6 openings and revivals, 15 suspensions and closures, net change -9.
By the end of December 2024, there were 98 commercial breweries operating in London, including 21 brewpubs. 8 were parts of multinationals (M). Those breweries were:
- 3 Locks Brewing Company NW1, Camden
- 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney
- Anomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitors
- Anspach & Hobday CR0, Sutton
- Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Battersea Substation SE16, Southwark
- Beavertown Brewery Ponders End (Heineken M) EN3, Enfield
- Beavertown Brewery Tottenham Hale (Heineken M) N17, Haringey
- Beerblefish Brewing Co E17, Waltham Forest
- Belleville Brewing SW12, Wandsworth
- Bexley Brewery DA8, Bexley
- Bianca Road Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Bird House Brewing Co SE24, Southwark REVIVED!
- Blondies Brewery SE10, Waltham Forest, brewpub NEW!
- Bohem Brewery N17, Haringey
- Br3wery BR3, Bromley
- BrewDog Outpost Tower Hill (BrewDog M) EC3, City of London, brewpub
- BrewDog Waterloo (BrewDog M) SE1, Lambeth, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Highbury N5, Islington, brewpub
- Brixton Brewery Brixton (Heineken M) SW9, Lambeth
- Brockley Brewery Hither Green SE12, Lewisham
- Broken Drum Brewery DA15, Bexley, brewpub
- Bull and Finch / So What Brewing Co SE19, Southwark, brewpub
- Bullfinch Brewery SE24, Lambeth
- Camden Town Brewery Kentish Town (AB InBev M) NW5, Camden
- Camden Town Brewery Ponders End (AB InBev M) EN3, Enfield
- Clarkshaws Brewing SW9, Lambeth
- Concrete Island Brewery W12, Hammersmith & Fulham, no visitors
- Craft Beer Junction SE16, Southwark, brewpub NEW!
- Distortion Brewing SW8, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Drop Project Brewing Co CR4, Merton
- East London Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- Exale Brewing E17, Waltham Forest
- Firkin Brewery (Fox and Firkin) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
- Five Points Brewing Co (The) E8, Hackney
- Forest Road Brewing Co SE14, Lewisham
- Fuller’s Griffin Brewery (Asahi M) W4, Hounslow
- German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Elephant) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
- Gipsy Hill Brewing (Sunrise Alliance) SE27, Lambeth
- Goodness Brewing Company (The) N22, Haringey
- Gravity Well Brewing Co N17, Haringey
- Great Beyond Brewing Co E2, Hackney, brewpub
- Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co (The) (Pinter) E17, Waltham Forest, no visitors
- Hackney Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Hackney Church Brew Co E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Hammerton Brewery N7, Islington
- Hopewell Brewery (The Lockdown Room) E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub NEW!
- Howling Hops Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Ignition Brewery SE26, Lewisham
- Inkspot Brewery SW16, Lambeth
- Jawbone Brewing TW1, Richmond upon Thames
- Kanpai London Craft Sake SE1, Southwark
- Kernel Brewery (The) SE16, Southwark
- Libertalia Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- London Beer Lab Brixton SW9, Lambeth
- London Beer Lab Loughborough Junction SW9, Lambeth, no visitors
- London Brewing Co (Bohemia) N12, Barnet, brewpub
- Long Arm Brewery (ETM) EC2, Islington, brewpub
- Marko Paulo Brewery (Owl and the Pussycat) W13, Ealing, brewpub
- Marlix Brewing Co BR5, Bromley
- Mash Paddle Brewery SE16, Southwark, shared brewery
- Mikkeller Brewpub London (Mikkeller) EC1, Islington, brewpub
- Mondo Brewing (Hogs Back) SW8, Wandsworth
- Muswell Hillbilly Brewers N10, Haringey
- Mutineers Brewery BR1, Bromley, no visitors
- Neckstamper Brewing E10, Waltham Forest
- Nirvana Brewery E10, Waltham Forest
- Orbit Beers SE17, Southwark
- Park Brewery (The) KT1, Kingston upon Thames
- Perivale Brewery UB6, Ealing
- Pillars Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Pinnora Brewing HA5, Harrow, no visitors
- Portobello Brewing Co (Sunrise Alliance) W10, Kensington & Chelsea
- Pressure Drop Brewing N17, Haringey
- Pretty Decent Beer Co E17, Waltham Forest
- Redemption Brewing N17, Haringey
- Roundwood Project NW10, Ealing
- Saint Monday Brewery (Grace Land) E8, Hackney
- Sambrook’s Brewery (Ram Brewery) SW18, Wandsworth
- Signal Brewery CR0, Sutton
- Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest
- Small Beer Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Southey Brewing Co SE20, Bromley
- Southwark Brewing SE1, Southwark
- St Mary’s Brewery NW3, Camden, no visitors REVIVED!
