Bridgehouse Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Keighley,
West Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Airedale Heifer (Bridgehouse)
Established in 2010
Contact
Airedale Heifer, Bradford Road, Sandbeds, Keighley, BD20 5LY, England
Description
Bridgehouse Brewery is a 15bl brewery that is located in our purpose built brewhouse in the grounds of our flagship pub The Airedale Heifer at Sandbeds Keighley .
in March 2010 Bridgehouse Brewery purchased the kit of the closed Ryburn Brewery and commenced brewing in Keighley and very soon moved up the Worth valley to Oxenhope. In May 2014, Bridgehouse and Old Bear merged and the brewery moved to the Old Bear site in Aireworth Road. A new brewhouse was then built behind the Airedale Heifer pub at Sandbeds, between Keighley and Bingley, and the brewing is now done there. To this day Bridgehouse Brewery still use open top fermenters and traditional brewing menthods.
in March 2010 Bridgehouse Brewery purchased the kit of the closed Ryburn Brewery and commenced brewing in Keighley and very soon moved up the Worth valley to Oxenhope. In May 2014, Bridgehouse and Old Bear merged and the brewery moved to the Old Bear site in Aireworth Road. A new brewhouse was then built behind the Airedale Heifer pub at Sandbeds, between Keighley and Bingley, and the brewing is now done there. To this day Bridgehouse Brewery still use open top fermenters and traditional brewing menthods.
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2026 Skipton Beer Festival 2. Extremely dark, not quite black smooth textured porter. Slightly sweet, not really tasting its strength. Rich sugars.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2026
at 17:40
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Hop & Vine
on 13 Mar 2026
at 20:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#5. Lighter golden with a glow. Nice fuller texture, and quite fruity too, but also distinctively dry in character.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2025
at 14:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Pale brown, plum brings a lot of sourness and fruit but there’s not much malt to support it, so it basically goes nowhere.
Tried
on 10 May 2025
at 19:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A dark chestnut brown coloured pour with a lasting loose halo of beige head. Aroma is a semi sweet layered malts, sticky, layered, liquorice,, refined sugars. Custard. Apple, toasted malts, alcohol, grass.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2025
at 22:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared courtesy of Grumbo. Aroma of bread, butter, caramel and hopes. Caramel comes through on the taste with slight carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared courtesy of Grumbo. Aroma of fruits, cocoa and fudge. Creamy taste but a little thin. Still enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:05
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Shared courtesy of Grumbo with ITFCDan. Aroma of malty caramel and slightly spicy. Taste is slightly metallic, watery with berries. No carbonation. Not really for me.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2024. Slightly deeper golden colour. Floral heavy in both taste and its lingering aftertaste, and aroma too. There are notes of citrus underpinning this with mango the most prominent fruit.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 08:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2024. Golden in colour. Mild orange citrus available in aroma and taste, also lingering with a hoppiness in its aftertaste.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 08:15