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. These breweries were:
- °Plato Brewing E8, Hackney
- 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney NEW!
- Anspach & Hobday SE1, Southwark
- Barnet Brewery (Black Horse) EN5, Barnet, brewpub
- Beavertown Brewery N17, Haringey
- Beer Hive (Clarkshaws Brewing, London Beer Lab) SW9, Lambeth
- Belleville Brewing SW12, Wandsworth
- Bexley Brewery DA8, Bexley
- Big Smoke Brew Co (Antelope) KT6, Kingston upon Thames, brewpub
- Brew by Numbers SE16, Southwark
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Highbury N5, Islington, brewpub NEW!
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Islington EC1V, Islington, brewpub
- Brick Brewery SE15, Southwark
- Brixton Brewery SW9, Lambeth
- Brockley Brewery SE4, Lewisham
- Brodie’s Fabulous Beers (William IV) E10, Waltham Forest, brewpub
- Bullfinch Brewery SE24, Lambeth NEW!
- By the Horns Brewing SW17, Wandsworth
- Camden Town (AB InBev) NW5, Camden
- Canopy Beer Co SE24, Southwark
- Crate Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Cronx Brewery (The) CR0, Croydon
- Dragonfly (George and Dragon) W3, Ealing, brewpub
- Earth Ale SW12, Wandsworth NEW!
- East London Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- Enefeld N18, Enfield NEW!
- Essex Street Brewing (Temple Brewhouse) (City Pubs) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
- Five Points Brewing Co (The) E8, Hackney
- Fourpure Brewing SE16, Southwark
- Fuller Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
- Gipsy Hill Brewing SE27, Lambeth
- Hackney Brewery E2, Hackney
- Hammerton Brewery N7, Islington
- Hop Stuff Brewery SE18, Greenwich
- Howling Hops Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub NEW!
- Kernel Brewery (The) SE16, Southwark
- Kew Brewery SW14, Richmond upon Thames NEW!
- Laine: Aeronaut W3, Ealing (brewpub)
- Laine: Thieves Brewery (Four Thieves) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub NEW!
- Laine’s Brew Lab (People’s Park Tavern) E9, Hackney, brewpub
- Late Knights Brewing SE20, Bromley
- Left Bank Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- London Beer Factory SE27, Lambeth
- London Beer Lab (Brixton) SW9, Lambeth
- London Brewing Co (Bohemia) N12, Barnet, brewpub NEW!
- London Brewing Co (Bull) N6, Haringey, brewpub
- Long Arm Brewery (ETM) W5, Ealing, brewpub NEW!
- Maregade Brew Co E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Meantime Brewing (SABMiller) SE10, Greenwich
- Moncada Brewery W10, Kensington & Chelsea
- Mondo Brewing SW8, Wandsworth NEW!
- Old Brewery Greenwich (Meantime, SABMiller) SE10, Greenwich, brewpub
- One Mile End Brewery (White Hart) E1, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Orbit Beers SE17, Southwark
- Park Brewery (The) KT2, Kingston upon Thames
- Partizan Brewing SE16, Southwark
- Portobello Brewing Co W10, Kensington & Chelsea
- Pressure Drop Brewing E8, Hackney
- Queens Head WC1, Camden, brewpub
- Redchurch Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets
- Redemption Brewing N17, Haringey
- Rocky Head Brewery SW18, Wandsworth
- Sambrook’s Brewery SW11, Wandsworth
- Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest
- Solvay Society (Hops and Glory) N1, Islington, brewpub
- Southwark Brewing SE1, Southwark
- Tap East E20, Newham, brewpub
- Three Sods Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets NEW!
- Truman’s Beer E3, Tower Hamlets
- Twickenham Fine Ales TW2, Richmond upon Thames
- UBREW SE16, Southwark NEW!
- Volden Brewing CR0, Croydon
- W1 (Burlington Arms) W1, Westminster, brewpub NEW!
- Weird Beard Brew Co W7, Ealing
- Wild Card Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Wimbledon Brewery SW19, Merton NEW!
- Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub
Closed this year
- AB InBev (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
- Bloomsbury Brewery (Perseverance) WC1, Camden, brewpub
- Still and Star E1, City of London, brewpub
- Strawman Brewery SE15, Lewisham
Suspended this year
- Head in a Hat (A) (Florence) SE24, Lambeth, brewpub
- London Fields Brewery E8, Hackney, continues as cuckoo brewer
Other changes
- Anspach & Hobday SE1, Southwark, no longer shares with Bullfinch, which opens its own site.
- Camden Town NW5, Camden, is sold to AB InBev.
- Clarence & Fredericks CR0, Croydon is renamed Volden under new ownership.
- Clarkshaws SE22, Southwark, moves into Beer Hive in partnership with London Beer Lab.
- Howling Hops Brewery E8, Hackney, brewpub, moves to an expanded site, with its previous kit taken over by Maregade.
- Late Knights Brewing / Shamblemoose Brewery SE20, Bromley, Shamblemoose ceases brewing in UK with only Late Knights now working on the site.
- Meantime Brewing SE10, Greenwich, is sold to SABMiller.
- Old Brewery Greenwich SE10, Greenwich, brewpub, becomes part of SABMiller through the sale of its owner, Meantime.
For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.
⇦ 2014 | London breweries year by year | 2016 ⇨
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