Tartarus Alcohol-Free Beers

Tartarus Beers is a small-batch craft brewery in Sheepscar, Leeds, founded in 2020 by Jack Roberts and Jordan Orpen and known especially for big stouts and porters. Spright, its 0.5% beer, is a low alcohol IPA brewed with wheat and oats, according to the retailer BeerRitz.

Who are Tartarus?

Jack Roberts and Jordan Orpen founded Tartarus Beers in 2020, BeerRitz and the Morning Advertiser report. Roberts had worked for Northern Monk and Brew York; during the Covid furlough he brewed small batches on a 100-litre kit in his cellar, before moving into contract and cuckoo brewing, Beer52 reported in 2023. Orpen spent seven years in the pharmaceutical industry before going full-time on the brewery in October 2021, Beer52 says.

The brewery is “named after the dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades”, BeerRitz says. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent, though the most recent sources on its ownership date from 2022 and 2023.

A home in Leeds

In November 2022 North Brewing Co sold its original brewery at Taverner’s Walk in Sheepscar to Tartarus, the Morning Advertiser reported, giving it room to expand production and start a barrel-ageing programme, with a taproom planned on site. Beer Today reported that the taproom would open on 25 November 2022; we don’t know whether it’s open today.

What Tartarus brews

BeerRitz says Tartarus is known especially for “big, decadent stouts and porters”, and Beer52 described beers “big in ABV, big in character” that make few concessions to the sessionable market. Beer52 named Cthulu, a 12% West Coast triple IPA, and BA Ogun, a 10% rum barrel-aged stout; the early beers included a Belgian saison, a black pepper Belgian triple and a 17% stout, and newer ones a 6% Belgian blonde and a 5.5% hefeweizen. We found no awards.

Tartarus’s alcohol-free beers

Spright is 0.5%, in 440ml cans, BeerRitz says: “Spright is our low alcohol IPA, brewed with wheat and oats for a full mouthfeel.” It’s “Heavily hopped with Citra, Idaho 7 & Simcoe to give aromas and flavours of citrus, tropical fruits”, with a resinous, piney finish, the listing says. The Alcohol Free Co’s web address for it calls it a table beer, the name we use, so the sources don’t agree on its style.

We found no calorie figure, no full ingredients list and nothing on how it’s made or whether it’s vegan. It contains wheat and oats, so it isn’t gluten-free. Untappd also lists Pixie, a 0.5% hazy pale from Tartarus “Brewed with Ella, Enigma and Eclipse hops”; it isn’t in our directory.

How Spright compares

Alcohol-free IPAs and pale ales from UK breweries in our directory. Calories as published; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Tartarus beer in our directory

No calorie figure published. Calories as published; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Spright

We couldn’t confirm any UK stock on 1 November 2026. BeerRitz lists it as previously stocked and out of stock, Wise Bartender had no Tartarus beers, and The Alcohol Free Co’s page for Spright couldn’t be read; Dry Drinker didn’t have it when we checked in October 2026. For other options, see our guide to the best alcohol-free IPA.

Facts checked against BeerRitz, the Morning Advertiser, Beer Today, Beer52, Untappd and Wise Bartender, 1 November 2026.