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Drygate Brewery

A craft brewery, bar and kitchen in a 1964 box factory with a sawtooth roof of seven peaks, below the Necropolis, with tours behind the glass.

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At the foot of Drygate, below the Necropolis and beside the Wellpark brewery, a squat factory of brick, steel and concrete with a sawtooth roof of seven peaks has become one of Glasgow's best-known craft breweries.

The building went up in 1964 to assemble and screenprint boxes, and was later a printworks, a bottling plant and a store; when Drygate moved in, the seven peaks were restored and the old paint marks left on the concrete floor.

The brewhouse sits behind glass, so you can watch the brewing from the bar and kitchen. Upstairs, the Peaks Bar opens onto a big terrace, and was named the best pub and bar in the city of Glasgow in 2021; it has sport, ping-pong, a comedy night and a menu for dogs. Guided tours go behind the glass on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons and end with a tasting of the core beers. The bar is open from noon every day until midnight, or one in the morning at the weekend.

Before you go

The bar and kitchen open every day from noon, until midnight Sunday to Thursday and 1am on Friday and Saturday.

Brewery tours cost £20, run on Wednesdays at 5.30pm and 7.30pm and Sundays at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm, and are for over-18s, up to twelve at a time; book ahead. Children are welcome in the bars until 9pm, and dogs are too.

Bar
Daily from 12:00; to 24:00, Fri and Sat to 01:00.
Tours
£20; Wed 17:30 and 19:30, Sun 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00; 18+.
Where
85 Drygate, G4 0UT.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–midnight
Tuesday
noon–midnight
Wednesday
noon–midnight
Thursday
noon–midnight
Friday
noon–1am
Saturday
noon–1am
Sunday
noon–midnight

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A mural reading "DRYGATE BREWING Co — CRAFT BEER & FEARLESS FOOD FOR THE SOUL" is trimmed with a tinsel garland along its rooftop lettering, snowflake lights glowing in the windows below.
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It was a box factory.

85 Drygate was built in 1964 to assemble and screenprint boxes, and was later a printworks, a bottling plant and a store before it was a brewery.

A signboard reading "DRYGATE BREWING Co — BREWHOUSE, EVENT SPACE, BEER HALL, TERRACE, SHOP, TOURS, BOX OFFICE, OPEN 7 DAYS" stands beside a gate hung with illuminated snowflakes.
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The roof has seven peaks.

The seven peaks of the building's sawtooth roof were restored when the brewery moved in, and give the Peaks Bar its name.

A mural on dark timber cladding reads "DRYGATE BREWING Co — CRAFT BEER & FEARLESS FOOD FOR THE SOUL", snowflake lights strung along the roofline above.
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Old paint marks were kept.

Paint marks from the building's factory years were left on the concrete floor, and the old brick walls show through new glass.

Illuminated snowflakes cover a mesh screen beneath rooftop lettering reading "DRYGATE" trimmed with tinsel, picnic benches and a chalkboard reading "Come In" set on the terrace below.
Did you know

The spent grain becomes bread.

Once the brewers have rinsed the sugars from the malt, the spent grain is used to bake bread and is given to cattle.

Steel fermentation tanks rise above a corrugated roof beside a mural reading "DRYGATE BREWING" lit with snowflake lights.
Did you know

There is a menu for dogs.

The Peaks Bar welcomes dogs inside and out, with a bowl of water and a menu of their own.

Ben Lerwill

From our guide to Glasgow

Slaking the thirst of Glaswegians since 2013, Drygate’s brewhouse is based in an erstwhile box factory, creating an atmospheric spot not just for drinking, but dining too. A view directly onto the brewery reminds you where your beer was made, and there’s just as much enjoyment to be had from the food, which ranges from fillet steaks to South Indian curries.

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