The Golden Smog

The Golden Smog Stockton's original (and best) micropub since August 2014.

5 real ales, 4 kegs and 2 Fridges of Joy.

A small pub with a HUGE community, The Smog is all about the Smoggies, oh and...

5 real ales

1 real cider 🍎🍏

4 kegs including Kasteel Rouge 😍

All available to take away in reusable 4 pint growlers 🐻

2 fridges full of bottled & canned Belgian and craft goodness

All bottles & cans are available to take away

Pink, red & white wine 🍇

Single malt selection - Smog Wink

Bar snacks



Hot drinks ☕
Soft drinks

Chess
Games 🎲 including Scrabble & Cards Against Humanity

Lending Library 📚
Magazine box

Vinyl selection
Best background music in town 🎶🎵♩

🐕Well behaved hounds actively encourage🐕
🐶Water & treats🐶

Nice people friendly
Opening times 2pm - 10pm every day

Cleveland CAMRA Pub of the Year - 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
NE Region Pub of the Year Runner Up - 2016, 2017 & 2019
NE Regional Pub of the Year Winner - 2018

pALEgrimage raising funds for The Great North Air Ambulance

Proud supporters of We Shall Overcome Weekend

Living Wage employer

Changes! New Quiz Sheets! We had bread but that's long gone - thank you, Fabulous Baker Boy! Pump 1Black Iris Brewery To...
06/10/2026

Changes! New Quiz Sheets!
We had bread but that's long gone -
thank you, Fabulous Baker Boy!

Pump 1
Black Iris Brewery
Toxcitracy 4.4%
Citra Pale Ale

Pump 2
Pentrich Brewing Co
Style At The Time 5.5%
Pale Ale
Vegan 🌱

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

You deserve a drink - a good, straight forward stout - you absolutely deserve it 😉Pump 5 Nowt But Stout 4.2% Oatmel Stou...
05/10/2026

You deserve a drink - a good, straight forward stout - you absolutely deserve it 😉

Pump 5

Nowt But Stout 4.2%
Oatmel Stout
Vegan 🌱

Have a wonderful week, you lot 💛
Cheers, Smoggies 🍻

Some new cans I forgot to tell you about yesterday and a change on 2 - exciting times, Smoggies! Verdant Brewing Co - Br...
04/10/2026

Some new cans I forgot to tell you about yesterday and a change on 2 - exciting times, Smoggies!

Verdant Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom
There Is A Garden Within Me 6.5%
IPA - Vegan 🌱

Beak Brewery × Future Brewing × Barthaasx
Sunrise 6.5%
IPA - Vegan 🌱

Neon Raptor Brewing Co. × Brewski
Balderdash! 12%
Walnut, Almond, Vanilla & Chocolate
Imperial Stout - Vegan 🌱

So, one each of them with a pint chaser -

Pump 2
Twobytwobrewing
Strata Pale 4.8%
Vegan 🌱
🪳🐆🕷🐒🐋🦏🦈🐸🐊🐍🦜🦟🐢
🪳🐆🕷🐒🐋🦏🦈🐸🐊🐍🦜🦟🐢

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

Your new favourite band Thank you for starting what I envisage will become an unhealthy obsession 😆We've been crying .....
03/10/2026

Your new favourite band

Thank you for starting what I envisage will become an unhealthy obsession 😆

We've been crying .... WITH UNBRIDLED JOY!

5 real ales 🍻
2 c***rs 🍎
4 kegs including Kasteel Rouge🏰

2 Fridges of Joy -
Lots & lots of bottled & canned craft beers
Lots of low & no 💡
A banquet of Belgians, a few Dutch & Germans too 🇪🇺

All bottles & cans and cask & keg available to take, take, take, take, take-take, t-t-take, take away - bring your own growler 🐻

Pink, Red & White W**e 🍇
Prosecco 🥂
Single malts, a few other spirits 👻

Don't come here for cocktails.
You'll be disappointed 🍸

Hot Drinks ☕
Just pods, we're not baristas.
Soft drinks 🍼

📃 Quiz Sheet Tuesday
🎩 Hat Wednesday
Pork Pie Saturday
🍽

Bar snacks 👩‍🍳

Lending Library 📚
Magazine Box 📦

Vinyl Selection 🎼
🎵Brilliant background music🎶

🐕 Well-behaved dogs encouraged 🐕
🐶 Water & treats always available 🐶

🍻 Outside seating in Smog Alley 🍂

Living Wage Employer ✅️

Good people welcome, so don't be a dick 🍆

Sunday to Thursday
Open from 2pm to 10pm 🕑🕙

Friday and Saturday
Open from 2pm to 11pm 🕑🕚

The Smog is about to get a lot busier.And it's already pretty busy 💛Pump 3 Krush Citra IPA 6.2%Vegan 🌱 🪳🐆🕷🐒🐋🦏🦈🐸🐊🐍🦜🦟🐢🪳🐆🕷🐒...
03/10/2026

The Smog is about to get a lot busier.
And it's already pretty busy 💛

Pump 3

Krush Citra IPA 6.2%
Vegan 🌱

🪳🐆🕷🐒🐋🦏🦈🐸🐊🐍🦜🦟🐢
🪳🐆🕷🐒🐋🦏🦈🐸🐊🐍🦜🦟🐢

The Smoggies came in
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 for the 2 x 2 😘

Always my first 'I can't work that Saturday' on the new Smog calendar. Happy Twisterella Festival 😘See you there, Smoggi...
03/10/2026

Always my first 'I can't work that Saturday' on the new Smog calendar.

