The UK's most underrated breweries (and why)

OK THEN FOLKS! Tell us your favourite, underrated breweries and we'll discuss some of them in this week's podcast. Link is here: https://youtu.be/gFkEw-Y9IIo

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The look on Jonny's face when Brad says "Brewdog have gone in a slightly different direction" 🤣 (My suggestion for underrated brewery: Arundel Brewing)

Delighted that Fierce Beer gets the love in this video, its amazing how much they've grown over the last decade. Nice to remember us up here beyond the wall!

Great to see some love for Salopian Brewery, Shropshire Gold was my first introduction to cask growing up. Another great "under the radar" brewery down the road from Salopian is 'Stonehouse' brewery in Oswestry.

Arbor, for me. Obviously the pint sized cans are a bonus but they're well priced and they make some great beer. One of my favourites. Oh, and Saint Mars of The Desert aka SMOD - they make some cracking beer across the whole spectrum.

Genuinely blessed to have Salopian in a lot of pubs near me - Mind Bomb, one of their cask stouts, was one of my favourite beers last year and it’s always the first pint I have if I find it in a pub

Late to this. Really happy to see Brad stepping up with design chat. Let's face it, design sells a lot of beer, so having a design chap giving a view on packaging is both legit and welcome.

Fierce are great, and I would argue also one of the best value for money craft breweries out there at the moment. Their west coast 'Forest Ranger' is one of my faves of the year, and one of the best examples of the 'classic' west coast styles I've tried in ages.

When you mentioned this video on last week’s podcast my first thought was Red Willow so it’s great to see them featured. Fantastic beers across a wide range of styles and I’ve never had a bad one yet. My brother and I did a brew day experience with them last month which was epic - we picked up loads of tips that will hopefully elevate our home brewing to the next level 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Atom brewery in Hull knock out some banging beers, as do Zapato in Huddersfield. Both doing a good mixture of styles.

Add Wold Top to your list. Belting beers from Yorkshire. Very pleased to see Salopian & Red Willow on your video, both absolutely fantastic when I drink them on cask at Ferry Tavern, Penketh, Warrington.

Rivington brew co deserve a lot of love. Best 5-8% iPas in the area.

Great video guys. Watching from a bar in Kortrijk drinking Westmelle.

Overtone for me always smash it. However can never get same beer again which can be annoying! 71 are also great often overlooked.

Thanks for the suggestions (personal favs are Northern Monk and Thornbridge).

It's great to learn about what breweries are out there. I would love to see this type of video regularly.

Good vid - and great to see Red Willow getting some recognition. We're fortunate to get it regularly in pubs here in Sheffield. Also interesting reading some of the suggestions about breweries on here that I know well - but never been too impressed by - which shows you how personal what you like about a brewery is. If you're doing another similar vid - i'll big up Sheffield's St Mars of the Desert - American craft brewer came to Shef via Belgium with his Yorkshire partner - and produce a fine range of European inspired beers beyond the standard IPAs/stouts that every brewery does. Nice graphics too.

Love my local brewery (Bexley brewery) and their micro pub (The bird and barrel) near Barnehurst station. Some great traditional and modern beers 🍻

Makemake in Portsmouth. Incredible brewery. Focus on really sour sours and mega juicy IPAs but their darks are also fantastic. They do pop up on the online shops but not in high volumes at all and hardly ever get talked about. Hands down best sour I've ever had is from these guys, as is one of my favourite DIPAs.