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

ndaybuffet

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

Smoggieesbord Sunday - changes and 🍻Pump 1Turning Point Brew Co.Sounds of Colour 3.8% Summer PaleVegan 🌱 Pump 2The Dur...
14/06/2026

Smoggieesbord Sunday - changes and 🍻

Pump 1
Turning Point Brew Co.
Sounds of Colour 3.8%
Summer Pale
Vegan 🌱

Pump 2
The Durham Brewery Ltd
Mythic Haze 5.6%
Mosaic IPA
Vegan 🌱

Pump 3
Wilde Child Brewing Co.
Distorting Horizons 5.9%
Tropical IPA


Pork Pies
Sausage Rolls
Celery Salted Cheese
Cheese
Smoked Cheese
Wensleydale with Cranberries
Spicy Meatballs
Crispy Chorizo
Black Olives 🌱
Pickled Onions 🌱
Sweet Red Drop Peppers 🌱
Green Olives 🌱
Crispy Black Pudding
Sausages
Meatballs
Onion Rings 🌱
Vegetable Samosas 🌱

Hey Smoggies -I have something for you 😉Stand by for changes, that's what I have!Picture by Hephee (Insta)
14/06/2026

Hey Smoggies -

I have something for you 😉

Stand by for changes, that's what I have!

Picture by Hephee (Insta)

Few new bits & bobs in The Fridges of Joy 😊 Vault City BrewingBlood Orange Limonata 4.3% Juicy blood 🍊 and sharp citrus ...
13/06/2026

Few new bits & bobs in The Fridges of Joy 😊

Vault City Brewing
Blood Orange Limonata 4.3%
Juicy blood 🍊 and sharp citrus from 🍋 juice and zest
Vegan 🌱

Two from
First time in TFoJ for this Bewdley brewery
Hayward IPA 6%
Peacherine & Citra

Window Seat 6.2%
Strata, Nelson Sauvin & Nectaron
Both vegan 🌱

Brew York State of Mind 2025
BA S'mores Empress Tonkoko 10.6%
Aed in a luxurious blend of Buffalo Trace, Heaven Hill, and Jim Beam barrels 😍

Vault City Brewing
Gold Standard 15%
Chocolate Hazelnut Imperial Stout
Vegan 🌱

Drink them here or all bottles & cans (just clap your hands) available to take, take, take, take, take-take, t-t-take, take away.

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

⚽️ 45 Smoggies in the Predictor 🏆 45 × 5 = 225 ÷ 5 = 45 for charity 👩🏽‍⚕️We doubled it so 90 (+ Gift Aid) to Médecins Sa...
13/06/2026

⚽️ 45 Smoggies in the Predictor

🏆 45 × 5 = 225 ÷ 5 = 45 for charity

👩🏽‍⚕️We doubled it so 90 (+ Gift Aid) to Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF

Cheers, Smoggies 🍻

Updated SmogBoard -

https://jonny233692.wixsite.com/the-golden-smog-2026

Click on News for Johnny's Daily Poem

Abbie is the current leader 🦁

Zdravo, Smoggies!Two changes for you this evening - Pump 1North Riding Brewery US Session 3.8% Pump 4Theakston BreweryOl...
12/06/2026

Zdravo, Smoggies!

Two changes for you this evening -

Pump 1
North Riding Brewery
US Session 3.8%

Pump 4
Theakston Brewery
Old Peculier 5.6%

It is a lovely evening in Smog Alley -
few pints, bit of civilised socialising,
that's the fella 🍻

It's only early days, but looking at the points so far, it seems most of us underestimated the South Koreans 🇰🇷See where...
12/06/2026

It's only early days, but looking at the points so far, it seems most of us underestimated the South Koreans 🇰🇷

See where you are in the table if you like, but there's a long, long, long way to go 🏆⚽️🏆

Predictor website with the latest scores and table -

https://jonny233692.wixsite.com/the-golden-smog-2026

🎵It's elemental, it's elemental, it's out of control 🎶Pump 3PentrichEther Elemental 6% IPA - Vegan 🌱I would like Mexio 🇲...
11/06/2026

🎵It's elemental, it's elemental, it's out of control 🎶

Pump 3
Pentrich
Ether Elemental 6%
IPA - Vegan 🌱

I would like Mexio 🇲🇽 to win tonight,
just so you know ⚽️

I've done mine ✔️ You've got until 8pm tonight to get your Smog World Cup Predictor sheets in - stop dilly-dallying 🕺🏽Ch...
11/06/2026

I've done mine ✔️

You've got until 8pm tonight to get your Smog World Cup Predictor sheets in -
stop dilly-dallying 🕺🏽

Cheers, Smoggies 🍻

Happy World Cup Kick Off Day, Smoggies.No, no, you're right, we don't have a telly.And, yes, you're right again, we're n...
11/06/2026

Happy World Cup Kick Off Day, Smoggies.

No, no, you're right, we don't have a telly.
And, yes, you're right again, we're not getting one.
Staying open late, you say?
No, none of that either.

HAPPY SAME AS IT EVER WAS DAY 😘

Two changes -

Pump 1
Ossett Brewery
White Rat 4% 🐀
Session Pale

Pump 2
Wilde Child Brewing Co.
Wonders Never Cease 5.5%
Citra IPA
Vegan 🌱

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛

*TOWN CRIER NOISES*Attention, all Smoggies, Please have your World Cup Predictor sheets in before 8pm tomorrow ⚽️Sheets ...
10/06/2026

*TOWN CRIER NOISES*

Attention, all Smoggies,

Please have your World Cup Predictor sheets in before 8pm tomorrow ⚽️

Sheets are in The Smog, £5 a sheet.
4/5ths to winner, 1/5th to charity ⚽️

⚽️ MUST BE IN BEFORE 8PM KICK OFF THURSDAY 11 JUNE ⚽️

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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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