Brewery Tour

A guided route through Adnams’ Southwold brewery follows beer making from grain to glass, traces local brewing history, and ends with tastings across the brewery’s beer styles.

An Adnams guide takes visitors behind the scenes of the Southwold brewery, following the brewing process from grain to glass and exploring the town’s brewing history, documented on the site since the fourteenth century. The tour ends with a tasting of Adnams beer styles, from pale ale and lager to stout, bitter and barley wine. It departs from the Adnams Tours Centre in the Swan Courtyard, Market Place, Southwold IP18 6EG. The route involves extended standing, walking and steep stairs and is not wheelchair accessible; visitors must wear fully enclosed footwear. The tour concludes with a guided tasting.