Coldframe Brewery

Coldframe Brewery We are building a new brewery on the south Cornish coast. Cornish grown raw barley. Crafting beer with a sense of place.

Heritage Barley 🌾Yesterday myself and Will from the (with a little help from our four-legged friends!) spent the aftern...
31/03/2026

Heritage Barley 🌾

Yesterday myself and Will from the (with a little help from our four-legged friends!) spent the afternoon hand sowing a host of different heritage and ancient barley varieties.

These trial plots sit next to the field growing our Plumage Archer overlooking the St Austell Bay.

Made up of 15 tiny plots, what's planted in them has the potential to change how we think of barley grown for brewing.

Rather than chasing yield at the expense of everything else, we’re exploring a model of growing that builds resilience, increases diversity, and supports healthier landscapes.

We have started with a meager couple of kilo's of grain, as much as we could get our hands on from the seed banks and others interested in this project which over the next 4-5 years we will propagate up into quantities suitable for brewing with!

This is a project we are really excited about and there is plenty more to come!

Step 1 for our hop growing project 🌿 getting our hands dirty!Our hop rhizomes arrived earlier in the week but we weren't...
27/03/2026

Step 1 for our hop growing project 🌿 getting our hands dirty!

Our hop rhizomes arrived earlier in the week but we weren't quite ready to get them into their final positions so we needed to get them into their temporary (1 or 2 week) homes. In these small pots the root systems will start to develop and early growth will continue ensuring we don't lose the plants. It's not the most typical way to plant hops but we aren't your typical brewery!

We now have 45 plants of 3 different species ready to grow in the big glasshouse next to our brewery, more to come on why we are growing them in this way soon. When our taproom opens you will be able to look out over these plants!

Huge thanks to Will here at for making this happen! Looking forward to seeing how this project develops!

21/02/2026

Mud, rain, timber and more mud! 🌧️

Back to the brewery build! The timber wall panels are starting to go up so the spaces are beginning to come to life!

A few more weeks and the new brewery building will be watertight.

22/01/2026

🚧 Construction Update 🚧

The new brewery building has begun to poke it's head above ground! The timber frame was installed here at the over the past couple of weeks and this is where things start to really take shape.

This frame forms the skeleton of what will become the new home of Coldframe Brewery later this year. It will be exposed on the inside of the brewery in all it's glory, celebrating it's structure and natural texture.

This milestone is the point where things really kick into overdrive, things are going move quickly now so be sure to follow along the journey with us!

03/01/2026

Happy New Year 🌱

2025 felt like a bit of a stop–start year for us, but 2026 is shaping up to be something special. A lot has been happening quietly in the background, and over the next few weeks and months we’ll finally be able to share it with you.

The brewery build has moved from a muddy hole in the ground to a finished floor slab. Over the next few weeks the timber frame will start to go up, and we’ll be sharing weekly progress videos as the building begins to take shape.

This spring our growing projects begin. That includes two separate grain projects:
– The first will form the bulk of our grain, grown on site using low-intervention farming methods.
– The second is a long-term project restoring ancient varieties as a population, evolving over time into an adapted landrace unique to our new home.

Alongside the grain, we’ll be starting the hop trials, growing a mix of cultivated and wild hops, and working towards re-establish Cornwall’s lost hop-growing heritage.

All of this sits alongside collaborations, pop-ups, on-site events, and new releases as we continue building out the brewery.

Keep your eyes peeled for updates, videos, and blogs.

2026 is going to be a BIG year!

Wild hedgerow hops thriving right on the coast in Cornwall. I was quite shocked to see how prolifically they were growin...
03/09/2025

Wild hedgerow hops thriving right on the coast in Cornwall. I was quite shocked to see how prolifically they were growing in this spot!

Next year we will take cuttings from these plants to start growing our own on site, with the ultimate aim of creating a single origin beer with all the ingredients coming from the site. For now we at least know that these hops can grow well here in Cornwall and have a lovely sweet floral aroma.

A massive thank you to Tim at for the hot tip on this location.

BLOOM our newest edition to the the Coldframe family is going down an absolute storm at Massive burst of floral aromas ...
05/07/2025

BLOOM our newest edition to the the Coldframe family is going down an absolute storm at

Massive burst of floral aromas on the nose and a delicate grain bill allows the natural elderflower to shine through on the palate.

Brewed using single origin raw barley from just down the road and foraged Cornish elderflower.

Available in cans and keg until it’s gone! This is one we won’t be making again until next season so grab it while you can!

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The Innovation Nursery, Watering Lane
Saint Austell
PL266BE

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