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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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Laine Brew Co (Peoples Park Tavern)

Peoples Park Tavern, London E9: Laine’s Beer Lab was on the side wing to the left.

Laine’s Brew LabBrewpub no longer brewingPeoples Park Tavern, 360 Victoria Park Road E9 7BT (Hackney)peoplesparktavern.pubFirst sold beer: February 2014Ceased brewing: by January 2022

Laine: ActonBrewpub no longer brewingThe Aeronaut, 264 High Street W3 9BH (Ealing)First sold beer: November […]

CTZN Brew

Includes information for Kew Brewery.

CTZN Brew, London SW14

Closed brewery477 Upper Richmond Road West SW14 7PU (Richmond upon Thames)ctznbrew.comFirst sold beer: 7 June 2015 (as Kew Brewery)Brewing ceased: December 2021

Ex-Weird Beard brewer Dave Scott struck out on own under the name Kew Brewery, originally jointly managed with his wife Rachel. A 10 […]

The Kernel Brewery

The Kernel Brewery, London SE16

BreweryOriginal site: 98 Druid Street SE1 2HQ (Southwark)Current site: 11 Dockley Road Industrial Estate (taproom at Arch 7) SE16 3SF (Southwark)thekernelbrewery.comFirst sold beer: 1 December 2009

Evin O’Riordan, originally from Waterford, Ireland, worked in the mid-2000s for specialist cheesemongers Neal’s Yard Dairy. His job took him to New York […]

Howling Hops Brewery

Includes information for Short Stack.

Howling Hops, London E9

Cock TavernBrewpub, brewing suspended315 Mare Street E8 1EJ (Hackney)First sold beer: 24 July 2012 (as Howling Hops)Brewing suspended: by end 2019 (as Short Stack)

Howling Hops Tank barBrewpub9 Queens Yard E9 5EN (Tower Hamlets)howlinghops.co.ukFirst sold beer: June 2015

The Cock Tavern, a classic corner pub […]

SALT London (Ossett Brewery)

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

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 […]

Hackney Brewery

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 Co (Sunrise Alliance)

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 (Asahi)

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 Company (In Good Company)

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, […]