Help us Build the Future of Lyme Regis Brewery – Introducing BEERWORKS a future-proof brewhouse & taproom
In late 2018, Lyme Regis Brewery was facing closure. Our small coastal brewery, born from passion and a love of great beer, was about to pour its last pint.
But thanks to you — our community of loyal customers and friends — we pulled it back from the brink. Together, we saved the brewery and created something really rather special.
Now, nearly seven years on, we’re ready for the next big step: securing the future of Lyme Regis Brewery for the next decade and beyond. Despite us spending thousands of pounds worth of investment, we’re still struggling to keep up with demand and need to build a future-proof facility to keep the beer flowing.
The Next Chapter: BEERWORKS
We’re building BEERWORKS — a brand new, future-proof brewing facility in Axminster. It’s our next evolution: a place designed to help us grow sustainably, brew more beer, and connect even more deeply with the people who made all this possible. At BEERWORKS we will create more beer to keep our vibrant tap room in Lyme Regis stocked up as well as enabling us to increase our trade sales regionally.
Here’s what’s coming:
🍺 A New 1500L Steam-Powered Brewhouse
We’ve already purchased it — now we need to install it! This upgrade will increase our capacity from around 100,000 litres to over 250,000 litres a year, allowing us to create more of the beers you love (and plenty of new ones too).
🏗️ A Taproom & Retail Space
We’ve secured the lease on a fantastic warehouse in Axminster, just a stone’s throw from Lyme. It’ll soon become a vibrant community space for tours, tastings, and events — a proper home for beer lovers to gather, learn, and celebrate. It’s a short trip from our Tap Room in Lyme, so we hope many of you can pay sus a visit for a tour or tasting.
Why We’re Crowdfunding
We’re asking our community — the people who saved us once — to help us once again.
Our goal is to raise funds to help us with the works associated with such an ambitious project:
The tasks are split into 3 phases:
• Phase 1 – Installation of our new brewhouse
Target = £10,000 (to cover the cost of electrical, plumbing, drainage and steam works to get our new brewhouse running!) We’ve already spent over £100,000 on the new equipment, but we need help with the cost of install!)
• Phase 2 – Renovation and fit-out of a new retail “cellar door” and bar
Target = £10,000 (to help build a new beer cellar, retail space and bar area for customers to start to visit us)
• Phase 3 – Build of an awesome new taproom bar area / function room
Target = £20,000 (to help build the new upstairs tasting room and bar where you can sit and watch us brew from the balcony!)
What’s in it for you? BEER!
We’re asking you to simply buy beer, merchandise or tickets to events or experiences for you to enjoy. We’re a seasonal business and winter is quiet for us so if we can raise enough funds during our quiet season, we can make the project happen faster, in time for you to enjoy it sooner!
Every pound pledged will go directly into building this next phase of our story — helping us brew better, greener, and bolder than ever before.
Together, we can make BEERWORKS a hub for beer-lovers to visit, enjoy our produce and discover more about how we make beer we all love.
This isn’t just about expansion. It’s about independence, sustainability, and community — the values that keeps Lyme Regis Brewery alive and thriving.
We’ve come so far since those dark days of 2018. Now, with your support, we can secure our place for the next decade and beyond.
👉 Back BEERWORKS today — and help us build a future where great beer and good people keep flowing.
NOTE – We are not closing our current tap room in Lyme Regis – BEERWORKS is a new brewing facility which will be a second place to visit and see where our beers are made, where we can hold tours, tastings and events. It will also have outside parking making beer collections by vehicle much easier!
Limited Edition COLLAB BREW! 🇲🇽 🍻
Liquid Hopped Mexican Lager – 5%
We teamed up with our seaside pals at Tenby Brewing Co as well as hop aficionados BarthHaas X and Yeast experts WHC Lab to brew this little beauty! Expect a super clean & crisp Mexican style Lager with subtle hop notes of Apricot, Mango, Pineapple & Lime along with a gentle bitterness. It’s super Pale from Maize added to the grist with medium carbonation for ultimate refreshment!
This brew utilises Barthaas X’s natural liquid hop products which help to reduce wastage and save time, along with WHC labs new ‘Blitz’ yeast strain for a quicker fermentation time than a traditional Lager.
Introducing Curious Mary
THE STORY:
Our new limited edition Curious Mary DIPA (Double IPA) is strong, hoppy and intensely fruity. Mike has developed this recipe to show off the amazing characteristics of the hops, and we’ve used some new and exciting ingredients on the malt bill to create a great mouthfeel. Expect some amazing tropical notes on the nose and taste. We’ve created this special beer in collaboration with Mary Anning Rocks. Read more about this amazing cause below.
THE FACTS:
440ml Can – 8% ABV by VOL
Ingredients:
Malts – Extra Pale Malt, Wheat Malt, Naked Malted Oats, Dextrin Malt, Chit Malt
Hops – Citra, Ekuanot, Idaho 7, Sabro
Yeast – London Ale III
Introducing Sailor’s Delight
Our Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, infused with Cherry Purée and Vanilla Essence
THE STORY:
“Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight”
It’s dark, strong and packs a beautiful tart finish of fresh Cherry and Vanilla. Barrel aged for 9 months.
THE FACTS:
500ml Bottles – 8% ABV by VOL
Ingredients:
Water, Malted Barley, Wheat Malt, Cherry, Vanilla + Yeast
Introducing Rebellion
Our Honey-Spiced Rum infused Stout – which uses our Tempest Rum, steeped in oak chips.
