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Des de Moor
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
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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Tankleys Brewery

Tankleys Brewery, Sidcup DA15 (London)

Brewery, no visitors pleaseSidcup DA15 (Bexley)tankleysbrewery.comActive since: November 2015First sold beer: Due by May 2024

Australian-born homebrewer Glenn Heinzel first brewed commercially under the name Tankleys (an obscure family pun) at UBREW late in 2015. A year later, fellow UBREW users Beerblefish began brewing in their own right on […]

Hopewell Brewery (Lockdown Room)

Lockdown Room, London E14

BrewpubHopewell Square, London E14 0SY (Tower Hamlets)thelockdownroom.comFirst sold beer: March 2024

As the name Lockdown Room suggests, this popular bar-restaurant and event venue on London City Island, a recent development in a horseshoe meander of the river Lea near Canning Town, evolved from an initiative to supply the community during […]

London breweries 2023

By the end of December 2023, there were 109 commercial breweries operating in London, including 27 brewpubs. Those breweries were:

3 Locks Brewing Company NW1, Camden 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney Affinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub Anomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitors Anspach & Hobday CR0, Sutton Battersea Brewery (Battersea) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub […]

Big Drop Brewing Co

Big Drop, London.

Beer firmbigdropbrew.comActive since: October 2016

Former lawyer Rob Fink and designer James Kindred launched Big Drop as a specialist brewer of beers of 0.5% ABV and less after Rob noticed a gap in the market when he gave up drinking for an extended period. They began by cuckoo brewing at now-closed […]

Blondies Brewery

Blondies Brewery, London E10

Beer firm, planned brewpubPatchworks, 258 Church Road, London E10 7JQ (Waltham Forest)blondiesbar.co.ukPlanned for: Feburary 2024

Blondies is a popular Clapton bar and music venue opened by sisters Sharmaine and Verity Cox in 2016. The sisters always planned to add their own brewery but struggled to find a site: plans for […]

London breweries 2022

The nanobrewery at BBNo, Bermondsey, April 2022.

By the end of December 2022, there were 122 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. Those breweries were:

3 Locks Brewing Company NW1, Camden NEW!40FT Brewery E8, HackneyAffinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpubAnomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitorsAnspach & Hobday CR0, SuttonBattersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, […]

Lucky Saint

Lucky Saint, London W1.

Beer firmAlso known as Not Another Beer Co.58 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5EAluckysaint.coActive since: October 2018

Founded by Luke Boase, London-based Lucky Saint commissions a much-admired and widely available unfiltered alcohol-free pale lager to its own recipe. The beer is made at a historic Bavarian brewery in accordance with the […]

Firkin Brewery (Fox and Firkin Lewisham)

BrewpubBrewery: 15 Whitburn Road SE13 7UQ (Lewisham)Pub: 316 Lewisham High Street SE13 6JZfoxfirkin.comFirst sold beer: October 2023

Firkin Brewery, London SE13

This busy music pub became a brewpub towards the end of 2023, with a facility known as the Firkin brewery added in a former Sainsbury’s depot at the back. The project was the […]

3 Locks Brewing Company

Also known as Hawley Wharf Brewing Company.

3 Locks Brewing Company, London NW1

BreweryArch N4 Dockray Place NW1 8QD (Camden)3locksbeer.comFirst sold beer: November 2022

Founded by Marinos Alexandrou of the 56 Isle brewery in Paros, Greece, this enterprise occupies several arches under two branches of the Overground, with a taproom and shop located in […]

Great Beyond Brewing Co

Great Beyond Brewing Co, London E2

Brewpub417 Union Walk E2 8HP (Hackney)greatbeyond.beerFirst sold beer: 4 November 2022

This arch-based brewery under Hoxton station was founded by ex-Fourpure brewers John Driebergen (who has been brewing in London since 2011, initially with Meantime) and Ollie Parker.

It occupies three adjacent arches under the Overground at Hoxton, […]