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Truman (Old Truman Brewery)

Truman, London E1

Formerly Brick Lane Beers

This page covers the cuckoo-brewed brands under the Truman name produced for the owners of the old brewery site.

For historic brewing at the site, see Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman).

For the company that revived the brand in 2010 and sold it on in 2022, see […]

Big Penny

Big Penny, London E17

This page covers the beer firm that originated in a revival of the historic Truman brand in the 21st century.

For more about the historic Truman’s brewery, see Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman).

For more about the current cuckoo-brewed Truman beers, see Truman (Old Truman Brewery).

Previously Truman’s Beer.

Beer […]

Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman)

A historic Truman label with famous black eagle trademark.

This page covers the historic brewery. For more about the 21st century revival of the brand, see Big Penny and Truman (Old Truman Brewery).

Formerly Truman, Hanbury & Buxton

Closed breweryBlack Eagle Brewery, Hanbury Street E1 6QR (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: by 1669 (as Bucknall’s)Ceased […]

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 Brewery […]