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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 (as SALT […]
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 distantly related […]
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, 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 kit was […]
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 far, announced it […]
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 brother Tom, […]
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)
Original Hackney brewery358 […]
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 hl in […]
Formerly Essex Street Brewing.
Temple Brew House, London WC2
Brewpub no longer brewing46 Essex Street WC2R 3JF (Westminster)templebrewhouse.com/breweryFirst sold beer: 20 December 2014, as Essex Street BrewingBrewing suspended: March 2020Brewing restarted: May 2022Brewing ceased: by June 2025
Pub chain the City Pub Co already had brewpubs in Bath and Cambridge when it added a […]
East London Brewing Co, London E10
Brewery45 Fairways Business Centre, Lammas Road E10 7QB (Waltham Forest)eastlondonbrewing.comFirst sold beer: September 2011
Former research and development chemist Stu Lascelles switched career paths in the autumn of 2011 by setting up East London Brewing (sometimes known as ELB) with his wife Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson. It began with a […]
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