Breweries around Brighton & South Downs

Under different management since 2020 but still brewing at Sheffield Park, adjacent to the famous Bluebell Railway. The brewery is committed to producing high quality cask conditioned ales and has inc... View

Founded in Lewes in 2017, the brewery moved to its current premises at the old Southdown Brewery Malthouse in 2021. Cask beers are not normally produced but the onsite taproom (Thu-Sat) offers a chang... View

Beak is an independent brewery and taproom in the historic brewing town of Lewes. It brews a wide range of beers, from hop-forward IPAs and best bitters, to saisons and imperial stouts. View

Brighton Bier was established in 2012. It operates a 15-barrel brewery close to the centre of the city and also owns the Brighton Bierhaus pub, in Brighton. Beers are available throughout the UK and e... View

BRZN started in 2019, initally cuckoo brewing around Sussex, before moving into a central Brighton shipping container in 2020. In 2023 it moved to a large space outside Lewes, with plans to expand. A... View

Burning Sky started brewing in 2013 using a 15-barrel plant, based on the Firle Estate in the South Downs. It is owned and run by Mark Tranter (ex-Dark Star head brewer). The brewery has its own yeast... View

A 10-barrel brewery set up in 2012 distributing beers across South East England. View

Overlooking the South Downs National Park, the brewery's ethos is to use Sussex ingredients wherever possible and to pursue a policy of sustainability. An onsite taproom is open Fridays. View

Founded in 1989, Brighton’s tiny Hand in Hand Brewpub hides the smallest commercially operating tower brewery in the world, and is the smaller sibling of its main production site in Worthing. The Wort... View

Established in 1790, this independent, family brewery operates from the banks of the River Ouse in Lewes. A major development in 1985 doubled the brewhouse capacity to more than 38,000 barrels a year.... View

Heathen opened its new brewery in 2021, moving from the more restricted premises at the Grape & Grain off-licence into a former barn. The new premises has an adjoining taproom (Thursday-Saturday). Bee... View

Hurst was founded in 2012, but reviving a name dating back to 1862. View

Kiln brewery was set up by two friends in 2014. Following a search for new premises, it has joined forces with Missing Link brewery. Although Kiln's website is focusing on keg and canned beer, they ar... View

Laine launched its first brewery in 2012, in Brighton, using a five-barrel plant based within the North Laine pub. The brewing equipment and process can be viewed from the bar. A number of sister brew... View

Following two years of homebrewing research, commercial brewing began in 2018 in the Urchin, Hove - a shellfish and craft beer pub. Beer is only available in the pub, mainly in keg, with cask-conditio... View

Launched in 2017, the three founders transferred more than 50 years of joint experience in the wine industry to brewing. Cuckoo brewing at two local breweries, the beer is unpasteurised, unfiltered an... View

The brewery was established in 2016 using a 10-barrel plant in the Kemptown area of Brighton. The current owner, Elias, took over in 2021, and since the beer range has been completely revamped. The ta... View

Nanobrewery situated in the Independent in Brighton, established in 2020. Beers are produced under the watchful eye of head brewer Martyn Haddock. View

Founded in 2023 by James Harley, previously with Bestens Brewery, North Garden now shares the same Burgess Hill site as Bestens, with the aim of serving the community by producing a range of beers usi... View

A co-operative based in Brighton producing a unique range of small-batch, probiotic and celebration drinks. It supplies its own zero-waste Silo restaurant. Brewing and gardening are combined, and a pr... View