Brewery

About the Brewery

Founded in January 2012, Doncaster Brewery is a 10-barrel plant designed and built by Ian, the Head Brewer, with the purpose of creating beers full of taste and flavour using only the best quality ingredients. All our beers are vegan friendly.

Each beer name has a Doncaster focus, the most popular being Sand House Blonde, which we brew every other brew day to keep up with demand.

Our Mission Statement for the brewery is to support beer lovers in discovering new drinking experiences, by continuing to craft and source a variety of high quality beers.

Most of the casks of beer are served across the bar in the Tap, although we sell some to local pubs, other local breweries and supply to beer festivals.

To keep up to date with brewery news, follow Ian on Instagram donny.brewer, Twitter @DonnyBrewery or Facebook @DanumBrewery

History


The Beginning

Ian who ran his own garage business for 15 years decided on a complete change of direction in January 2012 and started building his 15 barrel micro brewery. “It’s something I have always wanted to do and I decided it was now or never” said Ian.

Ian and his wife Alison funded the project themselves. Ian said, “I have built the Brewery from scratch and it has taken a lot longer than I first anticipated but I know every part of the kit so I will be able to maintain and repair it myself”.

The Brewery

Ian said, “The kit will make 4320 pints in a 15 barrel run. All the beers are to do with Doncaster and its heritage.

We visited ‘The Point’ when they had the fantastic exhibition on The Sand House and have made a blond beer to focus on this fascinating part of Doncaster’s history.

We have also brewed a beer to celebrate Doncaster’s award winning Market – 1194 Charter

Promoting Doncaster's Heritage

The brewery which is named ‘Doncaster Brewery’ promotes all things, Doncaster. Ian and Alison, who were both born in Doncaster and have lived here all their lives wanted to do something to help put the town firmly back on the map.

The next part of the journey

In January 2014 Ian and Alison took a property in the Town Centre – 7 Young Street – and started to work on moving the Brewery and creating a Tap Room.

The brewery equipment itself was moved into the new premises in May and was manhandled through the front window due to the size of the vessels.

Although the tap room was opened in January it was work in progress until the Official Launch on the 7th September 2014 when Rosie Winterton MP came and pulled a pint of beer with the help of Civic Mayor Councillor Pat Haith.

10th Anniversary Expansion

In September 2022, to celebrate 10 years of Doncaster Brewery we had a Rebrand. The logo was updated to be more modern and fresh and the frontage was altered with the new style logo. Thank you to Blokheds for all their hard work. Also to celebrate 10 years of brewing, we opened the Dystopia Bar on the first floor. The Dystopia bar has 10 keg lines, a fridge full of cans and bottles and a wall of spirits. This bar has a different feel to it compared with the Brewery Bar. It is warm and cosy rather than light and airy.

Awards

Good Beer Guide2016 - 2024
Yorkshire Cider Pub of the Year2023 - Highly Commended
Doncaster CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year2023
Doncaster CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year2022
Doncaster CAMRA Pub of the Year2023
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Our Beers


Handsome Pat Kentucky Common

4% ABV

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Rebellious Monk

Stout
4.5% ABV

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Overrated Joker

Pale
6.2% ABV

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Same Chit Different Day

Pale
3.8% ABV

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A1 Pacific

Pale
4.0% ABV

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AD71

Pumpkin Porter
5.3% ABV

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1194 - Charter Porter

Porter
5.5% ABV

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Angel & Royal

A Christmas Ale
6.5% ABV

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Bryen Blessed

Red Rye Beer
5.1% ABV

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Cast Theatre Ale

Blonde
3.8% ABV

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Centenary Pale

Pale
4.1% ABV

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Cheswold

Bitter
4.2% ABV

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Gold Cup

Golden
4.5% ABV

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First Aviation

Pale
5% ABV

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Mansion House

Mild
3.6% ABV

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Mucky Bucket

Black Pale Ale
5% ABV

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Sand House

Blonde
3.8% ABV

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Stirling Single

Coffee Stout
4.5% ABV

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Town Fields

Belgian Style Pale
6.6% ABV

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Red Bush

IPA
5.5% ABV

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Yunnan Black

Nordic IPA
5.5% ABV

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