• Floor Maltings at Thomas Fawcett & Sons

    Some malt is still made the traditional way, germination of malted barley is controlled by hand to convert the starch to maltose on the malting room floor before being kiln dried ready for shipment to the brewery.

    FLOOR MALTINGS AT THOMAS FAWCETT & SONS
  • The Malt Bill

    Once at the brewery, the Malt bill is prepared for each beer and transferred via the grist hopper and auger into the Mash Tun.

    the malt bill
  • The Mash Tun

    Mashing in, the malt is hydrated with our now heated hot spring water to create a wonderfully smelling mix where we can extract a great amount of sugary wort ready for the copper and yeast further down the line.

    the mash tun
  • The Copper

    Transferring of the wort from the mash tun into our Brewing vessel ready for the boil and then Hops.

    the copper
  • The Hops

    Hops are added to the boil initially for bitterness and in the latter stages for aroma, our favourite bit because we get to put loads in.

    hops
  • The Fermentation

    Now the important bit, the world of yeast as millions of cells start their work converting the complex sugars and amino acids towards our final product, we’re getting near to beer now.

    fermentation

Fine Hops and Spring Water

All our beers are characterised by the natural spring water pumped directly into the brewery from our own bore hole just 51 metres below our feet. The hops range from the traditional british varieties to the new world hops, the very best we can get at any time, our water never changes and creates the smooth light texture immediately recognisable in every Small World Beer.
All our beers are made from the finest ingredients, Maris Otter malt from West Yorkshire’s maltsters Thomas Fawcett & Sons, the best hops grown here in the UK and beyond, our yeast and of course our Barncliffe water.

barncliffe spring logo
barncliffe bitter and summer bank beer pumps
hanging hop
spike's gold beer

Permanent Range

 

barncliffe-bitter

Small World Beers

BARNCLIFFE BITTER
3.7% ABV

Pleasant light drinking bitter, golden hue, crisp initial taste with a lasting bitterness through the finish.

 

Long-moor-pale

Small World Beers

LONG MOOR PALE
3.9% ABV

Pale ale with grapefruit and citrusy notes with a light bitter finish, brewed with Centennial and Cascade hops.

 

spikes-gold

Small World Beers

SPIKE’S GOLD
4.4% ABV

A hoppy easy drinking beer brewed with First Gold Hops.

 

twin-falls

Small World Beers

TWIN FALLS
5.2% ABV

Full bodied Pale ale with fruity aroma and a hoppy flavour with lasting bitterness.

 

thunderbridge-stout

Small World Beers

THUNDERBRIDGE STOUT
5.2% ABV

An award winning traditional dry stout brewed with Roasted Barley and balanced with Chocolate malt for slight sweetness.

Seasonal Range

 

spring-bank

Small World Beers

SPRING BANK
4.0% ABV

Our seasonal celebration of Easter, a fresh pale hoppy beer with citrus aromas, good fruit and lemon flavours in the finish.

 

summer-bank

Small World Beers

SUMMER BANK
3.7% ABV

Light very drinkable pale beer, floral and zesty beer.

 

autumn-bank

Small World Beers

AUTUMN BANK
4.0% ABV

Our ‘Copper Red’ Autumn beer, brewed with Columbus, Cascade and Chinook hops, caramel and biscuit from the malt blend with the hoppy character of pine and fruit through to a zesty finish.

 

secret

Small World Beers

SECRET
4.0% ABV

Pale straw coloured beer, spicy with pine characteristics with pineapple and passionfruit in the finish.

 

Eleven

Small World Beers

ELEVEN
4.0% ABV

A light and golden pale ale with citrus and grapefruit tones to the finish, named to commemorate the signing of the armistice and the end of the First World War with a donation from each pint going to the poppy appeal.

 

Home From Holme

Small World Beers

HOME FROM HOLME
4.0% ABV

A Summer Pale, lightly toasted malt with punchy citrus and fruit flavours give a smooth and refreshing bitterness with tropical fruit in the finish

 

Harvest Muse

Small World Beers

HARVEST MUSE
4.0% ABV

Our celebration of the Hop Harvest, this 4.0% Pale Ale is brewed using Fresh Green Hops picked and into the brew-house on the same day, our ultimate seasonal beer has grassy and delicate citrus notes with a spicy finish

 

Winter Bank

Small World Beers

WINTER BANK
4.0% ABV

A light coloured Pale Ale brewed with a quintet of American North West hops, floral with good bitterness,
tropical fruit flavours with a citrus finish.

 

Times gone by
Small World Beers

TIMES GONE BY
4.0% ABV

A light Golden hoppy beer, Chinook, Amarillo and Simcoe balanced with some malty sweetness contribute passionfruit, pine and berry characteristics to this easy drinking Pale

Now Brewing

barncliffe-bitterLong-moor-palethunderbridge-stouttwin-fallscold-room-small