BrewDog DogHouse Edinburgh
5 New Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BH
BrewDog's beer hotel off the Canongate: a ground-floor bar with about 30 taps (roughly a third guest beers) and a second-floor roof terrace with fire pits. Open daily from 7am until 11pm (midnight Wednesday to Saturday).
Campervan Brewery Taproom
Unit 4, Bonnington Business Centre, 112 Jane Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5HG
Leith's longest-running brewery taproom (since 2017), next to the brewhouse, with the full Campervan range on tap including Leith Juice and the gluten-free nitro porter Extra Black, plus a car-park beer garden and food trucks. Open Wednesday 5–10pm, Thursday and Friday 2–10pm, Saturday noon–10pm, Sunday noon–8pm.
Cold Town House
4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU
Three-floor Grassmarket bar with Cold Town Beer brewed on site, Neapolitan pizza and a rooftop terrace looking straight up at the Castle. The terrace reopened in April 2026 after a £500,000 refit with a retractable glass roof, so it works in the rain. Open daily from noon (to 11pm Sunday to Tuesday, midnight Wednesday and Thursday, 1am Friday and Saturday).
Malt & Hops
45 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QU
Single-room free house on the Water of Leith with a real fire, a ceiling of old pump clips and the biggest cask range in Leith (seven changing ales plus a regular). Open from noon daily until 11pm (midnight Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; 1am Friday and Saturday).
Moonwake Beer Co. Taproom
6A Tower Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 7BY
Brewery taproom just off the Shore with a mezzanine over the brew kit, about a dozen lines and a beer garden; pizza can be ordered to your table. Open Thursday 5–10pm, Friday 3–10pm, Saturday noon–10pm, Sunday noon–8pm.
Newbarns Brewery Taproom
13 Jane Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5HE
Taproom built into the brewery wall, run by ex-Kernel and Siren brewers: pale ales, lagers, stouts and the odd cask, with barrels to stand at and a pool table. Open Wednesday 5–10pm, Thursday 3–10pm, Friday and Saturday noon–10pm, Sunday noon–8pm.
Salt Horse
57–61 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh EH1 1NB
The Old Town's specialist craft beer bar and bottle shop: 14 rotating draught lines, around 200 cans and bottles (strong on Belgian lambic) and burgers. Opens 4pm Monday to Wednesday, noon Thursday to Saturday, 12.30pm Sunday.
Teuchters Landing
1c Dock Place, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6LU
Free house in the old waiting room for the Leith–Aberdeen steamer, with about 24 taps (Scottish cask and keg), 250-plus whiskies, a floating pontoon terrace and food all day. Open 10am to 1am daily (alcohol from 11am).
The Bow Bar
80 West Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2HH
One-room Scottish alehouse with eight cask lines on traditional tall founts, guest kegs and 400+ malt whiskies. No music, no TV. Pies at lunchtime. Open noon to midnight daily.
The Holyrood 9A
9a Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AE
Wood-panelled craft beer pub with 20-plus taps of Scottish and international beer and big 'two-hander' burgers. Open from 10am daily until midnight (1am Friday and Saturday).