Brewing started in Cheddars Lane in 1997. The brewery moved to Chittering to expand in late 2001/early 2002. Since 2008 the beers have been contract brewed by various breweries. We hope they decide to start brewing in the area again in the future.

Contact details

The City of Cambridge Brewery
Acacias
Ely Road
Chittering
Cambridge
CB25 9PH
Telephone 01223 864864

News & Articles

• ALE 288: City of Cambridge Brewery.
• ALE 294: Brewery News.
• ALE 297: City of Cambridge Brewery.
• ALE 301: Brewery News.
• City of Cambridge Brewery - Relocation.

The Beers

• Hobson's Choice 4.1%
  Champion Beer of the 24th Cambridge Beer Festival with Gyle 1 (first batch)
• Jet Black 3.7%
  Champion Beer of the 25th Cambridge Beer Festival (also 1st in the Milds category)
• Atom Splitter 4.7%
  1st= in the Old Ales/Strong Milds category at the 25th Cambridge Beer Festival
• Bramling Traditional 5.4%
  • 3rd in the Cambridge Festival of Winter Ales 1998
  • 1st= in the Strong Bitter category at the 26th Cambridge Beer Festival
• True Blue, now called Boathouse Bitter 3.8%
  • 1st= in the Bitter category at the 25th Cambridge Beer Festival & 1st at the 26th Cambridge Beer Festival
  • Renamed as another brewery complained about a name clash over the word "Blue"
• Parkers Porter 5.3%
  • 1st= in the Porters & Stouts category at the 26th Cambridge Beer Festival
• True Ale
  • See "Meet the Brewers" evening
• XK50 bottled ale
  • Came 1st in the Bottled Beers category at the 26th Cambridge Beer Festival
• Silly Punt 4.7%
  • well-received at the USSC October 1999 Beer Festival
• Blend 42 4.4%
  • a blend, a smooth balance of hop and crystal malt
• Darwin's Downfall 5.0%
  • another blend, of best bitter and porter
• Millennium Ale 6.0%
  • 4th place at the Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2000
• IPA 3.6%
• Cambridge Blue
  • brewed for the Cambridge Blue in Gwydir Street

Regular & occasional outlets in the Branch area & nearby

1. Known outlets in Cambridge as of December 2002:
   • The Cambridge Blue
   • Quinn's, Downing Street
2. Other outlets known to stock the beers in the recent past:
   • Abington Pigotts - The Pig & Abbot
   • Cambridge -
     • Homerton College, Hills Road
     • NCI Club, Holland Street
     • Jug & Firkin, Mill Road
   • Fordham - The White Pheasant
   • Horningsea - The Crown & Punchbowl
   • Little Walden - The Crown
   • Madingley - The Three Horseshoes
   • Quy - Quy Mill
   • Reach - The Dyke's End
   • Royston - White Bear
   • Sutton Gault - The Anchor
   • Swavesey - The White Horse
   • Upware - Five Miles From Anywhere
   • Whittlesford - The Bees In The Wall