London breweries 1999

2 openings, 17 closures, net change -15.

By the end of 1999, there were 16 commercial breweries operating in London, including 7 brewpubs. 4 were part of national groups (N), 2 part of multinationals (M). These breweries were:

1. Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch, leased from Scottish Courage M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
2. Freedom Brewery SW6, Hammersmith & Fulham
3. Freedom Covent Garden (Freedom Brewery) WC2, Camden, brewpub
4. Freedom Soho (Freedom Brewery) W1, Westminster, brewpub NEW!
5. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
6. Guinness Park Royal (Diageo M) NW10, Ealing
7. Haggards Brewery (Imperial Arms) SW8, Wandsworth
8. Hollywood Bowl Finchley (Original Brewing Co, Bass N) N12, Barnet, brewpub
9. Hollywood Bowl Surrey Quays (Original Brewing Co, Bass N) SE16, Southwark, brewpub
10. Mash 2 (Mash & Air) W1, Westminster, brewpub
11. O’Hanlon’s Brewery SE11, Lambeth
12. Orange (Clifton Inns / Scottish & Newcastle N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
13. Pacific Oriental EC2, City of London, brewpub NEW!
14. Pitfield Brewery N1, Hackney
15. Yorkshire Grey (Clifton Inns / Scottish & Newcastle N) WC1, Camden, brewpub
16. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Closed this year

• Falcon and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) E9, Hackney, brewpub
• Fantail and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) N10, Haringey, brewpub
• Faraday and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
• Ferret and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SW10, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
• Fiddler and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) CR0, Croydon, brewpub
• Flicker and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) TW9, Richmond upon Thames, brewpub
• Flounder and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) N7, Islington, brewpub
• Flyman and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) WC2, Camden, brewpub
• Ford and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) RM1, Havering, brewpub
• Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
• Friar and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) NW1, Camden, brewpub
• Friesian and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SW4, Lambeth, brewpub
• Fringe and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) W12, Hammersmith & Fulham, brewpub
• Pharoah and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SW6, Hammersmith & Fulham, brewpub
• Philatelist and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) BR1, Bromley, brewpub
• Phoenix and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) SE5, Southwark, brewpub
• Photographer and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Punch) W5, Ealing, brewpub

Other changes

• Firkin Brewery and all its pubs are acquired from Allied Domecq (N) by Punch Taverns in a hostile takeover, and the breweries promptly closed. Officially, all brewing ceased by October 1999, though may have continued unofficially at certain venues into early 2000.
• Freedom Brewery takes over Soho Brewing Co, renaming it Freedom Covent Garden.

For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.

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