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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.
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Second Wave Brewing

Closed brewery36 Ernest Avenue SE27 0DJ (Lambeth)First sold beer: April 2019Ceased brewing: September 2019

This short-lived brewery was founded by Ian Hewitt and a homebrewing friend, who opened a taproom in West Norwood late in 2018, originally cuckoo brewing the beer in Scotland. They then added their own small kit, but the taproom had […]

Rock Leopard Brewing Co

Rock Leopard Brewing Co, London

Beer firm, planned brewpub13 Wagtail Walk SE2 9FE (Bexley)rockleopardbrewing.comActive since: November 2018

Founded by Stacey Ayeh, who has a background both in alcohol distribution and in brewing at London Fields and elsewhere, this company based in Greenwich borough is currently cuckoo brewing at various locations including Drop Project, Villages, […]

Roaring Four Brewing Co

Roaring Four Brewing Co, London

Beer firmroaringfour.comActive: September 2015 to late 2019

Started by four homebrewing friends, one British and the others from New Zealand, this first brewed at London Beer Lab in 2015 and also used the facilities at Altarnun in Cornwall and 71 Brewing in Dundee. One of the four, Nick Thomas, […]

Queer Brewing Project

Queer Brewing Project, London

Beer firmthequeerbrewingproject.comActive since: June 2018

Originating in a collaboration with Marble Brewery in Manchester linked with an art exhibition during Manchester Beer Week, this is a collaborative project to promote greater diversity, acceptance, and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in the beer and brewing industries, and to raise money for relevant […]

Standard Brew Co

Standard Brew Co, London

Includes information for Project 88 (Beer + Burger)

Beer firmstandardbrew.coActive from: July 2021

Brewpub no longer brewingProject 88, Beer + Burger Willesden, 88 Walm Lane NW2 4QYbeerandburgerstore.comFirst sold beer: October 2017Ceased brewing: by early 2019

Staff member Steve Law began brewing under the name Project 88 for Beer + Burger […]

Better World Brewing Co

Formerly No Heroes Brewing

Better World Brewing Company.

Closed beer firmFirst active: June 2019Ceased trading: October 2023

Originally based in Borehamwood, just outside London, this firm first cuckoo brewed at Pretty Decent under the name No Heroes. It changed its name in February 2020 and subsequently also brewed outside London at Glen Affric in […]

London breweries 2014

21 openings, 5 closures and suspensions, net change +16.

By the end of 2014, there were 68 commercial breweries operating in London, including 20 brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

°Plato Brewing E8, Hackney NEW! AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Anspach & Hobday […]

London breweries 2015

15 openings, 6 closures and suspensions, net change +9.

By the end of 2015, there were 77 commercial breweries operating in London, including 23 brewpubs. Three were parts of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:

°Plato Brewing E8, Hackney 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney NEW! Anspach & Hobday SE1, Southwark Barnet Brewery (Black Horse) EN5, […]

London breweries 2016

22 opened or revived, 6 closed or suspended, net change +16.

By the end of 2016, there were 93 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. One was part of a national group (N), two were parts of multinationals (M). These breweries were:

40FT Brewery E8, Hackney Affinity Brew Co (Five Miles) N22, […]

Cricklewood Brewing Company

Closed breweryCricklewood NW2 (Barnet)First sold beer: March 2017Ceased brewing: by September 2017

This short-lived home-based brewery made bottled beer in small batches for sale at festivals and local outlets.

Updated 24 January 2020

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