RNLI Connection

Cullercoats Brewery is a corporate partner of the RNLI through a donation of 3p per pint for every beer, over £60,000 to date. It draws its inspiration – and beer names – from our coastal history and especially the stormy events of New Year’s Day 1861, when the “Lovely Nelly” ran aground. Cullercoats Lifeboat could not launch because of the rough conditions, and the story goes that Cullercoats Fisherwomen pulled the lifeboat the 2 miles to Whitley Bay where it could be launched.