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.

     Show



7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
24/9/2025. Cask at The Fat Cat, Ipswich. Good pour. Nice caramel, malty, roasted aroma. Taste is not too sweet, balanced well with roasted bitterness. Decent body, soft carbonation. Very drinkable.
Tried from Cask at Fat Cat on 24 Sep 2025 at 12:14

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
York Beer Festival 2025, Beer#7. Clear blonde coloured, easy-drinking hopped session ale.
Tried from Cask at York Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 19 Sep 2025 at 03:44

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Kwg at Old Bank House, Tamworth. Darkest brown. Thin beige head. Aroma is full on sweet caramel. Flavourwise it has light berries and malts. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice.
Tried from Draft at Old Bank House, Tamworth on 05 Sep 2025 at 20:24

7/10
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2025 at 18:37

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried from Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 13:28

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
20/8/2025. Cask at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival.
Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2025 at 16:58

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Greenhead Beer Festival 2025, Beer#3. Easy enough, pleasant water fruity session ale with a mix of stone and tropical. Just going to leave a footnote that this might possibly be version 111 received by the festival and not 112 as per the pump clip.
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2025 at 14:12

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Greenhead Beer Festival 2025, Beer#1. Black starter as the rest I want are much paler. The additions of the biscuit make this a rich tasting but flavoursome stout.
Tried on 15 Aug 2025 at 13:43

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Eltham Wines. Nose is dark chocolate, coffee, smoke. Taste is rich dark chocolate, coffee, raisin, smoke, cocoa. Smoky sweet with a light bitter backbone. Certainly has that foreign extra stout vibe. Great stuff.
Tried from Bottle from Eltham Wines on 01 Aug 2025 at 09:20