The Best Own-Brew Pubs

Flower Pots, Cheriton, Hampshire
Own-brew beers in rustic pub with simple rooms and simple food.

Church Inn, Uppermill, Lancashire
Lively good value community pub with own brews from big range, lots of pets, and good food; children very welcome.

Grainstore, Oakham, Leicestershire and Rutland
Super own-brewed beers in converted railway grain warehouse, friendly staff, cheerful customers and pubby food.

Burton Bridge Inn, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Straightforward cheery tap for the Burton Bridge Brewery; lunchtime snacks only

St Peters Brewery, South Elmham, Suffolk
Lovely manor dating back to 13th c with some fine original features, own brew beers, and inventive food.

Brunswick, Derby
One of Britain's oldest railwaymen's pubs, now something of a treasure trove of real ales, with its own microbrewery adjacent.

Gribble, Oving, Sussex
Own-brewed beers in bustling 16th-c thatched pub with beamed and timbered linked rooms, traditional bar food, and pretty garden.

Fat Cat, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Super own-brewed beers and guests in friendly, bustling town local, plenty of bottled beers too, remarkably cheap tasty food; brewery visits.

Moulin, Pitlochry, Scotland
Attractive much extended 17th-c family-run inn with comfortably traditional atmosphere, own-brewed beers, 40 malt whiskies, wide food choice, busy pubby bar with cushioned booths divided by stained-glass country scenes, big fireplace, some stripped stone, local and sporting prints, bar billiards and board games, traditional music summer Weds; children welcome, picnic-sets out on gravel looking across to village kirk, small garden, comfortable bedrooms, open all day.

White Hart, Llanddarog, Wales
Popular thatched pub full of interest and antiques, unusual own-brew beers and good portions of bar food.