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Bridge Brewery

Simon’s Tower Bridge Brewery, London SE1

Formerly Simon’s Tower Bridge Brewery, Tower Brewery

Closed brewery218 Tower Bridge Road SE1 2UP (Southwark)First sold beer: February 1980Ceased brewing: by December 1983

Following the example of Godson’s and the Goose and Firkin brewpub, former local government finance officer Simon Hosking set up London’s second […]

Courage Brewery

Includes information for Barclay Perkins

Courage Brewery, London SE1

Courage BreweryClosed breweryAnchor Brewhouse, Horseleydown SE1 2LY (Southwark)First sold beer: 16th century (under an unknown name)Brewing ceased: 1981

Barclay Perkins & CoClosed breweryAnchor Brewery, Park Street SE1 9EQ (Southwark)First sold beer: 1616 (as Monger’s Brewery)Brewing ceased: by 1963

The Anchor Brewhouse stood […]

London breweries 1971

1971 vintage Evening Standard Pub of the Year plaque still in situ in Fulham. Pic: Edwardx, Wikipedia Creative Commons.

By the end of 1971, there were 11 commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 6 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

Charrington […]

Wells & Young’s Courage Imperial Russian Stout 2011

Top Tastings 2011

ABV: 10% Origin: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Website: www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk

Wells & Young's Courage Imperial Russian Stout 2011

Excitement rippled through the beer world in Autumn 2011 as one of Britain’s most historic beer brands made an unexpected return from the dead. Courage Imperial Russian Stout can trace its lineage back to […]