17 openings and revivals, 11 closures and suspensions, net change +5.
By the end of 2019, there were 130 commercial breweries operating in London, including 28 brewpubs. These breweries were:
- 40FT E8, Hackney
- Affinity Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Anomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitors
- Anspach & Hobday CR0, Sutton
- Barnet Brewery (Black Horse) EN5, Barnet, brewpub
- Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Beavertown Tottenham Hale (part-Heineken) N17, Haringey
- Beavertown Tottenham Hotspur (part-Heineken) N17, Haringey, brewpub NEW!
- Beerblefish Brewing Co N18, Enfield
- Belleville Brewing SW12, Wandsworth
- Bexley Brewery DA8, Bexley
- Bianca Road Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Block Brewery (Wenlock Arms) N1, Hackney, brewpub
- Bohem Brewery N17, Haringey
- Boxcar Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets
- Brew by Numbers SE16, Southwark
- BrewDog Outpost Tower Hill EC3, City of London, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Highbury N5, Islington, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Hoxton E2, Hackney, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Islington EC1V, Islington, brewpub
- Brick Brewery SE8, Lewisham
- Brixton Brewery (Brixton) (part-Heineken) SW9, Lambeth
- Brixton Brewery (Herne Hill) (part-Heineken) SE24, Lambeth
- Brockley Brewery (Brockley) SE4, Lewisham
- Brockley Brewery (Hither Green) SE12, Lewisham NEW!
- Broken Drum Brewery DA15, Bexley, brewpub
- Bullfinch Brewery SE24, Lambeth
- By the Horns Brewing SW17, Wandsworth
- Camden Town (Kentish Town) (AB InBev) NW5, Camden
- Camden Town (Ponders End) (AB InBev) EN3, Enfield
- Canopy Beer Co SE24, Southwark
- Clarkshaws Brewing SW9, Lambeth
- Crate Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Cronx Brewery (The) CR0, Croydon
- Deviant and Dandy E9, Hackney
- E5 Bakehouse E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Ealing Brewing TW8, Hounslow NEW!
- Earth Ale N22, Haringey
- East London Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- Eel Pie Brew School (Ricardos Cellar) TW1, Richmond upon Thames
- Enefeld N18, Enfield
- Essex Street Brewing (Temple Brewhouse) (City Pubs) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
- Exale Brewing E17, Waltham Forest
- Five Points Brewing Co (The) E8, Hackney
- Fourpure Brewing (Lion/Kirin) SE16, Southwark
- Fuller’s Griffin Brewery (Asahi) W4, Hounslow
- Gan Yam SE17, Southwark, no visitors, preparing to move from London.
- German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
- Gipsy Hill Brewing SE27, Lambeth
- Goodness Brewing Company (The) N22, Haringey
- Goose Island Brewpub (AB InBev) E1, Hackney, brewpub
- Gorgeous Brewery (Bull) N6, Haringey, brewpub
- Gravity Well Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- Hackney Brewery E2, Hackney
- Hackney Church Brew Co E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Hammersmith Craft Brewery W6, Hammersmith & Fulham NEW!
- Hammerton Brewery N7, Islington
- Hop Stuff Brewery (Molson Coors) SE28, Greenwich, no visitors
- Howling Hops Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Husk Brewing E16, Newham
- Ignition Brewery SE26, Lewisham
- Inkspot Brewery SW16, Lambeth
- Jeffersons Brewery TW9, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Kanpai London Craft Sake SE15, Southwark
- Kernel Brewery (The) SE16, Southwark
- Kew Brewery SW14, Richmond upon Thames
- Laine: Thieves Brewery (Four Thieves) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Laine’s Brew Lab (People’s Park Tavern) E9, Hackney, brewpub
- Little Creatures Regents Canal (Lion/Kirin) N1, Camden, brewpub NEW!
- London Beer Factory SE27, Lambeth
- London Beer Lab (Brixton) SW9, Lambeth
- London Beer Lab (Loughborough Junction) SW9, Lambeth, no visitors
- London Brewing Co (Bohemia) N12, Barnet, brewpub
- London Fields Brewery (Carlsberg) E8, Hackney REVIVED!
- Long Arm Brewery (ETM) EC2A, Islington, brewpub
- Macintosh Ales W6, Hammersmith & Fulham, no visitors
- Mad Yank Brewery (The) HA5, Hillingdon, no visitors NEW!
- Magic Spells Brewery E10, Waltham Forest
- Marko Paulo Brewery (Ealing Brewing, Owl and the Pussycat) W13, Ealing, brewpub
- Meantime Brewing (Asahi) SE10, Greenwich
- Mechanic Brewing Co (The) E1, Tower Hamlets NEW!
