Jolly Boys Brewery

Extraordinary ale brewed by four ordinary Yorkshire Lads

Life with the Jolly Boys

THE JOLLY BOYS PHOTO ALBUM

Good beer.
Better company.

Four friends, a love of cask ale and a knack for getting everyone into the photo (just about). Here’s a look at life with the Jolly Boys: the people behind the bar, the friends we’ve made along the way and the bits that never make the brochure.

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Four friends raising glasses in a black and white pub photo
Dreaming of a brewery

ALBUM / 01

Behind the beer

A few things that happen before the pint makes it to the bar.

A group gathered among wooden brewing vessels
Room for one more in the brewhouse
A brewer standing between two wooden brewing vessels
The test brew
A brewer with a green shovel standing in a wooden brewing vessel
The first ever brew
A man drawing beer from a Golden Best handpump
First test pint
Two men looking at a pint of porter on a wooden bar
A thing of beauty
Two people wearing white hard hats and high visibility vests
Hard hats on
A person painting the stairwell with a long roller
A fresh coat at the Tap

ALBUM / 02

Around the table

The best bit of making beer is seeing who it brings together.

Four friends holding pints at the bar
Four at the Tap
Friends gathered around pub tables under hanging lights
A full room and plenty to talk about
Three friends smiling in a close-up pub selfie
Squeeze in a bit
Two friends holding pints with two more reflected behind them
Mid-week pints
Two friends holding pints, one wearing a blue hat
A fine hat and a pint
Friends smiling around a pub table beneath balloons
Balloons and a busy table
Friends in brewery shirts leaning into a group selfie
Just about everyone in the frame
A group posing together inside the pub
Barnsley FC Legends
Four friends on a video call
Still found a way to get together

ALBUM / 03

Life on the Arcade

Behind the bar, out on the cobbles and all the people who make it feel like home.

A crowd filling the covered arcade beneath bunting
A full house on the Arcade
A group posing beneath bunting on the cobbles
Under the bunting
Two members of the pub team in front of the chalkboard
Behind the bar at the Jolly Tap
A man holding a pint at the Jolly Tap on the Arcade
A seat at the bar
A man in a cap and sunglasses holding two beers
Got both hands full
Two men chatting behind the bar, one holding a pint glass
Meanwhile, behind the bar…
Musicians in colourful costumes performing for a street crowd
When the Arcade gets loud

ALBUM / 04

Out and about

Van selfies, away pints and a coffee stop for good measure.

Friends sitting outside the Swiss Tap with drinks
A stop at the Swiss Tap
Two friends wearing sunglasses in the front of a van
Off to Hornsea to see friends at The Stack
Four friends sitting outside with coffee cups
Sometimes it’s coffee
Two men with beers under blue light at a games event
One more round
A footballer in a blue shirt bearing the Jolly Boys Brewery logo
Jolly boys elite 11
The brewery team serving drinks at a bar beneath stone arches
The brotherhood in the Cathedral

ALBUM / 05

When the guitars come out

From a tune in the snug to a proper stage.

A guitarist playing for friends gathered around pub tables
The Dog House testing bar
Two people with instrument cases on a railway platform
Podcasting on the road
A band playing below a large Jolly Boys Brewery logo
The Brewery Band AKA Unit of Sausage or Sausage Unit
Two musicians singing and playing on stage
Two guitars and a couple of mics

There’s always room for another story

Come and see us in Barnsley, or pull up a chair and hear a few of our favourite tales on the podcast.

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