The best independent shops to buy gluten free beer online

The four pack of Peroni Gluten Free is the floor of what is possible, not the ceiling. The best gluten free beer in Britain comes from independent breweries, and most of it never reaches a high street shelf. You find it through the specialist shops that curate gluten free beer instead of grudgingly stocking one line of it.

We checked who is genuinely trading and worth your money in June 2026. Some well known names have quietly closed, so it matters who you trust.

The best all rounder: Beerhunter

If you only use one shop, use Beerhunter. It carries the broadest curated gluten free range we found, around 33 lines, with a dedicated gluten free section, two ready made mixed cases (eight or twelve beers) and a wall of gift sets. Same day dispatch on orders before 2pm, nationwide.

What makes it the pick is not the count, it is the names. Brass Castle, Fierce Beer, Hammerton, Siren, Track, Thornbridge, Arbor Ales, Mongozo. These are breweries doing gluten free properly, and none of them turn up next to the lager multipacks in Tesco. You can build an entire case of UK craft gluten free beer here rather than defaulting to the two or three brands the supermarkets agree on. The mixed cases are the smart way in if you are new to it: a safe, curated spread to find what you like. The gift sets make it the obvious shop when a coeliac friend has a birthday.

Best for UK indie craft: Beer Ritz

Beer Ritz has been shipping beer since 1998, which makes it the longest established online beer retailer in the country, and the range reflects real knowledge rather than a free from afterthought. Around sixteen gluten free lines in stock at any time, no mass market filler: Left Handed Giant, Verdant, Polly’s Brew, Wold Top, Brass Castle, Arbor Ales. Order before midday for next day delivery, UK wide.

This is the shop for the coeliac who wants the proper modern British craft scene, the hazy pales and the small batch releases, treated as a category in its own right. No gimmicks, no unsustainable discounting, just good beer at fair prices.

Best for premium and adventurous: Ghost Whale

Ghost Whale is a London craft bottle shop, with sites in Brixton and Putney, that ships its 35 line gluten free range across the UK. The curation skews serious: Burnt Mill, Cloudwater, DEYA, Track, Full Circle, plus Nordic heavyweights like Pohjala. These are breweries a coeliac often cannot access anywhere except a specialist, and Ghost Whale keeps the gluten free range actively maintained rather than letting it gather dust. Free delivery over £75, next day on the mainland for orders before 6pm. There is a monthly beer club too, though as with any club, check it can guarantee gluten free contents before you commit.

Best in Scotland: Wee Beer Shop

Wee Beer Shop is a family run independent in Glasgow, named the largest gluten free range in the city, and it ships UK mainland wide. The focus is UK independents, with real depth on Abbeydale, Triple Point, Campervan, Track and Burnt Mill, across IPAs, pales, stouts, porters, sours and lagers. For a coeliac in Scotland this is a local champion. For everyone else it is a useful source for breweries that do not always travel south.

For alcohol free: Wise Bartender and Dry Drinker

If you want gluten free beer without the alcohol, two specialists do it far better than any supermarket. Wise Bartender is the bigger of the two, with a dedicated gluten free section and a “Gluten Minimus” mixed case put together specifically for coeliacs, featuring Big Drop, Drop Bear, Jump Ship and more, all verified below 20ppm. Dry Drinker is the second source, carrying some different breweries, useful when Wise Bartender is out of stock on something. Both ship nationwide.

One honest caveat: these are alcohol free shops. Everything is 0.0% to 0.5%. If you want a full strength gluten free IPA, look to the four shops above instead. If you want to read more on the category, our guide to gluten free alcohol free beer covers it.

Worth knowing, smaller ranges

A few more are worth a look if you are chasing something specific. Kraft Werks in Nottingham carries a modest but well chosen dozen gluten free lines including Buxton and Campervan. Beer Merchants keeps a thin but high quality range with names like Cloudwater and Lervig and a gluten free mixed case. Neither has the breadth of the top four, but both are genuine independents.

Don’t waste your time on these

Search results have a long memory, so a quick warning. HonestBrew, which once had a good gluten free section, went into administration in 2022. Beer Hawk has folded into a home keg service and no longer operates as a shop. The Gluten Free Beer Company in Otley, which looked like a dedicated specialist, appears to have stopped trading in late 2023 with unfulfilled orders behind it. And Beer52, the big subscription club, explicitly cannot guarantee a gluten free box, so it is not one for coeliacs. Stick to the trading specialists above.

The point of all this

Every shop on this page exists because someone decided gluten free drinkers deserve more than a token lager. That is the whole argument of this site. Use them, and use our beer directory to check the gluten level, ABV and style of anything before you buy, or browse by brewery to find who makes what. The supermarket is for convenience. These shops are for actually drinking well.