Brew York Alcohol-Free Beers
Two Brew York beers in our directory, both out of stock at Brew York when we checked. The alcohol-free beer it had in stock was Loris, a 0.5% pale ale.
Brew York is an independent brewery in York, founded in 2016, with two breweries in the city and a string of bars around Yorkshire. Its alcohol-free beers are all 0.5%; the one on sale when we checked was Loris, a pale ale.
- Founded: 2016, by Wayne Smith and Lee Grabham
- Company: Brew York Limited
- Breweries: Walmgate, inside York’s city walls, and Handley Park, Osbaldwick
- Owner: Independent: its two founders
- Alcohol-free beers: Loris (in stock), Bald Eagle and LA Juice Forsyth (out of stock), all 0.5%
- In the UK: Brew York’s own shop
Who are Brew York?
Wayne Smith and Lee Grabham met at a mutual friend’s stag do and began home-brewing together; they founded Brew York in 2016, and it was, they say, “the realisation of a long-lived dream to build a brewery in York’s bustling centre”, with a tap room right next to the tanks. The aim, they say, has always been “to produce the types of beers which we would love to drink in can, keg and cask”, and they usually have at least 20 different fresh beers available.
The names come from Yorkshire, pop culture, films and music: Rhubarbra Streisand, Viking DNA and Dame Judi Quench are Brew York’s own examples. One of its best-known beers is Empress Tonkoko, an imperial milk stout with coconut, tonka and vanilla, first brewed in 2018 and now a fan favourite, Beer Today reported in 2025. The Society of Independent Brewers named Brew York its Brewery Business of the Year in 2022.
Breweries and bars
Brew York brews at two sites. The original brewhouse in Walmgate, inside the city walls, has the Beer Hall and Tap Room, where you can see the brewing kit; a lot of the beer is now brewed at the production site at Handley Park in Osbaldwick, “10 minutes up the road”, which has its own taproom, the Handley Tap. Brew York also runs pubs and bars around Yorkshire, including the Old Grey Mare in York, the Market Tap in Pocklington, the Horse & Farrier in Otley, the Mitre in Knaresborough and the Towers Taproom at Carlton Towers, plus its Brew+ bars. Its page for the Handley Tap mentions Loris; we couldn’t find out whether the other bars serve the alcohol-free beers.
Is Brew York independent?
Yes. Companies House lists its founders, Wayne Smith and Lee Grabham, as its only people with significant control, and we found no stake by a larger brewer.
The alcohol-free beers
“We don’t want our low alcohol offer to be a bottom-shelf afterthought,” Brew York says. Its alcohol-free beers are all 0.5%, and when we checked on 26 October 2026 the one in stock was Loris, a juicy, hazy pale ale with El Dorado, Citra and Mosaic hops. Brew York gives it 18.5 kcal per 100ml and labels it vegan. It isn’t in our directory yet.
Bald Eagle, a lager, and LA Juice Forsyth, a fruited IPA with pineapple, mango and lactose, still have product pages on Brew York’s shop but were out of stock; LA Juice Forsyth was last sold short-dated. LA Coney, an alcohol-free version of Brew York’s hazy session IPA, is no longer on its shop.
The Brew York beers in our directory
Both 0.5% ABV. Checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Brew York alcohol-free
Brew York’s own shop had Loris at £2.70 a 440ml can, with discounts on six or more, and sells 12 of them as the Down Low pack. Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender don’t sell Brew York, and we didn’t find its alcohol-free beers at the supermarkets we could check. For more alcohol-free beer from small UK breweries, see our best craft alcohol-free breweries.
Facts checked against Brew York’s website and shop, Companies House, the Society of Independent Brewers, Beer Today, YorkMix, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, October 2026.
Brew York Beers in Our Directory
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