups, about the size of a double-shot but still...11 in half an hour was pushing it for some. Finally, nice and loosened up, into the gift shop for some hobgoblin related purchases. Of course, you can buy the beer here and of course, it is a fraction of the price it is in London...of course, make sure you plan how much you can carry *before* purchasing. A couple of things to remember: * Book at least two weeks in advance for the tour, places are limited - more limited than I had expected. * Don't wear flip-flops...they will force you to wear 'daps' because of all the crazy cleaning irritants on the floor.

Hook Norton is an excellent, traditional British brewer and the brewery itself is very traditional,…read morea late 19th-century Victorian tower brewery. They offer outstanding tours through the fascinating brewery, which still has a functioning steam engine which was still used to power the brewery until less than 20 years ago. The tour finishes up with tastings and we were given unlimited samples of all the bers they had cask or keg available at the time, along with a tasting glass. The tour is the best brewery tour I've been on to date, anywhere. There is a restaurant onsite as well, which is nice and serves not only their excellent beers, but also excellent food.

The restaurant is immaculate, the service was great and the food quality was great! Certainly going…read moreback but maybe get a tour round the brewery too!!!

This multi-award-winning brewery's ales arrived a few years ago and through quality and flavour…read morethey quickly became established as a good, standard, local ale for many pubs in Birmingham to run on their pumps. Pure UBU at 4.5% is stronger tasting than it's alcohol content. Mad Goose at 4.2% has slightly less alcohol but is the more robust tasting of the two. Pure Gold is their light golden ale that weighs in at 3.8%. As well as the ales that they brew the brewery are distributors for traditional German lagers and the citrusey Maisels Weisse Beer. Dear to the heart of Purity is an environmental ethos, and they utilise a wetland area that they have created to filter waste water from the brewing process. They also use natural ingredients and they support recycling schemes. Evidence of this is to be found at the Moseley Folk Festival and the Mostly Jazz Festivals where drinkers pay £1 for a quality plastic glass which they are encouraged to keep for the weekend to get refilled. I like my Purity in the form of a Mad Goose from the Hare & Hounds, as I'm perched on a stool at 'Ronnie's Corner.'

Having tried the beers on offer from Purity at several local pubs and festivals I have been…read moremightily impressed. Their beer is crisp and fresh and makes a great alternative to the normal choice you often get in pubs, which is either the gassy and rubbish big brand beers like Carling, or else the 'reassuringly expensice' fashionable continental lagers. That Purity is also a local brew makes it all the more worth supporting. I took a trip out to their brewery and was surprised to find that such a great product comes from such a small place. This is literally a small family farm, but the brewery have made great efforts to make it worth the trip out. Their small shop stocks the beer in various shapes and sizes - from gift bottles to kegs - and there are also some tshirts and other branded items if you really want to show your support.

Despite the slightly dodgy name (snicker), Butcombe are a local producer of quality real ales and…read morethey have the award to prove it. So you can buy them all in the shops now and in many pubs now, but they're all brewed right here in a small, one shed factory. I am a fan of all their deep-flavoured, well fermented Gold, Blond, Bitter and Brunel ale varieties. They've even branched out into cider and are in cahoots with other local North Somerset alcohol producer, Thatcher's cider. Visitors are always welcome to the on-site shop, so head on down.

My new favourite brewery! Having been brought up on real ales I've never really fitted in with the…read morewhole cider drinking culture in the south west. So to find Butcombe Brewery just a short bike ride down the road is a real bonus. I'd had a few pints of their bitter since moving to the area (thankfully they serve it in my local pub) I was aware of their mainstream beer already. Then last year I visited the brewery on their open day - what an event! There was a band on, a burger bar and lots of people. They had a wide range of beers on and it really did feel like they'd opened their doors to the public. They even gave away free beer! I did note their brewery tours were booked up well in advance and I'm guessing they might give you a drink or two for free then too. The beer is certainly my new favourite and I hope to pop back at some point to stock up from the shop.

Was thrilled to get to visit Deya Brewing In Cheltenham. Doing some research on them before a…read morerecent trip over, I was pleased to see they made a lot of hazy IPA's, sours and other styles I personally love. The location is hidden away in the Landsdown industrial estate and not a place you'd normally drive by. Outside there are multiple long bench style tables and the place was completely full when we arrived on a Saturday afternoon. Deya has a ton of stuff on tap, cans to go and some pretty cool merchandise, including T-shirt's and glassware. They also had a food truck situated right outside for those looking for food. "Into the Haze" IPA was probably my favorite of the three or four I sampled but a couple of the sours were also pretty impressive. Deya has a VERY American craft beer feel to it and reminded me a lot of some of the vast amount of breweries I continue to visit in the US. The staff were friendly and the prices very reasonable. Very pleased to have discovered Deya and sampled some of their products and will definitely be back whenever in my home town!!! Loved it!

Craft people, I seriously wanted to love Tiny on the back of Jam Donut, Peaches & Cream et al, but…read morethey all turned out to be drink once Craft ponies. Lots of hip branding in the Garage Project vein - most Crafty brewery in New Zealand if you're ever there, but you knew that already! Unlike Garage, not a lot of Craftyness behind it though. Surprisingly limited tap selection - a couple of decent West Coast juices - and kinda posey Craft-cadets tending; they didn't even notice one of the kegs hadn't settled on my pour, instantly detectable to my Craft Jesus eyes. Craft Jesus rating a pretty weak 26 IBU

Not only do these guys make beer but they made a really top effort for the open day and had in some…read moreexcellent beers from other breweries too! All the beers I enjoyed (and I had at least 6 halves) were above average. An industrial estate is never the most pleasant place for a drink but they'd'made a.good fist of it. They were really friendly and we certainly enjoyed ourselves!

PAR-TY! PAR-TY! If…read moreyou love a beer then you will be overjoyed to know that Bath Ales open up their brewery in Warmley as a shop to buy ales in bulk. KEGGER! Staff will help you through the process of looking after and opening the barrels properly. You can get from bottles, 5 litre microcasks, 20 litre beer boxes and if you plan ahead you can order a 72 pint cask. All of their range is available, including Barnstormer, Gem, Wild Hare, Dark Hare, Natural Blonde, SPA and Festivity.