Top quality craft ales and super delicious pizza. What more can you ask?
Steve m
Definitely 5 stars for the brewery tap .I've been to quite a few before but really liked this one. It's huge inside with pleanty of seating. Seating outside also.There are plenty of drinks to choose from. They also have a kitchen so serve food. The shop had plenty of product's for purchase.The young lady at the bar was friendly and polite.Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.
MPH
A friend and I visited for the Brewery Experience and cannot recommend it enough.We went for the Sunday 11.30am slot knowing we’d finish for lunch and be able to grab a pizza (they’re worth the visit alone!!).Liam, our host, welcomed us at the door and was great throughout. Welcoming, relaxed, educational and a great conversation for two lads that like their beer!After the experience, we found a table in the tap room, selected our pizzas and continued to try their wide selection of keg and cask options. A really good day was had and all for a very reasonable cost.
Faye Westby
The food and drink was lovely but the person that served us really didn’t want to be there
David Morris
Short walk from the town centre 15-20mins) or a couple of minutes by car with plenty of free parking.Large, bright and warm with plenty of seating and tables, freshly baked home made pizza to partner the wide variety of beers on tap.Shop for takeaways.Brewery tours available.
nick rock
Great venue
Matthew Shaw
A group of 11 of us enjoyed this tasting experience on 30 December. As others have said there is no tour. You sit at a long table in the taproom and listen to an entertaining overview of the setting up of the brewery and how Jaipur kickstarted the craft beer revolution. You sniff some malted barley and some hops then watch a video whilst the tasting planks are brought out. It's great if you like their beers, and good if you enjoy tasting beers. The speaker is engaging, entertaining and knowledgeable which is another plus point and the taproom serves amazing pizzas which is another plus point.For me two elements would improve the tour hugely - firstly something to nibble on - six thirds is a surprisingly high number to get through without something to snack on. And I reckon that showing how crisps enhance the flavours of some of the beers would really help sales - or even little bits of pizza as an extra selling link.My second proposal is that they do a drivers pack. We had two drivers in our group who were given a coffee - the rest of us got to enjoy their beer. Yet there's a no alcohol beer on tap - why on earth was that not given to the drivers, and then a can of Jaipur to drink when they got home. Instead they paid full price but it was a bit of a rip off.Other than that I would recommend this tasting experience as well as holidays in the Peak District to anyone!
Neil Bowers
I've been itching to visit the Thornbridge brewery and now that it has been scratched.A group of us had a tour booked at 2:30 on Sunday the 19th of November. We arrived 15 minutes early so we were booked in and waited (with a beer of course).The tour was hosted by Will who had not been doing the roll long. But, he did a grand job and presented things really well.There was a Q&A, 10 minute video on the history of Thornbridge and 6 1/3 of beer included for £17.50 pp. Oh, and you also got a pint glass to keep at the end plus 10% off to use in the shop.Once the tour had finished you were free to sit in the confines of the brewery to finish your beer or head to the tap room for more beer which is what we did.The tap room is amazing, one of the best I've been to. The staff were very friendly and there were over 14 beer taps available. So much choice it was like Christmas.We decided to also have food. Thornbridge serve pizzas which were reasonably priced and ruddy lovely too.I cannot recommend visiting Thornbridge brewery and tap room enough.
Kasia Marciniak
The best brewery experience that you can imagine! There wasn’t much tour around brewery but was a lot of tasting! Highly recommended! Johnathan was amazing host and was telling us great stories and answered all questions. Make sure that you don’t have to drive after because it’s so many amazing beers to try! We got also great glasses and 10% off from the shop. Well worth the money! Gonna recommend it to everyone who’s around Peak District or who’s big beer fan. If I’ll be around I’ll pop in again too! Must try!
Ben Thurgood
Great venue. Fantastic range of beers and ales on offer.We had a brewery talk/"tour" which was hosted by Liam. Liam was informative and passionate, he also chucked in the odd joke to keep us chuckling throughout the talk.Would definitely recommend.For the price of the ticket this was fantastic value, 6x 1/3 beer/ales, so to have an informative talk in addition to this is great.
Pizza and beer in a cool setting. We caught the RWC 2023 match here too. The food was tasty and reasonably priced. The beers were vast in selection, although I stuck to the green mountain which I think is better than Brewdog's Hazy Jane. I'll come back here when I visit Bakewell.
Geraldine Headley
Currently in Madrid Spain at ‘Brew Wild’ and really enjoying your Lord Marples! Had it last night, and again tonight, leaving for Australia tomorrow… any chance of you getting this in at Dan Murphy’s in South Australia?
Mark Lodge
We did the Brewery Experience. Gave us 6 3rds of a pint of various beers and ales to try, a video to watch, some hops, barley and stuff to sniff plus an entertaining and informative talk. Good value for £15 although it is just a case of sitting and listening/watching as you don't actually tour round or anything! Stayed on to check out other ales in the afternoon. Lots to choose from and we ate a few pizzas too. It's amazingly busy on a Saturday in October, especially when you consider it's a warehouse on edge of Bakewell. It's got good atmosphere and feels right especially if you enjoy the odd ale or two?
Richard Mays
Only popped in very briefly to the shop to buy a few beers to take home, but the chap who served me was very friendly and helpful. The beer Hall looked great, I wished I could have stayed to drink a few beers but was driving! Next time I shall leave the car at home!
Danny Thwaites
Great talk through the history of the brewery and the brewing process, but not as interesting as the full brewery tour in around 2017 where we saw everything from yeast rehydration to bottling. There was a lot of noise from the general public in the taproom which made the video and talk hard to hear. Good value for money though with 6 excellent beers as 3rds guided well by Liam and a good quality pint glass as a souvenir.
