North Riding Brewery

Microbrewery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2015

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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.

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6.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Served by a woman in such a foul mood I briefly thought I was married again! Session golden with a creamy head, very good looking, good hopped character.
Tried from Cask at Record Cafe on 23 May 2025 at 18:26

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Beer number #12 tried at the Skipton Beer Festival 2025, the last and only dark beer today too. Strong in name, although not particularly in taste or mouthfeel, which is smooth. Dark malt taste, which lingers.
Tried from Cask on 23 May 2025 at 15:16

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Beer number #9 tried at the Skipton Beer Festival 2025, and have come outside to enjoy this one in the sun. It's a little heavy to be a hot day terrace beer, but has a decent full body with nice citrus to enjoy, leading to a lingering tropical aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 23 May 2025 at 14:10

8.3/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Bier Huis Ossett. Birthday gift from the missus. As North Riding Vic Secret. It’s minus the Aussie Pale bit now. Glowing orange gold. Kernel-esque swede. Ripened orange. Sweet lemon. Herbal floral type of twang to it. Super clean malt backdrop. Taste is well balanced honey sweet with clean ripe citrus bitterness. Lovely nick this, with light but brisk carbonation. Extremely quaffable tasty pale.
Tried from Bottle from Bier Huis on 02 May 2025 at 16:57

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Mid-orange gold, just a tiny bit of haze with a small tight beige head. Pleasant creamy citrus notes on the nose. Taste is just absolutely gorgeous. Sweet at first, with an intense yet subtle wave of apricot. Fades to a quite serious bitterness. Medium body with a light oily texture. Soft carbonation. An incredible beer.
Tried from Cask at Blue Boar on 29 Apr 2025 at 17:02

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Tried from Cask at Pheasant on 25 Apr 2025 at 20:34

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Eltham Wines. Nose is caramel, chocolate raisin, toffee, cocoa, cola, black treacle. Taste is very similar with a light nutty backnote. Roasty sweet & lightly bitter.
Tried from Bottle from Eltham Wines on 19 Apr 2025 at 10:24

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at Fuggles Cafe Tonbridge. Black beer thin tan head. Some dryness. Some chewy malts. Some juiciness too Some dark fruits. It's ok not my thing but the blackcurrant jam flavour is attractive.
Tried from Cask at Fuggles Beer Cafe (Tonbridge) on 12 Apr 2025 at 11:38

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask. Crow. Light hazed gold. Good white foam. Buttery malts. Peach and pineapple. Crisp bitter and easy smashable. Great golde.
Tried on 01 Apr 2025 at 16:10

8/10
Fucking glorious. Both venue and beer!
Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2025 at 19:54