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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
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"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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Clifton Inns (Scottish & Newcastle)

Orange Brewery, London SW1

Brewpubs closed or no longer brewing

The Orange 37 Pimlico Road SW1W 8NE (Westminster)First sold beer: February 1983Ceased brewing: February 2001

The Yorkshire Grey 26 Theobalds Road WC1X 8PN (Camden)First sold beer: October 1984Ceased brewing: mid-2001

The Greyhound 151 Greyhound Lane SW16 5NJ (Lambeth)First sold beer: August 1984Ceased brewing: 1997

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More Lash

More Lash, London.

Beer firm, no longer activemorelashbrewery.comFirst active: Spring 2022Ceased: by October 2024

This contract-brewed lager claimed to originate from Clapham. The brand was fronted by comedy podcaster Archie Curzon, known for his parodies of southwest London ‘rugby lads’, though he wasn’t among the registered company directors. For every can sold, 10p was […]

Allsopp’s (Samuel Allsopp & Sons)

Allsopp’s, London.

Beer firmallsopps.comActive since: Autumn 2021

Allsopp’s is an historic brewing name from Burton upon Trent revived in Autumn 2021 by a London-based business with family credentials.

The history dates from around 1730 when Benjamin Wilson brewed in his pub. His great nephew Samuel Allsopp bought the business in 1807 and helped build […]

Hammersmith Craft Brewery

Hammersmith Craft Brewery, London W6

Suspended breweryLower ground floor, 106 Fulham Palace Road W6 9PL (Hammersmith & Fulham)hammersmith.beerFirst sold beer: December 2019Brewing suspended: July 2024

This brewery in a Hammersmith basement underwent the softest of soft launches in late 2019 before the Covid lockdowns struck. A small and informal taproom was added in June […]

The Roundwood Project

Roundwood Project, London NW10

Closed brewery24 Excelsior Studios, Sunbeam Road NW10 6JP (Ealing), though may also have brewed outside LondonFirst sold beer: June 2022Ceased brewing: May 2024

Founded by longstanding homebrewer Shem Wallis-Jones, this was a very small brewery in a community of creative businesses in Park Royal.

Brewing may have relocated outside London […]

London breweries 2001

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 […]

London breweries 2002

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 […]

London breweries 2003

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 […]

Brasserie les Sans-Culottes

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

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 […]