Brewing Up A Storm
Brew York, a Yorkshire-based craft brewery, opened a new beer hall with a focus on urban art. Inspired by pop culture, the collaboration with Art of Protest resulted in a stunningly animated interior. Brew York has become a popular destination for residents and visitors alike, showcasing the city's emerging cultural scene.
Brew York
Craft beer brewing and hospitality has been one of the major success stories in the UK over the past decade: a welcome antithesis to the chain gang offerings of the repetitive and ubiquitous high street leisure sector. It was a welcome alternative for all fans of the art of brewing who appreciate proper craft in their ale and no more so than in Yorkshire – a region which has a proud heritage of brewing across the centuries. Enter Brew York – and two local entrepreneurs from the northern City with an eye for a business venture and a nose for hops. Converting a disused river-side factory into a state-of-the-art Brewhouse and Tap Room venue, Brew York opened in 2016 to a fanfare of accolades for their quirky and unique approach to creating signature ales such as Rhubarbra Streisand, Viking DNA and Dame Judi Quench! And our favourite tipple here at Art of Protest: the Imperial Tonkoko Stout.
Brew York looked to celebrate their success by marking their second birthday by opening an ambitious, new Bavarian-style Beer Hall with 40 beer taps offering the biggest selection of craft beers, lagers, and ciders in York. Creating a Mecca for beer drinkers (if we may be allowed to subvert that cultural reference?).
With a clear affection and inspiration taken from pop culture, films and music, it was a perfect moment to cue Art of Protest who were invited to collaborate with Brew York to make a cultural statement for the Brew House and for York. The result was the stunning animation of the industrial space into a cool and seductive urban art gallery style interior. Each piece a talking point and collectively a wow from the moment you walk through the doors.
Artists involved in this project include Olly Howe and Jo Peel.
Today, Brew York is one of the go-to hospitality venues in the city for residents and visitors alike and a flagship for the new and emerging cultural quarter that is Warmgate. If you haven’t yet experienced this heady brew of craft beer and urban art, then what are you waiting for? It’s more than worth raising a glass to.
