The Latest News
Saturday 4th July: Taproom Re-opening
We are super excited to announce that we will be re-opening our Taproom on Saturday 4th July! After careful consideration we decided to change our re-opening plans a little to help everything run nice and smoothly. If you've joined us for our brewery socials or open days before the layout will be familiar to you, if you haven't, picture this, a pint of Ossett beer in one hand whilst being surrounded by those stunning countryside views So here's what you need to know... Our opening times have changed slightly Monday - Friday | 5pm - 8pm Saturday | 12noon - 8pmSunday | 12no.. Read more
Covid-19 Beer Returns Information
Direct Delivery Customers: Customers who receive their deliveries from Ossett Brewing Company Limited are requested to contact the brewery to report unbroached out of date casks by emailing sales@ossett-brewery.co.uk or calling 01924 261333. Once reported Ossett Brewing Company Limitied will arrange for the casks to be collected, safely destroyed and a credit to be passed to the customer for the excise duty paid. Customers who receive their Ossett cask ale deliveries from a third party need to visit www.returnyourbeer.co.uk. Ossett Brewing Company Limited have registered with this cross-industry.. Read more
Breaking News: Pub Openings Announcement
BREAKING NEWS PUB OPENINGS ANNOUNCEMENT After the governments confirmed announcement that pubs can legally re-open on Saturday 4th July we have made the decision to initially open 3 of our sites. This is so we can learn best practices to ensure the safety of our customers and staff at all of our sites. There are many guidance notes from the government and we want to ensure we get things set up in a way that will work safely long term. These 3 sites will be The Fox in York (Saturday: 12noon - 10pm), Ossett Brewery Taproom on Healey Road, Ossett (Saturday: 12noon - 8pm) and Salt Bar & Kitchen, S.. Read more
It'll Be Reyt!
NEW BEER ALERT Introducing our latest smooth amber ale, It’ll Be Reyt! Hops: Mosaic, Chinook Abv: 3.8% In true Yorkshire fashion, we’ve created a special beer to give you some much needed positivity and cheer in these challenging times. Right now charities are suffering the effects of this outbreak which has severely impacted their abilities to fundraise and support the people who need them, now more than ever. Which is why for every case purchased, a donation of £2 will be made to our chosen charity Forget Me Not Children's Ho.. Read more
Help Us Fight For Survival
Dear our wonderful customers, One of the hardest hit industries from Covid-19 is sadly hospitality. We kindly ask for less than a minute of your time to help save the future of your most loved bars and restaurants by showing your support. Many of the bars and restaurants that you admire, love and share so many amazing memories at are under threat of disappearing for good. The thought of this just breaks our hearts. It is so important that lovers of our great hospitality industry get behind this and come together by signing the petition below. Help us fight for their survival. Than.. Read more
Brewery of The Year 2020
We feel absolutely honoured to be awarded BREWERY OF THE YEAR 2020 at the Leeds & West Yorkshire Prestige Awards, some wonderful news during this difficult and critical time. We would like to thank all our customers that have helped make this happen, your support means the world to us. Sadly we can't celebrate this right now but we will definitely be having a little drink and dance once it's all over. Go Team OSSETT!
Webshop NOW LIVE!
OUR NEW WEBSHOP IS NOW LIVE This means that all you lovely people can now order online! What's on your order list? All you need to do is... - Click https://shop.ossett-brewery.co.uk - Pick your favourite Ossett beers - Tell us where to deliver - Make the payment - Wait for your beers to arrive (we promise to deliver these as soon as we can) - Last but certainly not least enjoy your beers from the comfort of your own home *The above webshop is for Ossett beers only, if you would like to order from our friends over at SALT you can do so by clicking the link: https://www.saltbeerfacto.. Read more
Home Delivery Service Plan
The overwhelming popularity of our home delivery service has led us to make a couple of small changes to it in order to help us keep up with demand, but to also make sure it is cost effective for us in covering our fuel costs for us to be able to continue delivering our wonderful beer to your homes. Therefore effective from all orders placed from this morning onwards, the following will apply 1. Delivery runs * We will be doing specific post code runs on different days of the week and so when you make your order we will slot you into the next available run in your post cod.. Read more
The Big Online Pub Quiz
Already miss heading down to your local and taking part in the weekly pub quiz? Don’t worry, we’ve thought of a solution and we’re doing it for such a wonderful cause! Let us introduce you to the BIG ONLINE PUB QUIZ proudly supporting Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice - Friday 27th March @ 8pm - Over on our Facebook page So what are you waiting for? Grab a bottle of Yorkshire Blonde and help us support an amazing local cause at a time they need it the most! For more details or to sign up and make a donation visit: www.justgiving.com/bigpu.. Read more
COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) UPDATE
As the Coronavirus continues to affect the country, Ossett Brewery has introduced a number of additional measures to help minimise the spread of the virus. Hand sanitizer has now been placed on all of our bars and throughout our breweries and is available for both our staff and customers to use. All members of staff have also been instructed to follow the issued guidelines closely and act accordingly should symptoms occur. Our already extensive cleaning procedures will remain in place with all areas fully sanitized at all times. As a company we will continue to monitor and follow the guidelines.. Read more
What's Coming Up in the Taproom?
