People powered beer
An independent brewery founded in 1996 and employee owned since 2024, we aim to blend creativity and innovation with heritage and tradition. These values shine across our beers. Our house style could typically be described as pale and hoppy, but that’s not all we can do! As the beer world has evolved so have we, covering a wide range of styles and continually pushing the boundaries of what we can create. Head to the “Our Beers” page to take a look at what we currently have available!
Our brewery has grown steadily throughout its existence. We are now able to produce over 220 brewers’ barrels (that’s 880 of your typical casks you’d find in a pub!) per week of up to fifteen different beers at any one time.
Moonshine is our most popular beer, accounting for over 40% of our output. It’s a beer we’re immensely proud of, having won multiple awards over the past 3 decades. Sitting alongside this much-loved flagship brew you’ll find our ever evolving Brewers Emporium range (spearheaded by APA Heathen, and lager Heresy). Plus, our Funk Dungeon barrel ageing and souring programme. All of these have helped to establish us firmly part of the UK’s flourishing beer scene.
We truly believe in the power of beer as a mechanism to bring people together.
As a team, we celebrate beer in all its forms. We are committed to continually improving our collective skills, training and equipment to constantly evolve and make our beer the very best it can be.
We’re keen to ensure everyone who would like to try our beers can do so. And so, we offer a wide range of vegan products, all of our beers are gluten free (more on that here) and we have low and no alcohol options too.Â
In October 2024, Abbeydale Brewery became 100% employee owned. The brewery is thus part of Sheffield Beerworks EOT Ltd, along with our venues – The Rising Sun pub, and Abbeydale Beerworks Taproom. We like to say this means we make People Powered Beer!
Where to find our beer
You can find our beer on cask, keg and can at venues and independent retailers nationwide. Whilst we’re easiest to find in our hometown of Sheffield, we have stockists as far afield as Newcastle, Liverpool, London and Plymouth! Since 2020, we have also been regularly exporting our beer into Europe. Head to the “Stock Our Beer” page for more information.Â
We have a taproom, Abbeydale Beerworks, located just around the corner from the brewery itself, which opened in May 2026. Our very own pub, the multi-award winning The Rising Sun, is based in Fulwood. (We can highly recommend the food there too!) You can also order cans and other beery goodies directly from our online shop and pop by to collect from us as part of the checkout process. Our on site brewery shop is open from 9am-5pm every weekday too.
Quality and Training
Our whole team is GCB qualified (or currently studying for their qualification). This means we all have a deep understanding of brewing processes and can all contribute to recipe creation. We use this knowledge to make beers of the highest quality which we believe in (and want to drink!). And ultimately, as Co-Owners, we all have a say in shaping what we do.
As a team, we’re absolutely committed to the quality of our beer. We are proud to have a fully trained in-house sensory analysis panel, who meet regularly to ensure consistency and quality across our range. This sits alongside and is supported by extensive lab analysis. Our quality control processes are robust, precise and meticulously recorded. We pride ourselves on achieving outstanding results.
We take our environmental responsibility as a business very seriously, and strive for continual improvement in this area whenever possible.