THE STORY:
Rebellion takes it’s name from the Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion which was an attempt to overthrow James II.
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed the throne in an attempt to displace his uncle.
Monmouth landed at Lyme Regis on 11 June 1685. In the following few weeks, he gathered an army in the West Country and on the 6th July the rebellion ended with the defeat of Monmouth’s army at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
THE FACTS:
500ml Bottles + 30l Keg – 5% ABV by VOL
Ingredients:
Water, Malted Barley, Malted Wheat, Hops, Oats, Yeast + Honey
Introducing Longshore
LONGSHORE is our new Gluten Free English Session Lager
“existing on, frequenting, or moving along the seashore”
THE STORY:
Crafted using only the finest English malted barley and hop varieties, lager takes its name from the long sweeping shoreline of Lyme Bay, which spans from Start Point in the West to Portland Bill in the East.
THE FACTS:
440ml Cans – 4% ABV by VOL
GLUTEN FREE
Ingredients:
Water, Malted Barley, Malted Wheat, Hops & Yeast
Our second new beer in can and keg was launched to celebrate the reopening of pubs and bars after the second coronavirus lockdown.
steady habits is a NEW ENGLAND IPA
THE STORY:
Upon reaching America, early British colonists founded a settlement on the verdant coastline of Connecticut, which they named Lyme, after their home town back in England. Today, this region of New England is sometimes referred to as “The Land of Steady Habits”. This juicy beer bomb is our tribute to those trailblazing pioneers, whose modern descendants introduced us to the New England style of IPA, some 350 years later. steady habits is loaded with Mosaic and Citra hops. Pull the pin and unleash a tropical explosion.
THE NUMBERS:
440ml Cans – 5% ABV by VOL
Ingredients:
Water, Malted Barley, Oats, Wheat, Hops & Yeast
We’re proud to be launching our second new beer since we took over the helm here at the Brewery.
To accompany 284º, we have launched 104º – a tropical session pale ale.
The Story:
104° is the bearing you take as you set sail from the Cobb harbour in Lyme Regis. We made 284º exclusive to Lyme, as the name is reflective of visiting the town. 104º is all about going home, so we have released it in 440ml cans for you to take to the beach, or to take home after your visit.
This hazy session pale ale uses a blend of Comet, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops to deliver a light tropical aroma. A beer for the beach, or to reminisce about Lyme.
Ingredients:
Water, Malted Barley, Oats, Wheat, Hops & Yeast
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We’re proud to have been involved with the team from the off. Find out more on their website at www.thebrewerybible.com
We have launched a Crowdfunder campaign to help see us through the COVID-19 shutdown.
You can Pledge A Pint – basically buy a drink at the bar which you can claim when we reopen. This can be for yourself, a loved one or friend, or you can donate one to an NHS worker to show your appreciation for the efforts they are making at this difficult time.
We have loads of other rewards on the scheme too. Check it out and thanks for your support!
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/pledge-a-pint-lyme-regis-brewery-during-covid-19
Our procedures for opening are regularly changing with the COVID-19 pandemic legislation. Our take away is open as normal, but anyone wishing to enjoy a drink at the tap room must adhere to the following rules:
Face Masks to be work at all times inside except when you are sat at a table
Sanitise your hands with the hand sanitiser provided when entering
All visitors must register their details on our track and trace page or physical form on the bar
You must be shown to a table by a member of the team. All our seating is reserved and will be managed by our staff. Do not simply sit down at a table.
We will take your order from your table and bring the drinks to you with payment details.
Stay safe everyone and thank you for your continued support.
We’re super lucky down here in Lyme Regis to offer some exceptional places to dine. We recommend the following destinations here in town (they all serve our wonderful beer too!)
The Millside – exquisite riverside dining at The Town Mill
Tom’s – award-winning restaurant on the seafront
Kiosk – grab a snack on the seafront accompanied by a Lyme Regis Brewery beer
The Bell Cliff – Cosy traditional café
Happy New Year! We’re in the process of making some upgrades to our taproom and installing a new pilot brew house into the Battery Room at The Town Mill.
We will be closed until the 1st February 2020. If you wish to buy some beers for takeaway, please get in touch, or buy online and select “collect from tap room”.
We look forward to welcoming you to the new tap room in February.
We’ve spent the last few months purchasing and restoring a new brew house. The 4 BB English-made brew kit has lived in Derbyshire for a number of years, and we are now on the lookout for a home for it right here in Lyme Regis.
Tempest Honey Spiced Rum is a blend of traditional Caribbean spiced rum and English honey, which delivers a spicy kick and smooth honey finish.
The name is inspired by Admiral Sir George Somers voyage to Virginia in 1609, where he was shipwrecked in a storm in Bermuda. The story was said to be the inspiration behind Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’.
Visit us at the Brewery Tap to try some for yourself, or buy in online.
We’ve teamed up with a top small batch gin producer to bring you our own London Dry Gin.
Two Shillings Takes it’s name from the rate of tax you once would have paid to land a pipe or puncheon of Gin on the Cobb during the Victorian era. We batch produce 50 bottles at a time. It has a wonderful flavour profile characterised below:
NOSE: Fresh crisp citrus, juniper and floral notes.
TASTE: A balance of juniper, coriander, orange and lemon with hints of liquorice and a touch of pepper.
