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Big Penny

Big Penny, London E17

This page covers the beer firm that originated in a revival of the historic Truman brand in the 21st century.

For more about the historic Truman’s brewery, see Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman).

For more about the current cuckoo-brewed Truman beers, see Truman (Old Truman Brewery).

Guinness Open Gate London (Diageo)

Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard, London WC2

For the historic London Guinnness brewery, see Guinness Park Royal.

Brewpub1 Mercer Walk, London WC2H 9FA (Westminster)opengatelondon.guinness.comFirst sold beer: 11 December 2025

Guinness is brewing in London again, though on a much smaller scale than at its former Park Royal site, closed in 2005 […]

Whitbread Brewery

Whitbread’s well-known tankard logo on a beermat. The slogan might have rung hollow with fans of breweries that fell under the baleful shadow of the ‘Whitbread umbrella’.

Closed brewery52 Chiswell Street EC1Y 4SD (City of London, Islington)First sold beer: by 1686 (as King’s Head)Brewing ceased: 1976

The earliest record of brewing at what […]

Tolly Cobbold Walthamstow (Tolly Cobbold)

Pre-1972 Tolly Cobbold label listing its location as “Ipswich and London”.

Closed breweryEssex Brewery, St James Street E17 7FE (Waltham Forest)First sold beer: 1859Ceased brewing: 1971

Founded as a steam-powered brewery by William Hawes, this operation was first known simply as the Walthamstow Brewery, and located on the north side of St James […]

Mann Crossman & Paulin (Watney Mann)

Mann’s beermat with the sort of slogan no longer permitted today.

Closed breweryAlbion Brewery, Whitechapel Road E1 1BU (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: by 1673, perhaps earlierCeased brewing: 1979

An inn stood on the northwest corner of the junction of Whitechapel Road and Cambridge Heath Road since before 1654, with an attached brewhouse since […]

Ind Coope (Allied Lyons)

Also known as Romford Brewing Co.

Includes information for Taylor Walker.

Ind Coope 1970s beermat.

Closed breweryStar Brewery, 19 High Street, Romford RM1 1JU (Havering)First sold beer: 1708Ceased brewing: 1993

Closed breweryBarley Mow Brewery, Newell Street E14 8HZ (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: c1735Ceased brewing: 1960

Romford was a rural Essex […]

Courage Brewery

Includes information for Barclay Perkins

Courage Brewery, London SE1

Courage BreweryClosed breweryAnchor Brewhouse, Horseleydown SE1 2LY (Southwark)First sold beer: 16th century (under an unknown name)Brewing ceased: 1981

Barclay Perkins & CoClosed breweryAnchor Brewery, Park Street SE1 9EQ (Southwark)First sold beer: 1616 (as Monger’s Brewery)Brewing ceased: by 1963

The Anchor Brewhouse stood […]

Charrington Brewery (Bass Charrington)

A classic Charrington Toby jug, originally used as a logo by the even more historic Red Lion brewery.

Closed brewery129 Mile End Road E1 4BG (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: Prior to 1757Brewing ceased: 1975

Robert Westfield entered the brewing industry as an employee in 1738, and by 1757 had set up his […]

Old London Bridge Brewery

Market Porter, London SE1Photo: CAMRA

Also known at various times as Beach’s Ales, Bishop’s Brewery and Market Brewery (Market Porter).

Brewpub no longer brewingMarket Porter, 9 Stoney Street SE1 9AA (Southwark)First sold beer: December 1981 (as Market Brewery)Brewing suspended: 1984Brewing resumed: May 1985Ceased brewing: 1988

Closed brewery2 Park Street SE1 9AD […]

Original Brewing Co (Hollywood Bowl, Bass)

Hollywood Bowl, London N12 and SE16

Brewpubs closed or no longer brewingHollywood Bowl Finchley, Leisure Way, High Road N12 0GL (Barnet)First sold beer: 1996

Hollywood Bowl Surrey Quays, Surrey Quays Leisure Park, Surrey Quays Road SE16 7LW (Southwark)First sold beer: 1998

Both ceased brewing: 2000

Both these breweries were the […]