Top quality craft ales and super delicious pizza. What more can you ask?
Definitely 5 stars for the brewery tap .I've been to quite a few before but really liked this one. It's huge inside with pleanty of seating. Seating outside also.There are plenty of drinks to choose from. They also have a kitchen so serve food. The shop had plenty of product's for purchase.The young lady at the bar was friendly and polite.Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.
A friend and I visited for the Brewery Experience and cannot recommend it enough.We went for the Sunday 11.30am slot knowing we’d finish for lunch and be able to grab a pizza (they’re worth the visit alone!!).Liam, our host, welcomed us at the door and was great throughout. Welcoming, relaxed, educational and a great conversation for two lads that like their beer!After the experience, we found a table in the tap room, selected our pizzas and continued to try their wide selection of keg and cask options. A really good day was had and all for a very reasonable cost.
The food and drink was lovely but the person that served us really didn’t want to be there
Short walk from the town centre 15-20mins) or a couple of minutes by car with plenty of free parking.Large, bright and warm with plenty of seating and tables, freshly baked home made pizza to partner the wide variety of beers on tap.Shop for takeaways.Brewery tours available.
Great venue
A group of 11 of us enjoyed this tasting experience on 30 December. As others have said there is no tour. You sit at a long table in the taproom and listen to an entertaining overview of the setting up of the brewery and how Jaipur kickstarted the craft beer revolution. You sniff some malted barley and some hops then watch a video whilst the tasting planks are brought out. It's great if you like their beers, and good if you enjoy tasting beers. The speaker is engaging, entertaining and knowledgeable which is another plus point and the taproom serves amazing pizzas which is another plus point.For me two elements would improve the tour hugely - firstly something to nibble on - six thirds is a surprisingly high number to get through without something to snack on. And I reckon that showing how crisps enhance the flavours of some of the beers would really help sales - or even little bits of pizza as an extra selling link.My second proposal is that they do a drivers pack. We had two drivers in our group who were given a coffee - the rest of us got to enjoy their beer. Yet there's a no alcohol beer on tap - why on earth was that not given to the drivers, and then a can of Jaipur to drink when they got home. Instead they paid full price but it was a bit of a rip off.Other than that I would recommend this tasting experience as well as holidays in the Peak District to anyone!
I've been itching to visit the Thornbridge brewery and now that it has been scratched.A group of us had a tour booked at 2:30 on Sunday the 19th of November. We arrived 15 minutes early so we were booked in and waited (with a beer of course).The tour was hosted by Will who had not been doing the roll long. But, he did a grand job and presented things really well.There was a Q&A, 10 minute video on the history of Thornbridge and 6 1/3 of beer included for £17.50 pp. Oh, and you also got a pint glass to keep at the end plus 10% off to use in the shop.Once the tour had finished you were free to sit in the confines of the brewery to finish your beer or head to the tap room for more beer which is what we did.The tap room is amazing, one of the best I've been to. The staff were very friendly and there were over 14 beer taps available. So much choice it was like Christmas.We decided to also have food. Thornbridge serve pizzas which were reasonably priced and ruddy lovely too.I cannot recommend visiting Thornbridge brewery and tap room enough.
The best brewery experience that you can imagine! There wasn’t much tour around brewery but was a lot of tasting! Highly recommended! Johnathan was amazing host and was telling us great stories and answered all questions. Make sure that you don’t have to drive after because it’s so many amazing beers to try! We got also great glasses and 10% off from the shop. Well worth the money! Gonna recommend it to everyone who’s around Peak District or who’s big beer fan. If I’ll be around I’ll pop in again too! Must try!
Great venue. Fantastic range of beers and ales on offer.We had a brewery talk/"tour" which was hosted by Liam. Liam was informative and passionate, he also chucked in the odd joke to keep us chuckling throughout the talk.Would definitely recommend.For the price of the ticket this was fantastic value, 6x 1/3 beer/ales, so to have an informative talk in addition to this is great.
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Pizza and beer in a cool setting. We caught the RWC 2023 match here too. The food was tasty and reasonably priced. The beers were vast in selection, although I stuck to the green mountain which I think is better than Brewdog's Hazy Jane. I'll come back here when I visit Bakewell.
Currently in Madrid Spain at ‘Brew Wild’ and really enjoying your Lord Marples! Had it last night, and again tonight, leaving for Australia tomorrow… any chance of you getting this in at Dan Murphy’s in South Australia?
We did the Brewery Experience. Gave us 6 3rds of a pint of various beers and ales to try, a video to watch, some hops, barley and stuff to sniff plus an entertaining and informative talk. Good value for £15 although it is just a case of sitting and listening/watching as you don't actually tour round or anything! Stayed on to check out other ales in the afternoon. Lots to choose from and we ate a few pizzas too. It's amazingly busy on a Saturday in October, especially when you consider it's a warehouse on edge of Bakewell. It's got good atmosphere and feels right especially if you enjoy the odd ale or two?
Only popped in very briefly to the shop to buy a few beers to take home, but the chap who served me was very friendly and helpful. The beer Hall looked great, I wished I could have stayed to drink a few beers but was driving! Next time I shall leave the car at home!
Great talk through the history of the brewery and the brewing process, but not as interesting as the full brewery tour in around 2017 where we saw everything from yeast rehydration to bottling. There was a lot of noise from the general public in the taproom which made the video and talk hard to hear. Good value for money though with 6 excellent beers as 3rds guided well by Liam and a good quality pint glass as a souvenir.