Gloucester Tap Room Nominated as UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026

Gloucester Brewery has been nominated as the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026. The competition gives people the chance to win a share of £2,000 in Town & City Gift Cards, such as the Gloucester Gift Card.

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A Gloucester tap room, distillery and brewery has been praised for its sustainable practices and community ethos after being nominated as the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026.

Gloucester Brewery celebrated its 15^th year in the city in 2026. Based at Gloucester Docks, the business is home to tap room and entertainment venue Warehouse 3, alongside Fox’s Kiln Distillery crafting small batch spirits, and its brewery creating craft beer using eco-friendly practices. The business has picked up multiple awards for its products at the SIBA National Independent Beer Awards.

Backed by Gloucester BID, the UK’s Favourite Local Business which receives the most nominations in the competition will win a £1,000 Town & City Gift Card, such as the Gloucester Gift Card, with one person who nominated the winner receiving a £1,000 Town & City Gift Card.

Gloucester BID is also offering a £500 Gloucester Gift Card to the city business with the most nominations in the competition. If this is also the business which wins UK’s Favourite Local Business overall, the £500 Gloucester Gift Card prize will go to the Gloucester business with the second highest number of nominations in the competition.

Kai Reeves, Managing Director of Gloucester Brewery said: “Gloucester Brewery was built from our founder Jared’s garden shed, growing into the brewery, distillery and tap room we have today. It’s important for us that we reflect the community we serve with initiatives that do good locally, including supporting domestic violence charity Hollie Gazzard Trust, emergency care charity GWAAC and Gloucestershire based blood cancer charity Linc, with 10% of our profits on specific products donated to the charities.

“We also work with Art in the City, creating a display space and sales platform for local artists, partner with local sports clubs, and provide free venue hire to charities. Our partnership with Gloucester Cathedral on CathedrALE sees 10% of the proceeds from each can supporting the conservation of the Cathedral’s 14^th century medieval cloisters.

“Warehouse 4 is one of the best places to watch live music in the area and the experience we offer is at the heart of everything we do. The fact that we brew and distil everything we serve at Warehouse 4, alongside supplying hundreds of local pubs, restaurants and hotels, is key to our success. As a nation, we lost half of all our pubs this century, including a pub every day during the pandemic. The support we have locally is fundamental to our longevity as a business so being nominated as the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026 by our customers is brilliant.”

Gloucester Brewery is one of over 190 businesses in the city which accept the Gloucester Gift Card. The card was introduced by Gloucester BID in November 2019 as a way to encourage local shopping and keep spend locked into the area.

Kai adds: “Gloucester is underrated, and there is a real momentum in the city just now with many stakeholders who want to see Gloucester do well working together. We’re a part of the Gloucester Gift Card because it’s a collaborative initiative that gives the recipient so many options in the city, whether it’s grabbing a pizza at Gloucester Food Dock, a craft beer at our tap room or shopping at Gloucester Quays. If we win the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026, we’ll think of a way to give the Gloucester Gift Card prize back to our customers and partners. We’re a small team who are obsessed about quality, so an award nomination like this means a lot.”

Other Gloucester businesses nominated in the national UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026 competition so far include Hetty’s Place, Khayā Coffee, The Fountain Inn, Jamaica Blue and Crimson Spire at Hotel Indigo.

Claire Knight, Marketing & Business Engagement Lead at Gloucester BID said: “We’re incredibly proud to see Gloucester Brewery and many other city businesses nominated in the national UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026 competition. It is our local businesses that make the city a great place to live and work and they deserve our recognition and support. It is the business who has the most nominations who will win the national title of the UK’s Favourite Local Business, so please take a moment to nominate so we can bring this prize home to Gloucester.”

The Gloucester Gift Card is part of the multi-award winning Town & City Gift Cards concept from fintech Miconex. Over 27,000 local businesses are part of Miconex’s local gift card programs around the world with over £69m of cards sold to date.

Colin Munro, CEO of Miconex, said: “The Gloucester Gift Card is the ultimate ‘shop local’ Gift Card. As we approach the key Christmas trading period, the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026 is a timely reminder of the importance of supporting the local businesses who power our high streets. Buying the Gloucester Gift Card or nominating a business to be the UK’s best are simple ways to show your support for local this festive season.”

Nominate your UK’s Favourite Local Business competition free at: www.lovelocalwin.co.uk until 30th November 2026.