Mac Rating: 5.00 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 01:42:00

Tucked into a railway arch on Stepney Bank in Newcastle's Ouseburn district, Billy Bootleggers is an American-style dive bar built around bourbon, live music and Prohibition-era Americana. It moved to the arches -- a space previously used as a microbrewery taproom -- from an earlier home beneath a bar on Nelson Street in the city centre. The bar stocks a wide range of bourbons, including its own brews, alongside cocktails, a Long Island iced tea menu and its signature apple-pie moonshine. Live music is a regular fixture across the week, with a weekly quiz and pub games such as pool, and there is a small sheltered beer garden with heating beneath the bridge. Access is on a single level. The Ouseburn is one of Newcastle's main grassroots music and nightlife areas, a short distance from the city centre and Manors Metro station.