That Crafty Brew Micropub& Bottle Shop

That Crafty Brew is a micropub and bottle shop on North Burns in Chester-le-Street, run by owner Steve Neville, which opened in August 2023. The wood-floored shop holds a handful of tables for drinkers alongside shelving stocked with bottled and canned beer for takeaway, artisan spirits and a changing selection of keg and cask lines poured at the bar. The business is listed with CAMRA and on the What Pub directory as a genuine free house rather than a brewery-tied pub, meaning its taps rotate between independent breweries rather than being fixed to one supplier. Steve runs the shop day to day, choosing the rotating line-up of casks, kegs and bottles and posting new arrivals to the pub's social media accounts for regulars to follow.