Get ready for a fun filled February! This coming month we have a whole host of exciting events in our NEW brewery taproom, from street food and live music to gin tasting sessions! Take a look below to see what we've got going on:
Street Food & Live Music in the Taproom
Beer, street food AND live music?! This Friday Ossett Brewery Taproom and Visitor Centre will play host to a selection of Mexican street food from El Kantina. El Kantina serve fresh, tasty and just a little bit fiesty Mexican and Southern street food that will excite your taste buds bringing a little bit of sunshine into your life. Not only that, the wonderful Linzi Brian will be joining us from 8.30pm to brighten up the evening with some live music. Get excited for some yummy food and a well deserved weekend pint. You don't want to miss it! Can't make it down Friday evening? .. Read more
30 Years in the Good Beer Guide for The Rat & Ratchet
Congratulations to The Rat & Ratchet Huddersfield & District CAMRA recently recognised the charming and unique brew pub and presented them with an award for 30 consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide Well deserved, here's to another 3 decades!
Gin Tasting @ The Brewery
Who's in the mood for a gin tasting? Join the West Riding Distillery's head distiller David Owens in a fun and quirky gin tasting session, showcasing Yorkshire's very own Waterton's Reserve Gin range! Thursday 27th February | From 7.30pm David will introduce his core range of four gins and something a little rare and special whilst he tells you a few funny tales about his link to local legend Charles Waterton, Dandelion & Burdock, gin with chocolate and the rise of Yorkshire's freshest gin distillery. The session will involve plenty of gin tasting, some sterling chat .. Read more
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
From all the team at Ossett Brewery, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! As always thank you for your continued support throughout 2019, we are always greatful and couldn't do what we do without you.
Events for 2020
Christmas will have been and gone before we know it and that's when the January blues begin! Need something to look forward to, or just looking to fill up the empty dates in your diary? Schedule these into the new year... WHARFEST 9 Saturday 1st February | From 3pm @ Granary Wharf, Leeds SPRINGFEST Friday 24th - Saturday 25th April @ Salt Beer Factory VE GARDEN PARTY Friday 8th May @ The Fox, York BREWERY SOCIAL Saturday 9th May @ Ossett Brewery TAPFEST Sunday 24th May @ The Tap, Ossett KNARESBOROUGH BED RACE Sunday 13th June @ Cross Keys HEATHFEST Saturday 11th .. Read more
Wharfest 9 Is Coming!
WHARFEST 9 returns Saturday 1st February for a fantastic day of live music across the waterfront! Expect to find acoustic acts in Craft Asylum #1, live bands in The Hop and DJ's until late in Archie's Bar & Kitchen all located in the picturesque location of Leeds' Granary Wharf. Here's the line up: Craft Asylum #1 3pm | Tom Masters 5pm | Linzi Brian Duo 7pm | Underdrive Johnny 9pm | Washboard Resonators The Hop 3pm | Leeds City Stompers 5pm | Mossie 7pm | Get Back Beats 9pm | AfterParty Archie's Bar & Kitchen 9pm | DJ Please note - This event is abs.. Read more
A Exciting Addition to Craft Asylum #2
In celebration of their first Birthday, our friends over at Craft Asylum #2 in Leeds have made some exciting new changes to the venue and introduced a PIZZA oven! Officially re-opening on Friday 6th December from 12noon, Craft Asylum #2 will now be serving up an array of delicious sourdough pizzas made with love and only the freshest ingredients. FOOD SERVICE TIMES Monday - Saturday | 12noon - 8pm Sunday | 12noon - 6pm Want to view before you visit? Find the pizza selection on offer here: www.craft-asylum.co.uk
Congratulations to The Shepherds Boy in Dewsbury
Big congratulations to Mili and the team at The Shepherds Boy in Dewsbury for scooping the Pub of the Season Award by Heavy Woollen CAMRA Branch. On top of that, have a read below of this fantastic feature in Real Ale Talk magazine. We couldn’t be more proud of Mili’s success. “The Shepherds Boy had a successful beer festival despite others running over the same weekend. The beer range and the real cider selection has been extended and the popularity of the pub has increased very much since the talented Mili (formerly of West Riding) took over. Her excellent sausage rolls and oth.. Read more
Christmas Brewery Social in our NEW Taproom
Join us on Saturday 7th December from 3pm for a day of... Cask & Keg Real Cider Seasonal Flavoured Prosecco Mulled Wine Festive Food Chirstmas Tunes Live Entertainment from Lofthouse Brass Band Mossie - The Duo Christmas jumpers encouraged, LET'S GET FESTIVE!
