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The Kernel Brewery

The Kernel Brewery, London SE16

BreweryOriginal site: 98 Druid Street SE1 2HQ (Southwark)Current site: 11 Dockley Road Industrial Estate (taproom at Arch 7) SE16 3SF (Southwark)thekernelbrewery.comFirst sold beer: 1 December 2009

Evin O’Riordan, originally from Waterford, Ireland, worked in the mid-2000s for specialist cheesemongers Neal’s Yard Dairy. His job took him to […]

Howling Hops Brewery

Includes information for Short Stack.

Howling Hops, London E9

Cock TavernBrewpub, brewing suspended315 Mare Street E8 1EJ (Hackney)First sold beer: 24 July 2012 (as Howling Hops)Brewing suspended: by end 2019 (as Short Stack)

Howling Hops Tank barBrewpub9 Queens Yard E9 5EN (Tower Hamlets)howlinghops.co.ukFirst sold beer: June 2015

The Cock Tavern, […]

SALT London (Ossett Brewery)

SALT London, London SE!8

Includes information for Hop Stuff Brewery

Brewery moved outside London, planned brewpub Unit 9, 35 White Hart Avenue SE28 0GU (Greenwich)First sold beer: August 2018 (as Hop Stuff)October 2018 (SALT Beer Factory at Shipley, West Yorkshire)Brewing suspended: April 2019Brewing restarted: December 2019Brewing suspended: March 2020Brewing restarted: December 2021 […]

Hammerton Brewery

Hammerton Brewery, London N7

Brewery8 Roman Way Industrial Estate, 149 Roman Way N7 8XH (Islington)hammertonbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: 30 April 2014

Former IT business analyst Lee Hammerton had already made plans to fill an obvious gap in the market by starting a brewery near his home in Islington when he discovered he was […]

Hackney Brewery

In July 2025, 40FT acquired the former Hackney Brewery site in Walthamstow, soon reopening the taproom and starting work on restoring brewing. Historical information about Hackney has been transferred to the 40FT page.

.Updated 1 September 2025.

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Gipsy Hill Brewing Co (Sunrise Alliance)

Gipsy Hill Brewing, London SE27

BreweryUnit 11, 160 Hamilton Road SE27 9SF (Lambeth)gipsyhillbrewing.comFirst sold beer: July 2014

Gipsy Hill was the creation of the three characters shown on the logo: founders Charlie Shaw (ex-Five Points), former City worker Sam McMeekin and head brewer Simon Wood, recruited from Dorset’s Piddle brewery. The first […]

Fuller’s Griffin Brewery (Asahi)

Fuller’s Griffin Brewery, London W4

Formerly Fuller, Smith & Turner. Includes information for the original Lamb Brewery

BreweryChiswick Lane South W4 2QB (Hounslow)fullersbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: 1701 (as Mawson’s)

Shockwaves ran through the London brewing scene on 25 January 2019 when Fuller, Smith & Turner, London’s biggest brewery and its oldest by […]

Fourpure Brewing Company (In Good Company)

Fourpure Brewing, London SE16

Closed brewery25 Bermondsey Trading Estate, Rotherhithe New Road SE16 3LL (Southwark)fourpure.comFirst sold beer: October 2013Ceased brewing: September 2024

Always one of London’s most ambitious new breweries, Fourpure became one of the biggest. Founded as the fourth Bermondsey brewery by former City technology firm executive Dan Lowe and his […]

40FT Brewery

40FT Brewery, London E8

Includes information for Hackney Brewery and Squeeze (40FT).

Bootyard Original 40FT breweryBootyard, Abbot Street E8 3DP (Hackney)40ftbrewery.comFirst sold beer: 5 July 2015

Blackhorse Main 40FT brewery10 Lockwood Way E17 5RB (Waltham Forest)First sold beer: Early 2021 (as Hackney Brewery)Brewing suspended: April 2025Brewing resumed: October 2025 (as 40FT)

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The Five Points Brewing Co

The Five Points Brewing Co, London E8

BreweryOriginal site: 3 Institute Place E8 1JE (Hackney, brewing ceased March 2021)Current site: 61 Mare Street E8 4RG (Hackney)fivepointsbrewing.co.ukFirst sold beer: 22 March 2013 (at original site)

Five Points is one of the claimants to the title of London’s biggest independent brewery, producing around 18,000 […]