Breweries Pouring At Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2025
One of the unique-selling points of our festival is that we don’t just buy beers in to sell on to you. Instead we bring the breweries to you directly. When you visit NCBF you buy your beers from stalls staffed by representatives from that brewery. So if you have any questions about the beer you have the right people in front of you to ask…
Amity
A Leeds-based brewery who specialise in making fresh, modern interpretations of classic beer styles.
Anthology
Bang The Elephant
Bang The Elephant brew big dark beers in Langley Mill. Regulars at the festival will know all about their finely crafted small-batch beers.
Bang The Elephant website
BEAK
Below Brew Co
Black Iris
Nottingham’s legends who need no introduction around these parts, with their iconic black and white artwork and beers themed around heavy music. Their tap room in Basford is well worth a visit.
Black Iris brewery website
Blue Monkey
Brew Cavern
Nottingham’s beloved bottleshop will be with us at the festival again this year. They've also just taken on a new venue (Brew Tavern) in Nottingham Train Station. If you're getting in by rail then stop off for a pint on the way in.
Brew Cavern website
Brew York
Award-winning brewery founded in 2016 in - you guessed it - York. Brew York have bars in both York and Leeds and offer up a wide variety of beer styles for can, keg and cask.
Castle Rock
Local brewery and pub group Castle Rock have dominated the Notts beer scene for decades. Their core range needs no intro, but their pilot project brews is what keeps everyone on their toes.
Cloudwater
DEYA
We’ve been trying to get Deya, based in Cheltenham, with their hoppy beers, lagers and mixed fermentation ales at NCBF since we started.
Emperors
Join the darkside! Emperors don’t do many festivals (because their beer is hard to get hold of), but happily they are regulars with us.
Firerock
Straight out of Sutton in Ashfield, Firerock brewing co are a micro-brewery who also run a bar and bottleshop over that end of Notts. Welcome!
Lincoln Green
Liquid Light
Notts brewery Liquid Light will be pouring with us and also have a lovely brewery and tap room just round the corner. Afterparty anyone?
Little Earth Project
Suffolk grown, untamed beer made with foraged ingredients, fermented with wild yeast and bacteria. Welcome back Little Earth Project!
Lost Cause
Magpie
Founded in 2006 as a traditional real ale brewery, Magpie Brewery have expanded to make a variety of beers from trad, NEIPAs, sours and everything in between. Their brewery and taproom next door to the Notts County FC stadium is one for the bucket list.
Neon Raptor
As their brewery is located within the festival site it’s no surprise that Neon Raptor will be joining us this year. Expect plenty of tasty experimental beers and retro video game references.
Pomona Island
Award-winning Pomona from Salford. Expect amazing IPAs and ales, with stouts and sours too.
Queer Brewing
Radio City
Round Corner
Siren
Berkshire-based Siren Craft Brew create flavour-forward beers designed to excite and intrigue. Their mission is to get everyone on that journey of discovery into what beer can be. Temptation is calling…
Sneinton Cider Company
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This year we will be joined by Sneinton Cider Company offering small batch cider made from very locally-sourced wild apples.
Stannary
Tartarus Beers
If you like the sound of small batch craft beer, with a mythical edge then you’ll like Tartarus Beers, hailing from Sheepscar just outside of Leeds City Centre.
Thornbridge
Thornbridge Brewery is based in Bakewell and has been operating since 2005. The brewery has picked up over 350 domestic and international awards, including over 100 for their flagship IPA, Jaipur. Thornbridge have always brewed the finest quality beer with a passion, recognising that not only quality but consistency and innovation are key to creating amazing and beautifully balanced beer.
Track
Manchester-based brewery Track specialise in hop-forward styles and imperial stouts. The brewery is named after and themed around a love of cycling.
Turning Point
Brewing out of Knaresborough (near Leeds) Turning Point are bringing their world filled with hops, good music, and space travel to NCBF24.