New Managing Director of Ossett Brewing Company to Build on Major Spend
Yorkshire’s Ossett Brewery is poised for its next stage of growth with the appointment of Alex Minett as Managing Director of the brewing company. Alex was latterly on-trade sales director at Red Bull and part of their UK Leadership Team. Having been with the company for approaching 20 years, he was responsible for delivering the strategic direction of their UK on-trade business and guided Red Bull to be the No 1 on-trade packaged soft drink and No 1 on-trade energy drink brand over his tenure. At Ossett he will be tasked with accelerating growth following a £.. Read more
Wharfest 8
WHARFEST RETURNS THIS OCTOBER WITH A FANTASTIC DAY OF LIVE MUSIC ACROSS THE WATERFRONT You can enjoy acoustic acts in Craft Asylum #1, live bands in The Hop and DJs 'till late at Archies. So what are you waiting for? Round up your mates and make a day of it from 3pm on Saturday 5th October 2019. Please note this event is absolutely FREE to attend - no tickets necessary, just show up and enjoy. THE LINE UP Craft Asylum #1 3pm | Andy Balcon 5pm | Jamie Squire 7pm | Ellie Coast 9pm | Sleepy Jake The Hop 3pm | Get Back Beats 5pm | Untameable Puppies 7pm | The Cheats 9pm .. Read more
Well Done to Rat Brewery
Big congratulations to the Rat Brewery team who have brought home THREE awards from Peterboroughs 42nd Annual Beer Festival! Rat in Black has been awarded GOLD in the Porters/Stout category along with SILVER for overall Champion Beer of the Festival 2019. Reservoir Rat has also been awarded GOLD for the best Bitter/Pale. Go team RAT!
Fernandes Brewery: Silver Award Winner
Congratulations to Brewer, Steve Hutchinson and the team at Fernandes Brewery Tap & Bierkeller! Fernandes Malt Shovel Mild took home the SILVER award from within the mild category in the CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain Awards at the Great British Beer Festival last week. The finals of the competition took place after a year of beer tastings, selection panels and beer festival competitions throughout the UK. Successful beers were submitted from these events into this final round and were conventionally judged in a blind tasting made up of journalists, celebrities, fellow brewers and tr.. Read more
Annual Family Open Day: Total Raised
ANNOUNCEMENT At our Annual Family Open Day we raised a total of £1631. Ossett Brewery has matched the profits made on the day to make this a grand total of £3262 for Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, a big thanks to everyone involved that helped us achieve this Our raffle prizes are now being collected by their new owner and we have contacted all you lucky people that won. If your number is on the list and unclaimed please give us a call at the brewery on 01924 261333
The countdown is on to our Annual Family Open Day!
Our Annual Family Open Day in aid of Forget Me Not Children's Hospice returns on Saturday 27th July! Expect to see a the usual great range of cask and keg beers from within the Ossett Brewery family, including SALT Beer Factory. As well as live music, street food, children's activities and a grand raffle with lots of great prizes and so much more! All proceeds from the event are donated to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice in Huddersfield. The charity support local children with life shortening conditions and their families across West Yorkshire. Last year over £5,000 was&nbs.. Read more
Youngest British serviceman to die in Second World War to get memorial recognition in Ossett hometown
A fantastic piece of history in our very own community (and pub!) by the Yorkshire Post The youngest British serviceman to die in the Second World War at the age of 14 lived at the Brewers Pride. Reginald Earnshaw lied about his age to help out in the war, we really admire his determination and the sacrifice he made. Read more about it below Yorkshire Post Article: https://bit.ly/2NulSpr Ossett.net: http://ossett.net/WW2/Reginald_Earnshaw.html
Upcoming Beer Festival at the Travellers Inn
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July Join us to try over 15 different beers brewed across Great Britain and the Isle of Man. From Scotland to Cornwall! If the dates not already in your diary, it should be! This is not one to be missed.
The Bingley Arms, Horbury
Yes the rumours are true! We are excited to announce that The Bingley Arms in Horbury is the latest addition to our ever-growing Ossett family. We will be re-opening the site next year after a major refurbishment. To read more about it, click the link below https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/people/pub-that-locals-failed-to-save-is-due-to-re-open-after-brewery-buy-out-1-9834429
Fantastic Achievement For The Flowerpot!
Congratulations Team Flowerpot Awarded Runner-up in the Heavy Woollen District Campaign for Real Ale, Pub of the Year Competition 2019. What a fantastic achievement!
