Breweries around Sunderland & South Tyneside

Brewlab was founded in London in 1986, moved to Sunderland in 1991, and in 2011 moved to its present purpose-built facility. It provides training courses for UK and worldwide brewers, and also offers... View

Rising from the ashes of Sunderland brewer Vaux, Maxim was set up with a 20-barrel plant in Houghton-le-Spring in 2007. More than 100 outlets are supplied direct and two pubs are owned. A weekday phon... View

Brewing commenced in 2020 at Tow Law in County Durham with beers available in both the County Durham and Wearside areas. The brewery then moved to share premises with Great North Eastern (qv), however... View

Opened in 2020, Vaux is a five-barrel microbrewery resurrecting the old Vaux Brewery name. Vaux was a major regional brewer, which closed in 1999. Its taproom is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The... View

Wear Beer was launched in 2023 in the cellar of the Ship Isis in Sunderland by Julio Romero Johnson, following nine years as project and brewing assistant at Sunderland brewing institution Brewlab. A... View