„Durst wird durch Bier erst schön“

“Thirst is nice only if accompanied by a beer”

Belschnickel Brewery is an independent, family-run nano brewery in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. We are a small husband-wife-pup brewing team.

Head brewer & co-founder Kevin is originally from Stuttgart, Germany and co-founder Rachel originates from Bridlington. We met in Berlin after a gig in 2016, with Cash joining our family in 2020.

Our beer brewing journey began in 2018 after coming across a second-hand brewing book whilst living in Berlin. Following a move to Glasgow in 2019 we began home-brewing in our kitchen eventually upgrading to a garage in 2020. Following an intensive period of Covid-homebrewing and experimentation, we decided to take the plunge and realise a dream after moving to our home in Hull in 2021.

We began brewing small batch beers from a converted outbuilding at the end of our garden on a 50L Speidel Braumeister. We offer a range of beer styles in cans, kegs and 750ml bottles, all of which are brewed, filled and labelled by us on site. All our branding, labels and keg clips are designed by amazing Hull designer, Joseph Cox.

Following our relocation to Bridlington we will be taking over the Buffet Bar in Bridlington Railway Station which will become “Belschnickel Bahnhof”. The brewery will be relocated into the old taxi office in the Railway Station, and we will renovate the two lounges in the Buffet Bar to bring them back to their former glory. In terms of beer offering, we will have four draught lines and three cask lines championing Yorkshire breweries, with a rotating list of cans and bottles in the fridge. We are honoured to be custodians of this fantastic Grade II building which is such an important part of the town’s history and bring the building back to life. We plan to create a space which blends the history of the building with authentic German hospitality and culture. We hope to offer residents and visitors to Bridlington a unique drinking experience and the ideal location to enjoy our beers.

Whilst we love to drink beer, we also love the history and stories behind the creation of a beer, and this is something we strive to reflect in our beers. Our philosophy is to brew beers which respect the history, tradition and cultural significance of the beer style, and we try our best to let the malt, hops and yeast do the talking.

What is Belschnickel?

Belschnickel, also known as Pelznickel is one of Germany’s lesser known Weihnachtsmänner. He is the slightly sinister fur-clad Santa Claus of the forested areas of Baden-Wüttemberg in south-western Germany who carries presents but also a whip and cluster of branches. The tradition was transported to the US with early immigrants in particular to Pennsylvania. He made his fame outside of Germany by his portrayal in the US Office series by Dwight Schrute in the episode “Dwight Christmas”.