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Brewery & cider Derry/Londonderry

Rough Brothers Brewing

Small-batch Derry beer you'll meet on the bar, not on a tour — IPA, pale ale and stout brewed in the Walled City.

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Rough Brothers Brewing — Small-batch Derry beer you'll meet on the bar, not on a tour — IPA, pale ale and stout brewed in the Walled City.

  • Getting in: No advertised public taproom or tour; the beer is sold through bars, restaurants and stockists. Contact the brewery directly if you hope to visit.
  • Tours: No scheduled public tours advertised. Enquire directly if interested.
  • Opening: No published visitor hours — check before you go.
  • Food: None on site; the beer is served in partner restaurants and bars across Derry.
  • Family-friendly: Not a family attraction — it's a working brewery and an over-18 product.
  • Age limits: Alcohol producer — over-18s for any tasting or purchase.
Plan your visit

Beer brewed in the Walled City

The range covers the styles craft drinkers look for: a hop-forward IPA, an easy Northern Pale Ale, a malty Irish Red, a smooth Oatmeal Stout and a seasonal Saison. Batches are small, so the line-up shifts through the year. Because Rough Brothers brews collaborations and exclusive house beers for individual restaurants and bars, some of what they make never reaches a shelf — you taste it only at the venue it was made for. Ask bar staff in Derry what's on if you want to try the local stuff.

Local Derry microbrewery Small-batch craft beer House brews for local venues IPA, pale ale & stout Found in Derry bars & restaurants Over-18 (alcohol)
Good to know before you go:

Derry's craft beer scene runs tap takeovers, brewery collaborations, beer festivals and late openings through the year, and small breweries like this often appear at them. Check what's on across NI for tastings and beer events near your visit.

Before you set off

What to bring

  • 🪪Photo IDYou need to be 18+ to drink — bring ID if you look under 25.
  • 🚗A plan to get homeA designated driver or a lift, so everyone can enjoy a tasting.
  • 👟Comfy shoesA working brewery tour means standing and a few stairs.
  • 💷A few poundsFor the taproom and a bottle or two to take home.
Good to know

Everything before you go

Getting in
No advertised public taproom or tour; the beer is sold through bars, restaurants and stockists. Contact the brewery directly if you hope to visit.
Opening
No published visitor hours — check before you go.
Tours
No scheduled public tours advertised. Enquire directly if interested.
Age limits
Alcohol producer — over-18s for any tasting or purchase.
Food
None on site; the beer is served in partner restaurants and bars across Derry.
Family-friendly
Not a family attraction — it's a working brewery and an over-18 product.
Parking
Industrial-estate location; on-street and estate parking nearby. Check before you go.
Accessibility
No published visitor-access information — contact directly.
How long to allow
Not a visit in itself; build it into time spent in Derry's bars and restaurants.
Address
Unit 2D, Altnagelvin Industrial Estate, Trench Road, Londonderry, BT47 2ED
Questions

Before you go

Do I need to book?
No advertised public taproom or tour; the beer is sold through bars, restaurants and stockists. Contact the brewery directly if you hope to visit.
Are there tours?
No scheduled public tours advertised. Enquire directly if interested.
When is it open?
No published visitor hours — check before you go.
Is it family-friendly?
Not a family attraction — it's a working brewery and an over-18 product.
Is there food?
None on site; the beer is served in partner restaurants and bars across Derry.
Getting there

Rough Brothers Brewing is at Unit 2D, Altnagelvin Industrial Estate, Trench Road, Londonderry, BT47 2ED. Industrial-estate location; on-street and estate parking nearby. Check before you go. Tap below for directions.

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The story

About Rough Brothers

Rough Brothers is a small-batch craft brewery based in Derry/Londonderry, brewing in the area of the historic Walled City. It runs modern microbrewery equipment to produce handmade beers across IPA, pale ale, red ale, stout and saison styles, working from a unit on the Altnagelvin Industrial Estate.

Much of the brewery's reputation rests on collaboration. They brew bespoke and exclusive house beers for local hospitality businesses — restaurants, hotels and bars in Derry and Belfast — alongside their own range. The beer is distributed through trade across Derry, Belfast, Coleraine and Limavady.

Note: the 'Dopey Dick' name associated with Derry craft beer belongs to a separate Derry brewery and its Guildhall Taproom, not to Rough Brothers — worth knowing if you're tracking down a specific local pint.