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"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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Brewpubs no longer brewing
Kingston Brewing Co (Flamingo and Firkin, Flamingo Brewery)88 London Road, Kingston KT2 6PX (Kingston upon Thames)First sold beer: September 1987 (as Flamingo and Firkin)Ceased brewing: January 1998 (as Kingston Brewing Co)
The Orange Brewery (The Orange)37 Pimlico Road SW1 (Westminster)First sold beer: February 1983Ceased brewing: February 2001
The Yorkshire Grey […]
More Lash, London.
Beer firmmorelashbrewery.comActive since: Spring 2022
This contract-brewed lager claims to originate from Clapham. The brand is fronted by comedy podcaster Archie Curzon, known for his parodies of southwest London ‘rugby lads’, though he’s not listed among the registered company directors. For every can sold, 10p is donated to rugby players’ charity […]
Allsopp’s, London.
Beer firmallsopps.comActive since: Autumn 2021
Allsopp’s is an historic brewing name from Burton upon Trent revived in Autumn 2021 by a London-based business with family credentials.
The history dates from around 1730 when Benjamin Wilson brewed in his pub. His great nephew Samuel Allsopp bought the business in 1807 and helped build […]
Hammersmith Craft Brewery, London W6
BreweryLower ground floor, 106 Fulham Palace Road W6 9PL (Hammersmith & Fulham)hammersmith.beerFirst sold beer: December 2019
A brewery in a Hammersmith basement which underwent the softest of soft launches in late 2019 before the Covid lockdowns struck. It’s been brewing intermittently ever since, with a small and informal taproom […]
Roundwood Project, London NW10
Brewery24 Excelsior Studios, Sunbeam Road NW10 6JP (Ealing)theroundwoodproject.comFirst sold beer: June 2022
Founded by longstanding homebrewer Shem Wallis-Jones, this is a small brewery in a community of creative businesses in Park Royal.
Beers are currently largely bottled and available very locally.
Updated 4 September 2023.
More London breweries
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2 openings, 3 closures, net change -1.
By the end of 2001, there were 15 commercial breweries operating in London, including seven brewpubs. These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames: AB previously rented this but bought it outright from Scottish Courage this year. Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea […]
1 opening, no closures, net change +1.
By the end of 2002, there were 16 commercial breweries operating in London, including seven brewpubs. These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames: AB previously rented this but bought it outright from Scottish Courage this year. Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea […]
No openings, 2 closures, net change -2.
By the end of 2003, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. These breweries were:
Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea Brewery Bünker WC2, Camden, brewpub, previously Freedom Earlham Street, under new ownership Fuller […]
Closed brewpub27 Endell Street WC2H 9BA (Camden)First sold beer: December 2001Ceased brewing: May 2003
Referred to in some sources as Brasserie Française, this was one of several early 21st century restaurant-brewpub concepts in London. It was based around a French revolutionary theme: the sans-culottes (literally ‘without breeches’, referencing the silk knee breeches favoured by […]
Pitfield Brewery
Brewery moved from London, since closed8 Pitfield Street N1 6HA (Hackney, original site)4 Hoxton Square N1 6NU (Hackney, second site)Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge Industrial Estate, Stourbridge DY8 1JN (Dudley, outside London, third site)14 Pitfield Street N1 6EY (Hackney, fourth site)The Nurseries, Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester CO4 5HA (Essex, outside London, fifth […]
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