Drygate, the UKs first ‘experiential craft brewery’ has been a welcome addition to the brewery quarter of Glasgow’s East End. The former box factory now holds a brewery, restaurant, beer hall, events area, sun deck and bottle shop.  

The Beer hall offers 24 different beers on tap, including three of Drygates own beers; Bearface Lager, Outtaspace Apple Ale and Gladeye IPA. One of the things which sets Drygate apart as ‘experiential’ is the floor to ceiling window from the restaurant through to the factory. Here you can see the beer you are drinking being brewed before you. You can also take a guided tour of the brewery on Sundays at 10am or 5pm. The tour will give you a history of brewing in Glasgow, a tour of the brewery and a tasting of the Drygate beers with one of their bottle masters.

Another unique feature of Drygate is that you can hire their studio brew kit and brew your own beer. This opens up the brewing process to the public and is a new market for Drygate.

The restaurant with 120 covers, serves food which focuses on fresh local Scottish produce. The restaurant is highly recommended on TripAdvisor with many praising its high quality ‘pub grub.’ The Drygate shop, which has beer bottles as walls, offers more than 200 different beer bottles to purchase and take home.

The brewery make full use of their events space with regular comedy nights, quiz nights and gigs. They also host the Urban Market on the 1^st and 3^rd Sunday of every month. The market has stalls from artisan food and drink producers, designers and artists.

The brewery is very easy to get to, a 20 minute walk from Glasgow city centre, with plenty of buses running past it throughout the day.

To find out more about Drygate click here.