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The East Side Brewery, Romford RM3 (London).
Closed brewery5B Elms Industrial Estate, Church Road, Romford RM3 0HU (Havering)First sold beer: May 2021Ceased brewing: October 2022
Founded by lawyer and homebrewer Rash Singh Mahal with the help of brewer Thomas Newman on an industrial estate in the Ingrebourne valley near Harold Wood, this 8 hl […]
Mikkeller Brewpub, London EC1..
Brewpub37 Exmouth Market EC1R 4QL (Islington)mikkellerbrewpublondon.comFirst sold beer: July 2020
Prolific Danish nomad brewery Mikkeller, founded by Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, opened its first London bar in October 2018, teaming up with Mikkel’s unlikely childhood hero, 1980s pop idol turned beer connoisseur Rick Astley.
A second London venue, also in partnership […]
Werewolf Beer, London NW1..
BreweryOriginal site: The Rose and Crown, 71 Torriano Avenue NW5 2SG (Camden)Current site: 87 Randolph Street NW1 0SR (Camden)werewolfbeer.comFirst sold beer: December 2020 (at original site)Brewing suspended: Early 2021Brewing resumed: February 2022 (at current site)
This “American brewery in London” (thus the name, a reference to the film An […]
Three Hills Brewing The Outpost, London SE16.
Brewery moved outside London and later closedOriginal site: 4 Thrapston Road, Woodford, Kettering NN14 4HY (Northamptonshire, outside London)London site: 7 Almond Road SE16 3LR (Southwark)Later site: 5 Cosy Nook, Thrapston, Kettering NN14 4PS (Northamptonshire, outside Londonthreehillsbrewing.comFirst sold beer: October 2016 (at original site), September 2020 (at London […]
Jawbone Brewing, Twickenham TW1 (London)
BreweryUnit C, 1 Strawberry Vale, Twickenham TW1 4RY (Richmond upon Thames)jawbonebrewing.comFirst sold beer: December 2020
Energetic former Weird Beard brewer Ben Hughes has found a characterful and attractive location for this solo project, in a working boatyard on the Thames by Swan Island in Twickenham, next to riverside Radnor […]
Drop Project Brewing Co, Mitcham CR4 (London)
Brewery8 Willow Business Centre, 17 Willow Lane, Mitcham CR4 4NX (Merton)www.drop-project.co.ukFirst sold beer: March 2021
Two former members of the Gipsy Hill team, John “JT” Taylor and Joe Simo, got together with friend Will Skipsey to launch this eco-conscious enterprise in October 2019, originally cuckoo brewing at […]
Dogs Grandad Brewery, London SW9
Closed brewery550 Brixton Station Road SW9 8PF (Lambeth)First sold beer: March 2021Ceased brewing: November 2023
Passionate homebrewer and hardcore metal singer Alex Hill speculates that he may have set up his railway arch brewery “for the cheapest price ever” as he installed and built much of it himself.
A […]
Distortion Brewing, London SW8
Brewery647 Portslade Road SW8 3DH (Wandsworth)distortionbrewing.co.ukFirst sold beer: February 2019 (at original site)
Inspired by a road trip to the US West Coast in 2007, Andy North began developing recipes in his garage, eventually taking on an arch under Wandsworth Road Overground station in his native Battersea in 2020.
A […]
London’s 140 breweries and flourishing beer scene are celebrated this autumn in the long-awaited third edition of my award-winning guidebook London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars, published by CAMRA books. The fully updated and revised essential guide to London beer launches on 18 November with a special event at the impressive new Sambrook’s taproom […]
Closed breweryNine Elms SW8 (Wandsworth)First sold beer: 1998Ceased brewing: by end 2005
Tim Haggard left his job as City accountant in 1997 with plans to set up a brewery with his brother Andrew, but the opportunity soon arose to take over and refurbish a Fulham pub, the Imperial Arms at 577 Kings Road SW6 […]
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