Birmingham shown within the West Midlands county

This is a list of breweries in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

Operational breweries

Name Area Opened
Aston Manor Brewery Company Ltd Nechells 1983
Attic Brew Co Stirchley 2018
Birmingham Brewing Company[1] Stirchley 2016
Brewhouse & Kitchen[2] Sutton Coldfield 2015
Burning Soul Brewing Ltd [3] Jewellery Quarter 2016
Froth Blowers Brewing Company Ltd[4] Erdington 2013
GlassHouse Beer Co Stirchley 2016
Halton Turner Brewing Company Digbeth 2018
Indian Brewery Company [5] Great Barr 2015
Infinity [6] Maypole 2020
Leviathan Brewing Ltd[7] Sutton Coldfield 2019
Moseley Beer Company Ltd[8] Moseley 2015
Ostlers Ales Ltd[9] Harborne 2013
Rock & Roll Brewhouse Ltd[10] Harborne 2013
Sommar Brewing Company [11] Birmingham City Centre 2019
The Two Towers Brewery Ltd[12] Gun Quarter 2010

Defunct breweries

Alex Forrest and Sons' Warstone Brewery, as depicted in 'Bisset's Magnificent Guide' in 1808
Wellhead Brewery, seen in 1950
Name Area Opened Closed
ABC (The Pride Of Aston) Ltd[13] Aston 2008 2012
Ansells Brewery Ltd Aston 1857 1981[14]
Beer Geek Brewery Limited Nechells 2011 2013
Birmingham Brewery Ltd Nechells 2008 2010
The Birmingham Old Brewery 1782 Unknown
Davenport's Brewery Ltd[15][16] City Centre 1896 1998
Dig Brew Co [17] [18] Digbeth 2017 2023
Faculty & Firkin Nechells 1997 1999
Fiddle and Bone Brewing Company Ladywood 1999 Unknown
Fieldmouse & Firkin at the Fighting Cocks Moseley 1996 1999
The Holt Brewery Co Ltd[19] Nechells 1872 1934
Edmunds Brewhouse City Centre 2015 2018
Ivybush Brewery[20] Edgbaston 1994 1998
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery Cape Hill 1898 2002
Original Brewing Company Birmingham[21] Rubery 1998 2000
Thousand Trades Brewing Co. Hall Green 2016 2017
Urban Brewery[22] Jewellery Quarter 2009 2015
Warstone Brewery Jewellery Quarter fl. 1808
Wellhead Brewery[23][24] Perry Barr fl. 1890

References

  1. ^ "New Birmingham brewery opens making special Brummie beer". Birmingham Mail. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Brewhouse and Kitchen in Sutton Coldfield: What's the food like at Sutton's newest brew pub?". Birmingham Mail. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Burning Soul Brewing". Burning Soul Brewing Company. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Good Beer Guide features West Midlands microbreweries". Birmingham Post. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Brewsmiths to reopen as Indian street food cafe and bar". Birmingham Mail. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Infinity Brewing".
  7. ^ "Leviathan Brew Co". Leviathan Brewing.
  8. ^ "Moseley Beer Company". Moseley Beer Company. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. ^ "White Horse Harborne". White Horse Harborne. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Treat for ale fans as The Jewellery Quarter's Two Towers brewery host beer festival". Birmingham Mail. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  11. ^ "A new taproom and cocktail lounge is opening in the city centre". Birmingham Mail. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Birmingham beer named after famous nookie spot at the 'Bhacker Ackhams'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Aston's ABC Brewery to open new bar in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Birmingham beer drinkers bitter over brewery plans to axe Ansells Mild". Birmingham Mail. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  15. ^ "End of the road for Davenports beer". Birmingham Mail. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Directory of UK Real Ale Brewery / Davenport's Brewery". Quaffle. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Famous pie factory opens brewery in Digbeth". Birmingham Mail. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Birmingham brewery Dig Brew collapses in terrible loss to city". Birmingham Mail. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  19. ^ Lesley Richmond and Alison Turton, ed. (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press. p. 185. ISBN 0-7190-3032-3. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  20. ^ "Ivybush Brewery". Quaffle. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Original Brewing Company Birmingham". Quaffle. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  22. ^ "Further blow for brewing industry". Birmingham Mail. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  23. ^ "Side by side georeferenced maps viewer". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  24. ^ "Our Picture Gallery. No 70. – Councillor Edgar Evans". Handsworth. Vol. VI, no. 70. April 1900.

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