Northumberland Brewery

Northumberland Brewery

Fuggles Bar, home of Northumberland Brewery
Location	Bedlington, Northumberland, England
Opened	1996
Annual production volume	1,200 imperial barrels (2,000 hL) (approx)
Owned by	Independent
Active beers
Name Type Holy Island Ale pale ale Castles ale Lunatick ale Golden Lab pilsner Highway Robery Bitter Strawberry Blonde pale ale County ale Kitty Brewster ale Byker Bitter ale Sasha Dumb Dog ale Cunning Cucumber ale Fog On The Tyne pale ale Blyth Spirit ale Great Northern Coalfield ale Northumberland Ale dark ale Main Seam dark ale Northumberland Best bitter IPA IPA Sheepdog ale Whitley Wobbler ale Northumberland Premium dark ale

Northumberland Brewery is a small brewery which was located in Bomarsund, near Bedlington in Northumberland, England. It produces cask ale.

The building was used as a school, community centre, factory and to house prisoners of war during the Second World War.

The Brewery opened in 1996 with a selection of five beers, Northumberland Castles (3.8% abv), Northumberland County (4.2%), Northumberland Best (4.2%) and Duke of Northumberland Premium (5.0%). It currently serves nearly 60 cask ales.

The names of most of the beer produced at the Northumberland Brewery is named after local people and places, such as Mackem's Shovel Ale and Holy Island Ale, after Sunderland A.F.C. supporters and the island of Holy Island respectively. The brewery also names a few of its beers after political issues, such as Talivan (after speed camera vans - a play on the Taliban), Highway Robbery (also after speed cameras) and hung parliament, with a pump clip showing members of parliament with nooses around their necks. They have also named beers after the local football team players for both Sunderland AFC and Newcastle United FC

The brewery relocated in 2007 to larger premises at Barrington Road with a larger on site tap (bar) which is now called Fuggles (after the Fuggle hops).