NorthDown Brewery

Microbrewery in Margate, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Contact
Westwood Industrial Estate, Unit J1C/A Channel Road, Margate, CT9 4JS, England
Description
NorthDown brew award winning beers with a focus on hop forward modern ales, producing a variety of beers spanning cask perfect best bitters, modern hazy pale ales and flavour forward IPAs.

Founded in 2018 by Husband & Wife duo Jonny & Katie Spanjar who were drawn to Margate for its coastal vibes, embracing community and bountiful history. Their hard work truly paid off with recent industry gongs for their two most loved beers - The ‘Taste of Kent Awards’ taking home Best Kent Beer 2020 for ‘Pale Ale Mary’ Pale Ale and winning praise from the cask ale aficionados CAMRA with a medal for ‘Merry Margate’ Golden Session Ale in the Kent CAMRA festival 2019.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, half pint. @"Vinyl Tap", Preston (England) 18/02/2026
[#8.856 Global - #1.164 England - #1 NorthDown Brewery (My English brewery #355)]
Pours dark golden with a small off-white head. Aroma: orange pith, grapefruit and sugary malts. Taste: Citrusy and grapefruit. Loved the music pairing.
Next one, please!

Tried from Cask at Vinyl Tap on 18 Feb 2026 at 18:29


5.5

Tried from Cask on 08 Feb 2026 at 09:01


6

Tried from Cask on 08 Feb 2026 at 08:56


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2026 at 20:41


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2026 at 20:35


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

6/2/2026. Cask at the 16th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Aroma is woody, musty, brussel sprouts. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2026 at 14:32


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

6/2/2026. Cask at the 16th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Aroma is musty, passion fruit, citrus, orange. Very watery.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2026 at 14:14


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

30/1/2026. Cask at the 17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival.

Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2026 at 16:16


6.5

Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2026 at 13:59


6.5

Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2026 at 13:58