- Supercute Brewhouse SW9, Lambeth
- Tankleys Brewery DA15, Bexley, no visitors NEW!
- Tap East E20, Newham, brewpub
- Temple Brew House (formerly Essex Street Brewing) (City Pubs) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
- Tiny Vessel Brewing Co TW12, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Twickenham Fine Ales TW2, Richmond upon Thames
- Two Tribes N7, Islington
- Up the Creek SE10, Greenwich, brewpub
- Villages Brewery SE8, Lewisham
- Werewolf Beer NW1, Camden
- Wimbledon Brewery SW19, Merton
- Workshy Brewing TW9, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub
Closed this year
- Affinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub, brewing ceased by March 2024.
- BBNo (Brew by Numbers, BREAL) SE10, Greenwich, closed March 2024 with production moved outside London.
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Hoxton E2, Hackney, brewpub, brewing ceased by December 2024, pub remains open.
- Brixton Brewery Herne Hill (Heineken M) SE24, Lambeth, closed September 2024, production moved to Beavertown Ponders End, small-scale brewing continues at Brixton site.
- Fourpure Brewing (In Good Company) SE16, Southwark, closed September 2024, production moved outside London.
- German Kraft (Kraft Dalston) E8, Hackney, brewpub, closed December 2024.
- German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Mayfair) W1, Westminster, brewpub, brewing ceased by November 2024, bar remains open.
- Mammoth Beer E15, Hackney, closed November 2024.
- Meantime Brewing (Asahi M) SE10, Greenwich, closed May 2024 with production moved to Fuller’s.
- ORA Brewing N17, Haringey, closed November 2024.
- Ram Inn (Laine/Punch, formerly SlyBeast) SW18, Wandsworth, brewpub, brewing suspended again January 2024 with no intention to revive it, equipment to be removed.
- Wild Card Brewery E17, Waltham Forest, closed October 2024.
Suspended breweries
- Brockley Brewery Brockley SE4, Lewisham, suspended September 2024, brewing continues at Herne Hill site.
- Cronx Brewery (The) CR0, Croydon, suspended by August 2024, some cuckoo brewing continues and production may be revived at new site.
- Hammersmith Craft Brewery W6, Hammersmith & Fulham, suspended August 2024 though may resume in 2025.
Other changes
- Big Drop Brewing Co relocated production outside London in September 2024 so has been removed from the list of London brewers without breweries.
- BREAL, the company that bought BBNo and Brick, renamed itself Keystone in late February 2024.
- Brockley Brewery taken over by a partnership of existing senior staff.
- Canopy revived under new ownership as Bird House Brewery.
- Friendship Adventure Brewery under new ownership as Supercute Brewhouse.
- Gipsy Hill Brewing in a strategic alliance with Sunrise Alliance brewing group.
- Mellor’s Brewing Co, former brewery, later beer firm, wound up early 2024.
- Mondo Brewing under the same ownership as Hogs Back Brewery in Surrey.
- Portobello Brewing Co acquired by Sunrise Alliance brewing group.
- Toast Ale, beer firm, relocating its activities to its own brewery in Milton Keynes during 2024.
For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.
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