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London breweries 2003

By the end of 2003, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon ThamesBattersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea BreweryBünker WC2, Camden, brewpub, previously Freedom Earlham Street, under new ownershipFuller Smith & Turner W4, HounslowGrand Union Brewery (The) UB3, HillingdonGuinness […]

Brasserie les Sans-Culottes

Closed brewpub27 Endell Street WC2H 9BA (Camden)First sold beer: December 2001Ceased brewing: May 2003

Referred to in some sources as Brasserie Française, this was one of several early 21st century restaurant-brewpub concepts in London. It was based around a French revolutionary theme: the sans-culottes (literally ‘without breeches’, referencing the silk knee breeches favoured by […]

Pitfield Brewery

Pitfield Brewery

Brewery moved from London, since closed8 Pitfield Street N1 6HA (Hackney, original site)4 Hoxton Square N1 6NU (Hackney, second site)Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge Industrial Estate, Stourbridge DY8 1JN (Dudley, outside London, third site)14 Pitfield Street N1 6EY (Hackney, fourth site)The Nurseries, Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester CO4 5HA (Essex, outside London, fifth […]

Pacific Oriental

Closed brewpub1 Bishopsgate EC2N 3AQ (City of London)First sold beer: November 1999Ceased brewing: by end 2005

One of a smattering of upmarket London venues that experimented with brewing in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this was a substantial pan-Asian restaurant and brewpub in a Grade II-listed former branch of the Royal Bank of […]

London breweries 2004

By the end of 2004, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including three brewpubs. These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon ThamesBattersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea BreweryBünker WC2, Camden, brewpubFuller Smith & Turner W4, HounslowGrand Union Brewery (The) UB3, HillingdonGuinness Park Royal Brewery NW10, BrentHaggards Brewery (Imperial […]

Born to be Mild: London mild ale festival May 2022

Born to be Mild festival, Sambrook’s, 27-29 May 2022

Download beer list and tastings notes (PDF, updated 24 May 2022)

The great Mild Ale comeback continues! I’m co-curating the inaugural weekend-long Born To Be Mild London mild ale festival on 27-29 May 2022 at Sambrook’s Brewery Tap on the historic Ram brewery site in […]

London brewery numbers still rising, but slowly

The former Russian River brewhouse under installation at Forest Road, August 2021.

London’s brewery count rose from 131 at the end of 2020 to 136 at the end of 2021, with at least three likely to start operations in the early months of 2022. While six breweries closed, suspended production or moved out of […]

London breweries 2021

The former Russian River brewhouse under installation at Forest Road, August 2021.

By the end of December 2021, there were 132 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. Those breweries were:

40FT Brewery E8, HackneyAffinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpubAnomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitorsAnspach & Hobday CR0, SuttonBattersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, brewpubBBNo (Brew […]

Three Hounds Beer Co

Three Hounds Beer Co, Beckenham BR3 (London).

Beer firm, brewpub in development57 Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4PR (Bromley)threehoundsbeerco.comActive since: 2016

Matt Walden, formerly at Brockley, began cuckoo brewing for sale on a market stall in 2016, and continued to offer own-brewed brands at his bottle shop and bar in Clock House, Beckenham, opened in […]

Soho Brewing

Soho Brewing, London.

Beer firmsohobrewing.comActive since: December 2019

Licensed trade veteran Michael Breen began planning a Soho brewpub in 2013 but the project was held up by unexpected difficulties. He finally launched Soho Lager in 2019, devised by former Guinness master brewery Fergal Murray and initially brewed at Hepworth in Sussex.

Further beers are […]