The UK's largest range of raw kombucha
Your gut called. It wants a word.
60+ raw kombuchas from some of the UK's best makers, plus Kev's own Gut Feeling. All in the fridge at the Otley Taproom, or packed in Otley and delivered UK-wide.
Mix any 6+, save up to 15%.
Site-wide, no code needed. Kombucha's the star, but everything counts.
6+ · 5% off
12+ · 10% off
24+ · 15% off
30-Day Gut Health Challenge
Gut playing up? Take the 30-Day Gut Health Challenge.
One small glass of raw kombucha a day for 30 days. Sign up and Kev's emails do the hard bit: what your gut's likely doing each week, which flavour to try next, the science in plain English, and a nudge on the days it's easiest to forget. Most people drop a new habit by week two. This is how you don't.
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The diminishing returns manifesto
Look after your gut. Cover the basics. Then optimise for fun.
- 1The gutRaw kombucha, most days. Kev's daily habit since he swapped out the wine.
- 2The basicsOlive oil, fibre, creatine. Boring. Brilliant. No 20-supplement stack.
- 3The funEverything after that is diminishing returns. Go and enjoy yourself.
Show me the science
- Your gut's trillions of microbes are linked to heart health, blood sugar, inflammation and weight. ZOE's scientists studied over 34,000 guts and found 50 bacteria linked to better health.
- In a Stanford trial, ten weeks of having more fermented stuff every day boosted gut diversity and cut 19 markers of inflammation.
- Around 7,000 steps a day was linked to a 47% lower risk of death from any cause compared with 2,000 steps, with modest extra gains beyond that.
- Benefits from exercise level off at roughly three to five times the NHS minimum.
Sources: ZOE Microbiome Health Ranking (Nature, 2025), Wastyk et al. (Cell, 2021), Lancet Public Health 2025 steps review, JAMA Internal Medicine 2015 dose-response study, NHS physical activity guidelines.
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What the regulars keep coming back for.
The box deal
Mix any 6. Save up to 15%.
- 6 for 5% off
- 12 for 10% off
- 24 for 15% off
Any kombucha, any basics, any maker. Repeat deliveries too. Best discount wins, nothing stacks.
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Meet Kev
Former big wine drinker. Current kombucha bore.
20+ years in marketing, including 10 years on public health campaigns for the NHS and the Department of Health. Then he packed in the wine, started on daily raw kombucha, and the bloating cleared off. He's 46 and wants to keep up with his daughter in his seventies. He'll tell you all about it. At length.
Be like Kev. Not Gwyneth.
Read Kev's story
The Otley Taproom. Sit in, or fill up and take home.
Two kombuchas on draught rotating through six flavours, all 60+ kombuchas in the fridge, the full AFDC range, plus kimchi, kraut and kefir. Free click and collect for your Kombucha Club order.
7 Manor Square, Otley, near Leeds, LS21 3AP · Tue 10am to 2pm, Wed 10am to 4pm, Thu 10am to 3pm, Fri and Sat 10am to 4pm
What kombucha actually does
Three plain facts. No lab coat, no beige linen.
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It's alive
Raw kombucha is fermented and unpasteurised, so it carries live bacteria and yeasts. Heat-treated stuff doesn't.
Show me the science
Kombucha is made by fermenting sweet tea with a SCOBY, a culture of bacteria and yeasts. Raw, unpasteurised kombucha keeps those cultures alive. Pasteurising kills them.
Source: ZOE, Kombucha: what are the health benefits?
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Fermented stuff adds variety
A 2021 Stanford study found that more fermented stuff every day, kombucha included, made the mix of bacteria in people's guts more varied.
Show me the science
36 healthy adults spent ten weeks on a high-fermented or a high-fibre diet. Microbiome diversity went up in the fermented group, and 19 markers of inflammation went down.
Source: Wastyk et al., "Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status", Cell, 2021.
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It's not magic
It won't cure anything. It's a good daily habit, not a pill. Anyone promising more is selling jade eggs.
Show me the science
Most research on kombucha itself is in the lab or in animals, with only a few small studies in people. So treat it as a decent daily habit, not a treatment.
Source: ZOE, Kombucha: what are the health benefits?
Don't take Kev's word for it
Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 33 Google reviews. A few of our favourites:
“Wow! It's incredible here! ... Kombucha on tap... yes please! Felt like an experience coming here, the owner took us on a kombucha journey, and wow is the kombucha delicious! It tastes nothing like the supermarket kombuchas, there's a real depth of flavour that's been brewed and fermented! ... Worth a 2 hour drive here! Highly HIGHLY recommend!”
“I've tried kombucha from the supermarket before, but this is so much better. I really enjoyed the kombucha on tap. The shop/bar has a relaxed and welcoming vibe. I had a couple of glasses whilst in the bar and bought a couple of bottles to take away. I will definitely be returning.”
“Fantastic business - we popped in for a quick drink mid morning. Lovely atmosphere, the owner was incredibly welcoming and the selection of kombucha was fantastic - we had an elderflower and raspberry and a scotch bonnet kombucha each and spent a lovely half an hour enjoying them - highly recommend”
“A must-visit for the non-drinker, sober-curious, or anyone who wants to dodge a hangover for a bit. Huge collection of superb alc. free beers and wines, and a seriously impressive array of kombucha. Fella running the show is incredibly knowledgeable and warm - get in amongst it!”
“I love this place. I came in for the Kombucha but stayed for the ALC free craft lagers and beers, kimchi, kefir, etc. Always a relaxing vibe, and Kev is a great host!”
“I am a coeliac there fore I found their gluten free section very good. I can wholly recommend trying here as if for nothing else it gives you great options. Very friendly atmosphere and [Kev] is very knowledgeable.”