London breweries 2000

4 openings or revivals, 4 closures, net change 0.

By the end of 2000, there were 16 commercial breweries operating in London, including eight brewpubs. These breweries were:

1. Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames: AB previously rented this but bought it outright from Scottish Courage this year.
2. Freedom Brewery SW6, Hammersmith & Fulham (production brewery)
3. Freedom Earlham Street WC2, Camden, brewpub
4. Freedom Soho W1, Westminster, brewpub
5. Fuller Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
6. Guinness Park Royal Brewery NW10, Brent
7. Haggards Brewery (Imperial Arms) SW8, Wandsworth
8. Mash (formerly Mash 2) W1, Westminster, brewpub
9. Meantime Brewing SE18, Greenwich NEW!
10. Orange Brewery (The Orange, Clifton Inns/Scottish & Newcastle) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
11. Pacific Oriental EC2, City of London, brewpub
12. Pitfield’s Organic Brewery N1, Hackney
13. Sweet William Brewery (King William IV) E10, Waltham Forest, brewpub NEW!
14. Yorkshire Grey Brewery (Yorkshire Grey, Clifton Inns/Scottish & Newcastle) W1, Camden, brewpub
15. Young & Co’s Brewery (Ram Brewery) SW18, Wandsworth
16. Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub NEW!

Old London Bridge Brewery SE1, Southwark REVIVED!, formerly Bishop’s Brewery, was active during 2000 but had ceased brewing by the end of the year.

Closed this year

• O’Hanlon’s Brewery SE11, Lambeth, moved out of London
• Old London Bridge Brewery (formerly Bishop’s) SE1, Southwark
• Original Brewing Co (Hollywood Bowl Finchley, Bass) N12, Barnet, brewpub
• Original Brewing Co (Hollywood Bowl Surrey Quays, Bass) SE16, Southwark, brewpub

Other changes

• Mash 2 renamed to Mash.

Note it’s possible that some of the Fox and Firkin brewpubs officially closed by the end of 1999 continued brewing into 2000.

For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.

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