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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. 2 were part of national groups (N), 2 part of multinationals (M). These breweries were:

  1. Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch, leased from Scottish Courage M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
  2. Freedom Brewery SW6, Hammersmith & Fulham
  3. Freedom Covent Garden (Freedom Brewery) WC2, Camden, brewpub
  4. Freedom Soho (Freedom Brewery) W1, Westminster, brewpub
  5. Fuller Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
  6. Guinness Park Royal (Diageo M) NW10, Ealing
  7. Haggards Brewery (Imperial Arms) SW8, Wandsworth
  8. Mash W1, Westminster, brewpub
  9. Meantime Brewing SE18, Greenwich NEW!
  10. Orange (Clifton Inns / Scottish & Newcastle N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
  11. Pacific Oriental EC2, City of London, brewpub
  12. Pitfield Brewery N1, Hackney
  13. Sweet William Brewery (King William IV) E10, Waltham Forest, brewpub NEW!
  14. Yorkshire Grey (Clifton Inns / Scottish & Newcastle N) W1, Camden, brewpub
  15. Young & Co’s 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

Other changes

  • Mash 2 renamed to Mash after Manchester parent closes.
  • Interbrew buys brewing interests of Bass (see Charrington), which continues as a pub company, ceasing brewing activities at all its Hollywood Bowl venues.

Note it’s possible that some of the Firkin (Punch) brewpubs officially closed by the end of 1999 continued brewing into early 2000.

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

⇦ 1999 | London breweries year by year | 2001 ⇨

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