Whitewater Brewing Company
Whitewater Brewery was established in 1996 on the family farm in the heart of the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel. Since then the craft beer scene has really taken off and Whitewater produces some of the best brews around. They are multi award-winning.
They make sure to use only the finest ingredients in their range of ales, lagers and stouts. Once you try them you will be hooked.
Their new visitor centre has just opened. Book tours via the website.
What They Do
Craft Brewery
Products
Belfast Lager, Belfast Ale, Bee’s Endeavour, Hoppelhammer, Maggies Leap, Belfast Black, Copperhead, Clotworthy Dobbin, Hen, Cock & Pigeon Rock, Ewe Rebel, Hallion, Kreme dela Kremlin
Awards
(1) Belfast Lager; Great Taste Awards 2008 – 1 gold star / International Beer Challenge 2009 - Gold / 2013 Winner Irish Quality Food & Drink Awards / International Beer Challenge 2012 & 2013 – Silver / Great Taste Awards 2015 - 1 gold star (2) Belfast Ale; International Beer Challenge 2009 – Bronze / Great Taste Awards 2007 – 1 gold star / Great Taste Awards 2012 – 1 gold star / International Beer Challenge 2014 – Bronze / Great Taste Awards 2015 - 1 gold star / Great Taste Awards 2016 – 1 gold star (3) Belfast Black; International Beer Challenge 2009 – Silver / Great Taste Awards 2012 – 1 gold star / Blas na hEireann 2015 - Bronze (4) Clotworthy Dobbin; International Beer Challenge 2007 – Gold / Great Taste Awards 2008 – 2 gold stars / International Beer Challenge 2009 – Silver / Great Taste Awards 2011 – 1 gold star / International Beer Challenge 2013 – Bronze /Blas na hEireann 2015 – Bronze /International Beer Challenge 2013 – Bronze (5) Copperhead; International Beer Challenge 2009 – Silver / International Beer Challenge 2011 – Silver (6) Hoppelhammer; International Beer Challenge 2013 – Bronze (7) Maggies Leap; Highly Commended - Irish Qualtiy Food & Drink Awards; Bronze in the International Beer Challenge 2015. Great Taste Awards 2016 – 1 gold star / Great Taste Awards 2018 – 1 gold star (8) Ewe Rebel; Great Taste Awards 2018 – 2 gold stars / Blas na hEireann 2018 – Silver / Frankfurt International Trophy 2019 – Grand Gold / European Beer Craft Cup 2019 - Silver (9) Bee’s Endeavour; Great Taste Awards 2018 – 2 gold stars (10) Hen, Cock & Pigeon Rock; Great Taste Awards 2018 – 1 gold star Great Taste Award 2020- 1* for Helles Lager
Where To Buy
Tesco / Sainsburys / ASDA / Marks & Spencer / Supervalu / A lot of the independent off sales throughout Northern Ireland / bars and restaurants across Northern Ireland, particularly Belfast. They mostly distribute themselves but also through Tennants and a few others.