Happy Twisterella Festival 😘

See you there, Smoggies x

How low can you go? Lots of low & no alcohol options in The Fridges of Joy 😘KasteelbierERDINGER AlkoholfreiPulp C***r Co...
03/10/2026

How low can you go?

Lots of low & no alcohol options in The Fridges of Joy 😘

Kasteelbier
ERDINGER Alkoholfrei
Pulp C***r Company
Guinness
Bitburger 0,0% Alkoholfrei
Schöfferhofer
Kaiserdom Specialitäten Brauerei Bamberg
Nolia B**r

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

5 real ales 🍻
2 c***rs 🍎
4 kegs including Kasteel Rouge🏰

2 Fridges of Joy -
Lots & lots of bottled & canned craft beers
Lots of low & no 💡
A banquet of Belgians, a few Dutch & Germans too 🇪🇺

All bottles & cans and cask & keg available to take, take, take, take, take-take, t-t-take, take away - bring your own growler 🐻

Pink, Red & White W**e 🍇
Prosecco 🥂
Single malts, a few other spirits 👻

Don't come here for cocktails.
You'll be disappointed 🍸

Hot Drinks ☕
Just pods, we're not baristas.
Soft drinks 🍼

📃 Quiz Sheet Tuesday
🎩 Hat Wednesday
Pork Pie Saturday
🍽

Bar snacks 👩‍🍳

Lending Library 📚
Magazine Box 📦

Vinyl Selection 🎼
🎵Brilliant background music🎶

🐕 Well-behaved dogs encouraged 🐕
🐶 Water & treats always available 🐶

🍻 Outside seating in Smog Alley 🍂

Living Wage Employer ✅️

Good people welcome, so don't be a dick 🍆

Sunday to Thursday
Open from 2pm to 10pm 🕑🕙

Friday and Saturday
Open from 2pm to 11pm 🕑🕚

You've got 12 minutes!Will you make it or will this have to be your first pint on 🍻Pump 2Left Handed Giant Brewing Co....
02/10/2026

You've got 12 minutes!
Will you make it or will this have to be your first pint on 🍻

Pump 2
Left Handed Giant Brewing Co.
Sun Flight 4.5%
Vegan 🌱

Hazy pale with
💚Mosaic
💚Motueka
💚Peacherine
A touch hazier than LHG usual cask offering 🍻

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

Have a pint! Go on. Pint! Pint! Pint! Pints for everyone 🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻Pump 1North Riding Brewery Single Hop APA 4.3% Centennia...
02/10/2026

Have a pint! Go on.
Pint! Pint! Pint!
Pints for everyone 🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻

Pump 1
North Riding Brewery
Single Hop APA 4.3%
Centennial

Cheers, Smoggies 🍻

Busy, busy, Smoggies - 1 & 3 will go soon but for now it's all about 4 ⛳️ Pump 4 Hidden Verse 4.5% Best Bitter Vegan 🌱 C...
02/10/2026

Busy, busy, Smoggies -
1 & 3 will go soon but for now it's all about 4 ⛳️

Pump 4

Hidden Verse 4.5%
Best Bitter
Vegan 🌱

Cheers, Smoggies 🍻

5 real ales 🍻
2 c***rs 🍎
4 kegs including Kasteel Rouge🏰

2 Fridges of Joy -
Lots & lots of bottled & canned craft beers
Lots of low & no 💡
A banquet of Belgians, a few Dutch & Germans too 🇪🇺

All bottles & cans and cask & keg available to take, take, take, take, take-take, t-t-take, take away - bring your own growler 🐻

Pink, Red & White W**e 🍇
Prosecco 🥂
Single malts, a few other spirits 👻

Don't come here for cocktails.
You'll be disappointed 🍸

Hot Drinks ☕
Just pods, we're not baristas.
Soft drinks 🍼

📃 Quiz Sheet Tuesday
🎩 Hat Wednesday
Pork Pie Saturday
🍽

Bar snacks 👩‍🍳

Lending Library 📚
Magazine Box 📦

Vinyl Selection 🎼
🎵Brilliant background music🎶

🐕 Well-behaved dogs encouraged 🐕
🐶 Water & treats always available 🐶

🍻 Outside seating in Smog Alley 🍂

Living Wage Employer ✅️

Good people welcome, so don't be a dick 🍆

Sunday to Thursday
Open from 2pm to 10pm 🕑🕙

Friday and Saturday
Open from 2pm to 11pm 🕑🕚

Address

1 Hambletonian Yard
Stockton-on-Tees
TS181DS

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 10pm
Tuesday 2pm - 10pm
Wednesday 2pm - 10pm
Thursday 2pm - 10pm
Friday 2pm - 11pm
Saturday 2pm - 11pm
Sunday 2pm - 10pm

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