Black Sheep Brewery

Stopped here for a tour and tasting on the outward journey of a recent holiday. The brewery and its modern visitor centre are located in a pretty village surrounded by beautiful Dales scenery. I found the bar and shop staff very welcoming and friendly, and our guide Emma was both enthusiastic and informative. After a short introductory video, she told us more about the brewery's history and how it got its name, then went on to explain about the processes of brewing beer, and passed round different types of malt and hops for us to look at. She then took us around part of the brewery and the fermentation room with its large vats (worth noting that the tour involves going up and down metal stairs). We finished up in the bar, where we were given a voucher for a free pint of our choice ( or three different 1/3 pints). Plenty of ales and ciders to choose from. I tried the special ale, and it was really good! Did not get to sample the food, but the meals I saw other visitors eating looked delicious! Relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Even the washroom in the toilets had a gorgeous view of the countryside. There's a great gift shop where you can purchase all the ales, cider and other drinks brewed here, plus clothing and souvenirs. An educational and fun way to spend a couple of hours!

This was so much fun, they were brilliant! We came here as an add on from our stag doo at farm adventure. It was amazing, unfortunately can’t remember the name of elderly gentlemen with glasses who showed us around and spoke through everything but he was fun, enthusiastic and passionate. Happy to answers questions, went extra and had some laughs with us. Even checked in after the tour to see how the food was. Speaking of the food our meals were delicious, we had a range of food from fish and chips to pies to burgers to soup and don’t get me started on how amazing the dessert was! Definitely book here if in town!

Highly recommend doing the Black Sheep Brewery tour, Alan is very knowledgeable and a great advocate for proper beer and marmite. And the beer in the attached bar is as fresh as it comes. 5 / 5

Great set up inside, lots of beer choices and a great lunch menu.

A wonderful tour around the brewery with Alan. He was brilliant giving us the history of black sheep & the family behind it. Then seeing around the brew house & having the equipment & process explained. You get a token for free beer at the end so as we were trying these we looked at the restaurant menu & ended up staying as a great choice of food. Really enjoyed our visit & will be back.