North Riding Brewery
Microbrewery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Established in 2015
Contact
Unit 6, Barkers Lane, Snainton, Scarborough, YO13 9BD, England
Description
We’re a friendly bunch of Yorkshire folk with a passion for all things ale. Since 2015, we’ve been driven by a passion for innovating ales, while sticking to the traditional methods and high quality that you know and love.
The North Riding Brewery is based in the village of Snainton, just outside the seaside town of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Every day we’re blessed with chocolate box views of God’s own county and refreshing sea air. You could say there’s a little taste of Yorkshire in every brew.
Our production process is simple. We currently brew three times a week in our microbrewery, focusing on hop-forward modern ales with the finest ingredients.
Our mission is to delight your taste buds with a little love from Yorkshire. We’ll drink to that.
First brewed during March 2015 using a 10BBL plant. Initially it was based at the Betton Business Park, East Ayton, Scarborough. It is a sister brewery to North Riding Brewpub. In Summer 2019 the brewery relocated to their current location.
The majority of the output now comes from East Ayton but the brewpub also continues to operate, primarily for small batch beers sold at the pub, test brews and the occasional festival special.
The North Riding Brewery is based in the village of Snainton, just outside the seaside town of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Every day we’re blessed with chocolate box views of God’s own county and refreshing sea air. You could say there’s a little taste of Yorkshire in every brew.
Our production process is simple. We currently brew three times a week in our microbrewery, focusing on hop-forward modern ales with the finest ingredients.
Our mission is to delight your taste buds with a little love from Yorkshire. We’ll drink to that.
First brewed during March 2015 using a 10BBL plant. Initially it was based at the Betton Business Park, East Ayton, Scarborough. It is a sister brewery to North Riding Brewpub. In Summer 2019 the brewery relocated to their current location.
The majority of the output now comes from East Ayton but the brewpub also continues to operate, primarily for small batch beers sold at the pub, test brews and the occasional festival special.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#6. Dark, the least black of the festival beers had so far. Its mint chocolate is heavy in aroma and aftertaste, with some respite in taste. At ice cream serving levels, rich, borderline overbearing.
Tried
from Cask
at
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
on 07 Nov 2025
at 20:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#7. Extremely dark red colour. Easy strength and texture but does provide as it suggests a plentiful enough amount of chocolate in both aroma and taste, which is slightly better stated in the former. Watery texture.
Tried
from Cask
at
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand pulled half pint in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks on 29th October 2025. Almost black bodied, beige crown on top. Yip, can taste the Parkin, chocolate and ginger coming through without it being sickly or sticky in nature. Wasn't sure if I'd like it, I did!
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Fighting Cocks
on 29 Oct 2025
at 19:30
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
28/10/2025. Cask at Norwich Beer Festival (Waterfront). Great pour. Lots of sweet peanut butter, caramel, chocolate, jammy fruits. Quite sweet taste. Medium bodied. Smooth. Soft carbonation. More PB&J than PB.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2025
at 14:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled pint at the Pheasant Inn & Brewhouse on Sunday, 19th October 2025. Second pub of the afternoon, Margie and Bertie in attendance. Clean bodied, white crust. Easy going blend with a hop centric flavour, fruity, piney and slightly earthy. It's fine.
Tried
from Cask
at
Pheasant
on 19 Oct 2025
at 16:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#1. Near black with plenty of cookie and caramels in both aroma and taste, not my usual starter at a festival, but a very welcome one.
Tried
from Cask
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 06:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Pup & Duckling, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear yellow golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, big lemon citrus. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, light sweet, with a light, fresh, juicy lemon citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Pup & Duckling
on 03 Oct 2025
at 19:44
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear gold with a frothy white head and a citrusy aroma. Fruity and fresh with some light biscuit malt and a burst of hop bitterness, finishes dry and bitter.
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival
on 26 Sep 2025
at 19:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Gravity poured third of a pint at the Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 25th September 2025. Dark brown, beige top. Nutty, malty and a little thin body wise.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2025
at 11:40