PLAY BREW co
79 Reviews
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- Friday5 PM–12 AM
- Saturday12–6 PM, 8 PM–12 AM
- SundayClosed
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- WednesdayClosed
- Thursday6 PM–12 AM
About the Business
Play Brew Co | Brewery based in Middlesbrough selling a wide variety of beer styles from crazy sours to dank and hoppy beers through to moreish stouts! We have something for everybody.
Contacts
Website
Call Us
+441642244769
8 Cannon Park Way, Middlesbrough TS1 5JU
Hours
- Friday5 PM–12 AM
- Saturday12–6 PM, 8 PM–12 AM
- SundayClosed
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- WednesdayClosed
- Thursday6 PM–12 AM
Features
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Credit cards
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Transgender safe space
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wi-Fi
- Kerbside pickup
- Dine-in
- Takeaway
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Seating
- Toilets
- Groups
- Accepts reservations
- Dogs allowed
- Casual
- Outdoor seating
- Gender-neutral toilets
- Food
- Free of charge street parking
- Paid parking lot
- Free parking lot
- Live music
- Live performances
- Quiz night
- Bar games
- Karaoke
Recommended Reviews
Tom Dutton
12.03.2024
PLAY BREW co
Overall I liked the place, decent selection of drinks, nice and prompt staff(in general) but I cannot say I was at all impressed with the staff member running the quiz. He was drunk before the quiz even started, insulted patrons if they had answers different to his even if they were correct and didn't even have most of the questions prepared so had to make it up as he went along. If you are paying beforehand for a quiz you expect at least some preparation. Please replace the person doing the quizzes with someone competent if you are charging them so much.
Michael Rayner
04.03.2024
PLAY BREW co
It's a brewery serving beer on a retail area , beer is very good and immediately outside is a pizza place doing great pizza which you can eat at Playbrew tables , businesses are compatible. Good mix but probably better atmosphere when some entertainment on
Ben Garratt
03.03.2024
PLAY BREW co
Had a Sticky Lolly and it was awful. I'm from Boro so thought I'd support but it was shocking. Far too sweet for a pale with a very weird aftertaste. This stuff should of never left the brewery, experiment gone wrong. Do better
Paul Callaghan
25.02.2024
PLAY BREW co
Really nice venue nestled away off the beaten track. Excellent choice of beers and really nice staff. A credit to the craft beer community
Luke Newton
17.01.2024
PLAY BREW co
BEER: MINT!FOOD: AMAZING!QUIZ NIGHTS: FABULOUS!STAFF: SICK!HOST OF QUIZ NIGHTS: HE CUTE!
Moxy 6
23.12.2023
PLAY BREW co
This is the 3rd time I’ve been to Play Brew’s taproom and it’s a shame the experience has been marred. Normally it’s quiet but there was a quiz on and the place was packed. Not that I was bothered as we stood outside and enjoyed a beer, it was a warm night anyway. Weirdly, barely anyone was going up to the bar while we were there despite the tables being packed, it was clear people were only there for the quiz. Maybe this explains why the staff were miserable as there was never a queue so they might have been bored. After the quiz finished literally everyone left apart from us, we sat on a table and bought another drink. We were planning to stay til their stated closing time (which was 12am) but the staff just kept giving off bad signals like looking over, staring at their phones (which they did most of the night), giving off awful body language, and finally packing the tables up around us very loud and dragging the benches right next to us across the floor then flipping them over, leaving us on a single table in the middle of the room, marooned awkwardly lol. This was just after 11pm so we’d have been happy to stay and get a couple more rounds in. However the staff really couldn’t imply that we weren't welcome to stay any stronger without saying it. We had come from Newcastle just for here really and paid for a hotel for the 3rd time. Really disappointed to be honest because I do love their beers and tend to drink them in other micropubs and I do like the taproom as well. I think we probably spent more in an hour and a half than most tables spent all night as you never seen anyone ordering drinks even during the interval, I’d been to the bar 4 times and ordered 2 drinks each time. You’d just think they’d have more appreciation for people actually coming purely for the beer and not the quiz as they are the ones who tend to become regulars. If you’re going to pack stuff away loudly around customers you should probably tell them you’re closing or that it’s last orders, odd. It’s just basic hospitality skills really. You’d expect this from staff at some chain pub like spoons or Greene king where they don’t care about the job but you expect a bit more from an independent brewery trying to promote themselves, you’d assume they’d have more reason to come across well and promote their brand. Evidently not.
Jordan Pink
20.12.2023
PLAY BREW co
Smashing pints, friendly staff and entertaining and well put together quizzes. Always a wide variety of events to fit everyone’s tastes with a quality atmosphere. Pizza is banging from Lucky Teds as well
Rob S
17.12.2023
PLAY BREW co
Fantastic taproom with an amazing array of weird and wonderful beers. Particularly recommend the Sticky Lolly and Marshmallow & Peanut Ice Cream Stout (it sounds weird, but trust me, it’s lush!). Unusual location but huge open air car park just next door or on the next road over. Particularly love the quizzes, always a good laugh and well organised
Danni young
16.12.2023
PLAY BREW co
Really great venue for a quiet drink or a brilliant event/quiz night. Lots of great drink options. Have been multiple times and love it here. Also have Lucky Teds pizza on site which is huge and tasty!
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8 Cannon Park Way, Middlesbrough TS1 5JU
PLAY BREW co