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After the success of our Birthday Beer Trail last year, we have re-imagined it to bring you our huge Easter Beer Trail! With 10 fantastic Brighton pubs taking part and pouring plenty of UnBarred beers and plenty of prizes to...

We’re all very excited about this one! Our first Mild, another step for us into our recent exploration of cask beer and cask conditioning, and yet another parti-gyle release! Dark Mild is a showcase of flavours from malts at a...

Here at UnBarred we’re probably best known for our creativity, for being a brewery that encapsulates everything about Brighton and being adventurous in our approach with no style out of bounds – hence our name! That approach is engrained in...

A long, long time ago in a shed far, far away Joosy was born. Actually, it wasn’t all that long ago, and it wasn’t that far away. The beer was Benchmark, and it was brewed in Head Brewer and Founder...

We love nothing more than a fresh beer after a long and hard days work here at UnBarred, but we also always love a good ol’ brew as well, especially when we need a bit of a kick in the...

'From the end spring new beginnings' - Pliney the Elder  The end of the year is a time for celebration, reflection, and looking forward. Its been a wild year here at UnBarred, full of trials and tribulations, but ultimately, we can...

IT’S COMING HOME! IT’S COMING HOME! The IPA Tour of course! For the final stop we decided to come back to where it all started with our take on a classic English IPA. Quite likely the reason that most of...

A dark & seasonal Old Ale made from the second runnings of Stoutzilla & enriched with sweet black treacle.  The result is a complex dark ale, with plenty of roasted malt character and dried fruits. Soft and full-bodied, Old Ale...

As we approach the end of our ambitious IPA Tour project, with the penultimate beer on the horizon, we wanted to reflect on the journey and the different IPA’s that have formed the series. We sat down with Jordan, Head...

The Long Black: A long Journey from Shed to Brewery The Long Black is a true heritage beer in the UnBarred story, first brewed in the shed where we started our journey, bottled and sold through a very select amount...

We are thrilled to have collaborated again with the Good Chemistry team and this time here in Brighton for our refreshing Watermelon Mojito Gose. When developing the beer we knew that we wanted to deliver a full-bodied and great tasting...

26th & 27th AUGUST Finally free of Covid restrictions, we are at last able to celebrate our birthday since we laid roots at our home on Elder Place in 2019! To do so and make up for lost time we’re going...

We’ve combined Hornindal Kveik yeast with Amarillo, El Dorado and Idaho 7 to create a brew that’s bursting with tropical aroma! Aromatic citrus, sticky grapefruit rind and sweet pineapple are presented upfront with further complex notes of peaches and dried...

Our collaboration with Exale Brewing is out and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on it. When we met Exale the style of our collaboration was an easy one to choose, straight away we both knew we...

A moment to showcase the pride in British heritage & brewing in cask and can. Can conditioned like the first “sparkling ales” which were introduced during the 1940s.      A beautifully bright copper colour, this beer has a fresh bouquet...

Our recent collaboration with New Bristol Brewery is out and tasting fantastic. Knickerbocker is deliciously tart, tangy and fruity ice cream pale that delivers a perfect tribute to a Knickerbocker Glory. Full-bodied, sweet & creamy, crammed full of juicy strawberries,...

We have teamed up with long-time friends, Drop Project. Based in Mitcham, South London, Drop Project are focused on creating the freshest, premium flavoursome beers with consistently high-quality results. Pushing creative boundaries and brewing the beers that inspire their passions...

On Monday 28th March, from 5pm, our Taproom will be open with all ‘sales’ being donated to the Red Cross in support of the humanitarian work they’re doing in Ukraine. All of us here at UnBarred are devastated by the current...

We’ve collaborated with Fallen Acorn Brewing Co. to create something traditional with a modern twist. Fallen Acorn are a microbrewery in Gosport, Hampshire. They strive to deliver the highest quality beer from traditional styles and brewing techniques, by pushing modern...

IPA is king, always will be. This year we are looking at IPA’s on our IPA Tour of the world.  Learning from our NEIPA series last year, was very much about hops and learning how to use the hops in...

In every month of 2021, we brewed our much-loved NEIPA as part of a series, making tiny adjustments to the base beer each time. We were on a journey of experimenting with different hop combinations and techniques to showcase this...