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Caps Off Brewery Microbrewery is based in a unit within an industrial estate just on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland. The venue features a taproom that’s open to the public to sit and drink the beers in the same place they are made!
Inside the unit is a spacious seating area with a large selection of their own craft beers on tap. The venue is still a working progress as they have only been open to the public since April 2022, and the brewery itself has been running since January 2022. But the venue is still very much worth visiting with your friends, family etc. to try somewhere different to have food/drink and chill. You can just turn up and sit on one of their big long benches to have a drink, surrounded by their brewery facilities, complete with their fermenters and other equipment.
The venue is open every week on Friday & Saturday.
The brewery is located at Unit 4, Century Court, South Church Enterprise Park, DL14 6WA.
Caps Off Brewery is an alternative venue for people to come for a drink or for something to eat. The venue offers a great deal more than just an ordinary bar/pub or restaurant. Every drink and everything on the menu is made by Caps Off, all locally-produced quality food/drink. The variety on their menu caters for people of different preferences and so does their selection drinks, with their different range of beer styles and alternative drinks available. There’s music playing softly in the background and the venue even run special events including gigs (typically someone playing the guitar). When Eric first visited the venue, he got talking to one of the boys that work there and was exclusively given a brief “unofficial” tour of the brewery, what outstanding customer services!
In fact Caps Off Microbrewery now cater food from various street food businesses locally. Knead A Slice is their other local restaurant owned by the same manager as Caps Off Brewery. All the food available on their menu is also provided at the microbrewery. They will have a pizza oven and other kitchen facilities just next to the bar inside the unit.
Click here to read our listing for Knead A Slice.
Of course, it is their beer that has made Caps Off popular in the first place. They began as a bar selling other locally-brewed beers but began making their own beer as recently as 2019. They intended on opening their brewery in 2020 but lockdown made that difficult, so they finally opened their brewery in January 2022.
The drinks menu is typically all their craft beers both on tap and in bottles/cans. They also serve other drinks for people who aren’t quite into beer as much, including wine, spirits, gin and cider. They do also have soft drinks, hot drinks (tea/coffee) and zero-alcohol beer too. There is something for everyone’s tastes.
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Yes, Caps Off have their own kitchen which is based at their other venue in Bishop Auckland. Their kitchen has been running for longer than the brewery and they offer a fantastic menu. Please see the link within the listing description above to view their online menu!
No, there is no separate venue for the kitchen itself. The kitchen is based at the original bar venue in Bishop Auckland but they do also have kitchen facilities in the taproom at the brewery too.
No, but you can do so on their website if you click on the link at the top in the description. However, you can also just turn up but booking is recommended during busy periods to guarantee a table.
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What a fantastic gem. a real find !!! The taproom is spacious, dog-friendly as well, as my dog can attest to, outside seating is lovely in the sun, completely bespoke beers, unbelievable value for mone, really tasty street food, friendly, knowledgeable staff……just brilliant all round. Can’t believe I did not know about this gem, just mint !!!!
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