- Moncada Brewery NW2, Brent
- Mondo Brewing SW8, Wandsworth
- Muswell Hillbilly Brewers N10, Haringey
- Mutineers Brewery BR1, Bromley, no visitors
- Neckstamper Brewing E10, Waltham Forest
- Nirvana Brewery E10, Waltham Forest
- Old Fountain Brewhouse EC1, Islington, brewpub
- Old Kent Road Brewery SE6, Lewisham, no visitors NEW!
- Old Street Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets
- One Mile End Brewery N17, Haringey
- ORA Brewing N17, Haringey
- Orbit Beers SE17, Southwark
- Park Brewery (The) KT1, Kingston upon Thames REVIVED!
- Partizan Brewing SE16, Southwark
- Perivale Brewery UB6, Ealing
- Pillars Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Pinnora Brewing HA5, Harrow, no visitors NEW!
- Portobello Brewing Co W10, Kensington & Chelsea
- Pressure Drop Brewing N17, Haringey
- Pretty Decent Beer Co E7, Waltham Forest
- Redemption Brewing N17, Haringey
- Reunion Ales TW13, Hounslow
- Sambrook’s Brewery (Ram Brewery) SW18, Wandsworth
- Short Stack (Howling Hops, Cock Tavern) E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Signal Brewery CR0, Sutton
- Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest
- SlyBeast Brewing (Ram Inn) SW18, Wandsworth, brewpub NEW!
- Small Beer Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Small Beer Brewing Company W12, Hammersmith & Fulham, no visitors
- Solvay Society IG2, Redbridge
- Southey Brewing Co SE20, Bromley
- Southwark Brewing SE1, Southwark
- Spartan Brewery SE16, Southwark
- St Mary’s Brewery NW3, Camden, no visitors
- Tap East E20, Newham, brewpub
- Three Sods Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets
- Tiny Vessel Brewing Co TW12, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Truman’s Beer E3, Tower Hamlets
- Twickenham Fine Ales TW2, Richmond upon Thames
- Two Tribes N7, Islington
- Urban Alchemy Brewing Co EN5, Barnet, no visitors NEW!
- Villages Brewery SE8, Lewisham
- Volden Brewing CR0, Croydon
- Watling Street Beer N17, Haringey, moved from outside London NEW!
- Weird Beard Brew Co W7, Ealing
- Wild Card Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Wimbledon Brewery SW19, Merton
- Wrong Side of the Tracks SE6, Lewisham, no visitors NEW!
- Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub
Br3wery BR3, Bromley NEW! was also active during 2019 though by the end of the year had temporarily become a cuckoo brewer.
Second Wave Brewing SE27, Lambeth NEW! was also active during 2019 but had closed by the end of the year.
Closed this year
- Alphabeta Brewery (Pitt Cue) EC2, City of London, brewpub
- Big Smoke Brew Co (Antelope) KT6, Kingston upon Thames, brewpub, brewing moved to larger standalone site outside London
- Maregade Brew Co E9, Hackney
- Portobello at the George (George and Dragon) W3, Ealing, brewpub
- Redchurch Urban Farmhouse E2, Tower Hamlets
- Second Wave Brewing SE27, Lambeth
- UBREW SE16, Southwark
Suspended this year
- Br3wery BR3, Bromley, moves to cuckoo brewing
- Greenwich Brewery (Up the Creek) SE10, Greenwich, brewpub
- Kentish Town Brewery NW5, Camden
- Oddly N17, Haringey, moves to cuckoo brewing
Other changes
- Bianca Road Brew Co SE1, Southwark, relocates to Bermondsey arch.
- Boxcar Brewery E9, Hackney, relocates to larger site at Bethnal Green.
- Brewheadz N17, Haringey, site and kit taken over by ORA and rebranded.
- Fuller Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow, brewing operation split from pubs business and sold to Asahi, eventually renamed Fuller’s Griffin Brewery.
- Goodness Brewing Company (The) (Prince) N22, Haringey, brewpub, brewing team moves to standalone site nearby, with kit in pub eventually removed.
- Hale Brewing (Five Miles) N17, Haringey, brewpub, wound up and succeeded by a new company, Exale, with an expanded site on Blackhorse Lane.
- Hop Stuff Brewery SE28, Greenwich, bought by MolsonCoors.
- London Fields Brewery E8, Hackney, bought by Carlsberg with brewing revived.
- Sambrook’s Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, relocates to part of Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth, formerly Young’s, reviving brewing on site after long gap.
- Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest, relocates to expanded site on Blackhorse Lane.
For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.
London breweries addenda 2019: a few notes from previous iterations of these pages that didn’t fit in easily elsewhere.
⇦ 2018 | London breweries year by year | 2020 ⇨
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