City Centre, Carlisle
Bees Knees
Not open yet. Due to open in the former BrewDog site around October 2026.
Part of Bees Knees
Due to open around mid to late October 2026. Nothing trading there yet — check before you set off. Tell us when it does.
History
- Was
- BrewDog Carlisle, January 2019 to March 2026
- Bought for
- £205,000
- Due to open
- October 2026
Not open yet, and on this site because it will be.
BrewDog opened here in January 2019 and closed in March 2026, one of thirty-eight bars the brewer shut across the UK. The site sold for £205,000 to Bees Knees, a Cumbrian group already running bars in Workington and converting Cockermouth's former Conservative Club.
The new owners found it fully fitted, as though everyone had walked out and left it — reportedly including a stocked fridge. Around £200,000 is going into the refit.
It will be their first venue in a city rather than a town. And it's another turn of the Botchergate wheel: Ularoo went from Walkabout to rebrand to shut inside a year a few doors along, while the Cumberland Inn has stood on the same street since 1930.
- Craft beer
- Food
Where
36-38 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1QS
Opening hours
| Monday | Unknown |
| Tuesday | Unknown |
| Wednesday | Unknown |
| Thursday | Unknown |
| Friday | Unknown |
| Saturday | Unknown |
| Sunday | Unknown |
Hours are kept by hand and change without warning. Ring ahead if it matters.
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