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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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Camden Town Brewery (AB InBev)

Camden Town Brewery, London NW5 and Enfield (London) EN3

Formerly Horseshoe Brewery, McLaughlins.

BreweriesOriginal site: Horseshoe, 28 Heath Street NW3 6TE (Camden)Arch 55 brewery and beer hall: 55 Wilkin Street Mews NW5 3NN (Camden) Production brewery: Morson Road, Enfield EN3 4TJ (Enfield)camdentownbrewery.comFirst sold beer: May 2006 (as McLaughlins)

Now one of London’s biggest breweries, […]

By the Horns Brewing Co

By the Horns Brewing Co, London SW17

Brewery moved outside London and since closed25 Summerstown SW17 0BQ (Wandsworth)bythehorns.co.ukFirst sold beer: October 2011Suspended brewing in London: by December 2021

Alex Bull and Chris Mills, then only three years out of university, started brewing on an industrial estate between Earlsfield and Wimbledon in September 2011, using […]

London’s short-lived Truebrew pubs

Still and Star, London E1

George and DragonBrewpub, no longer brewing 151 Cleveland Street W1T 6QN (Westminster)First sold beer: December 2016Ceased brewing: November 2017

Still and StarClosed brewpub1 Little Somerset Street E1 8AH (City of London)First sold beer: December 2014Ceased brewing: June 2015

W1 (Burlington Arms)Brewpub, no longer brewing21 Old Burlington Street W1S 2JL […]

Bullfinch Brewery

Includes information for Bull and Finch and So What Brewing Co.

Bullfinch Brewery, London SE24

BreweryOriginal site: 118 Druid Street SE1 2HH (Southwark)Current site: 886 Rosendale Road SE24 9EH (Lambeth)thebullfinchbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: 1 February 2014

BrewpubBull and Finch, 126 Gipsy Hill SE19 1PL (Southwark)First sold beer: April 2022

Bullfinch mural at the like-named brewery. […]

Brodie’s Fabulous Beers

Brodie’s Beers, London E10

Includes information for Sweet William Brewery.

Beer firm, former brewpub Original site: William IV, 816A High Road E10 6AE First sold beer: November 2000 (as Sweet William), 20 August 2008 (as Brodie’s) Ceased brewing: July 2016

The story of this major early contributor to the revival of London brewing […]

Brockley Brewery

Brockley Brewery, London SE4 and SE12

Brewery28 Chiltonian Industrial Estate SE12 0TX (Lewisham)brockleybrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: November 2019

Suspended brewery (remains open as bar)31 Harcourt Road SE4 2AJ (Lewisham)First sold beer: 22 March 2013Brewing suspended: September 2024

Brockley was founded at the initiative of Andy Rowland and five neighbours in 2013 in response to a […]

Brixton Brewery (Heineken)

Brixton Brewery, London SW9

Brewery547 Brixton Station Road SW9 8PF (Lambeth)brixtonbrewery.comFirst sold beer: October 2013

Closed brewery1 Dylan Road SE24 0HL (Lambeth)First sold beer: June 2018Ceased brewing: September 2024

Conceived as early as 2011 by homebrewing neighbours Jez Galaun and Mike Ross, Brixton eventually opened two years with a 10 hl brewhouse from Oban […]

Brick Brewery (Keystone)

Brick Brewery, London SE8.

Brewery moved outside LondonOriginal site: 209 Blenheim Grove SE15 4QL (Southwark) Final site in London: 13 Deptford Industrial Estate, Blackhorse Road SE8 5HY (Lewisham)brickbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: November 2013 (at original site)Brewing ceased in London: November 2023

Former head brewer Pete Vick (left) and founder Ian Stewart of Brick.

Like countless […]

Brewhouse and Kitchen

Includes information for The Botanist and The Lamb (closed brewpubs).

Brewhouse and Kitchen, London N1

Brewpubs, some no longer brewingbrewhouseandkitchen.comHighbury: 2a Corsica Street N5 1JJ (Islington)First sold beer: 22 June 2015

Hoxton: 397 Geffrye Street E2 8HZ (Hackney)First sold beer: December 2018Ceased brewing: by January 2025

Islington: Torrens Street EC1V 1NG (Islington)First […]

BBNo (Brew by Numbers) (Keystone)

Brew by Numbers, London SE10.

Closed breweryOriginal site: 66 Southwark Bridge Road SE1 0AS (Southwark, since closed)Second site, later pilot brewery: 79 Enid Street SE16 3RA (Southwark, since closed)Barrel Store: 1 Bellenden Business Park SE15 4RF (Southwark, since closed)Production brewery: South Warehouse, Greenwich Beach, Morden Wharf Road SE10 0PA (Greenwich)bbno.coFirst sold beer (at original […]