Breweries around Edinburgh & South East Scotland

The only microbrewery in Edinburgh's city centre, Barney's Beer was founded in 2010 and now brews on the site of the original 1800s Summerhall Brewery. Summerhall is Edinburgh's centre for the arts an... View

Belhaven is Scotland's oldest working brewery, established 1719. Nestling between the rolling hills of East Lothian and a beautiful bay (the meaning of Belhaven), it brews beers using 100% Scottish ma... View

Bellfield was established in 2014 and was the UK’s first certified gluten-free brewery. It is accredited by Coeliac UK and registered with the Vegan Society. The new site with taproom and all-weather... View

Scotland's original plough-to-pint brewery, it started brewing as Scottish Borders Brewery in 2011, using its own barley, before changing name to Born in the Borders Brewery, and then Born Brewery in... View

Founded in 1979, Broughton Ales was one of the first microbreweries. Broughton has developed since then, and though more than 60% of production goes into bottle for sale in Britain and abroad, it reta... View

Campervan began brewing in 2016 in a garage and an old campervan (hence the name). The van is still used for some events. A new 10-barrel facility in Leith was opened in 2017. Further expansion follow... View

Launched as a microbrewery in an old, disused church on Grassmarket in 2018, Cold Town evolved quickly and expanded to a larger site in 2019. The original brewery metamorphised into a bar and restaura... View

Established in 2016 by childhood friends Jonathan Wilson and Gary Munckton. Cross Borders brews traditional Scottish ales without pretension. The brewery has an onsite taproom open Friday-Saturday. View

With beers named after the mountain bike trails and landscape of the Tweed Valley, Durty Brewing brings a fresh perspective to its beers. Beers are available in cask, keg, bottle and can. View

Family-run brewery that was established in 2015. Packaging inspired by Leith-born artist Eduardo Paolozzi. The beers are available in bottle, keg and can. Brewing ceased in Edinburgh in 2022, before m... View

Brewing began in 2012 from within the Hanging Bat bar using a 50-litre brew kit from the United States. View

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This in-house brewery operates from a space next to, and visible from, the Keller Taproom. There is also a distillery. The first unfiltered craft lager appeared in mid-2021. View

Family-owned brewery founded in 2022, fusing traditional beers styles with modern ingredients and rigorous scientific approach. The owner scours historic brewery records for beer recipes, looks far an... View

Brewing commenced in 2021 from a site close to the Water of Leith using a 35hl three-vessel brew kit. The range of core beers together with seasonal beers, one-offs and collaborations are produced. Be... View

The four founders moved north from London (having worked at Kernel and Siren breweries in the past decade), and opened Newbarns in 2020. Real ale production commenced at the end of 2021. An adjacent t... View

Originally set up at the ecological organic farm, East Coast Organics in Pencaitland, Newt Brew has moved to new premises at Eskbank, Musselburgh, just outside Edinburgh. Beers are produced in 100-1,0... View

Otherworld Brewing Ltd was established in 2022 and specialises in producing modern sour and mixed fermentation beers. There is a quarterly cask release of special beers, however, beers are mostly avai... View

Pilot began brewing in 2013 in an industrial unit in Leith using a five-barrel plant. A move to larger premises has allowed for expansion. Beers are unfined and unfiltered, some vegan and gluten-free.... View

Founded by partners Kat Drinnan and Jimmy Mehtala in 2019, this home-based, 60-litre nanobrewery produces four core beers. View