They say…
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
|
Roundwood Project, London NW10
Brewery24 Excelsior Studios, Sunbeam Road NW10 6JP (Ealing)theroundwoodproject.comFirst sold beer: June 2022
Founded by longstanding homebrewer Shem Wallis-Jones, this is a small brewery in a community of creative businesses in Park Royal.
Beers are currently largely bottled and available very locally.
Updated 4 September 2023.
More London breweries
[…]
2 openings, 3 closures, net change -1.
By the end of 2001, there were 15 commercial breweries operating in London, including seven brewpubs. 2 were part of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch, leased from Scottish Courage M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea […]
1 opening, no closures, net change +1.
By the end of 2002, there were 16 commercial breweries operating in London, including seven brewpubs. 2 were part of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth Freedom Covent Garden (Freedom Brewery) WC2, Camden, brewpub […]
No openings, 2 closures, net change -2.
By the end of 2003, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. 2 were part of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth Bünker WC2, Camden, brewpub Fuller Smith & Turner […]
Closed brewpub27 Endell Street WC2H 9BA (Camden)First sold beer: December 2001Ceased brewing: May 2003
Referred to in some sources as Brasserie Française, this was one of several early 21st century restaurant-brewpub concepts in London. It was based around a French revolutionary theme: the sans-culottes (literally ‘without breeches’, referencing the silk knee breeches favoured by […]
Pitfield Brewery
Brewery moved from London, since closed8 Pitfield Street N1 6HA (Hackney, original site)4 Hoxton Square N1 6NU (Hackney, second site)Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge Industrial Estate, Stourbridge DY8 1JN (Dudley, outside London, third site)14 Pitfield Street N1 6EY (Hackney, fourth site)The Nurseries, Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester CO4 5HA (Essex, outside London, fifth […]
Closed brewpub1 Bishopsgate EC2N 3AQ (City of London)First sold beer: November 1999Ceased brewing: by end 2005
One of a smattering of upmarket London venues that experimented with brewing in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this was a substantial pan-Asian restaurant and brewpub in a Grade II-listed former branch of the Royal Bank of […]
1 opening, 1 closure, net change 0.
By the end of 2004, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including four brewpubs. 2 were part of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth Bünker WC2, Camden, brewpub Fuller Smith & Turner […]
Born to be Mild festival, Sambrook’s, 27-29 May 2022
Download beer list and tastings notes (PDF, updated 24 May 2022)
The great Mild Ale comeback continues! I’m co-curating the inaugural weekend-long Born To Be Mild London mild ale festival on 27-29 May 2022 at Sambrook’s Brewery Tap on the historic Ram brewery site in […]
The former Russian River brewhouse under installation at Forest Road, August 2021.
London’s brewery count rose from 131 at the end of 2020 to 136 at the end of 2021, with at least three likely to start operations in the early months of 2022. While six breweries closed, suspended production or moved out of […]
|
Cask This pioneering new book explains what makes cask beer so special, and explores its past, present and future. Order now from CAMRA Books. Read more here.
London’s Best Beer The fully updated 3rd edition of my essential award-winning guide to London’s vibrant beer scene is available now from CAMRA Books. Read more here.
|