London Breweries
27August 2011
London used to be home to a good many great breweries. Alas, it is no longer is. But good breweries do exist and although some have closed in recent years others are opening. My aim is to note the current brewing operations in Greater London as of my posting date. For other breweries see: www.Breweries.org.uk and http://www.quaffale.org.uk/
Some of the breweries listed below are not open to the public or on a limited basis. Others have a pub or restaurant open to all. Some offer tours usually requiring pre-booking and fee. Please check their websites for the latest details.
The Battersea Brewery
Not open to the general public
43, Glycena Rd, London, SW11 5TP (Battersea)
Phone: 020 7978 7978
Web: http://www.batterseabrewery.com/
Email: enquiries@batterseabrewery.com
Brew Wharf
Bar, Restaurant and Microbrewery
Brew Wharf Yard, 1 Stoney Street, London SE1 9AD (Borough)
Phone: 020 7378 6601 Fax: 020 7940 8336
Web: www.brewwharf.com
Nearest tube station: London Bridge (390 yards)
Opened in October 2005
I think they may have had an association with Meantime but I can’t verify that. Meantime supplied beers for them from the start.
Brodies
They do take a way, contact for more details
816A High Road E10 6AE (Leyton)
South of Lea Bridge Rd
Phone: 07976 122 853 Web: http://www.brodiesbeers.co.uk/
Email: jamesandlizzie@brodiesbeers.com
Between Walthhamstow stations and Leyton Midland Rd station
Bünker (closed as a brewing venue)
Formerly: Soho Brewing then Freedom
Address: 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LD (Covent Garden)
Phone: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1277)
Web: http://www.bunkerbar.com/index2.htm
Camden Town Brewery (Camden)
55-58 Wilkin Street Mews NW5 3NN
Phone: 0207 485 1671
Web: http://www.camdentownbrewery.com/
North of Kentish Town West rail and tube stations
They started out in the Horseshoe pub but the brewery needed to expand.
The Florence (Herne Hill – Brockwell Park)
131-133 Dulwich Road SE24 0NG
Phone: 020 7326 4987
Web: http://www.capitalpubcompany.com/the-florence/
Herne Hill Rail station
Fullers Brewery (Chiswick)
The book tours, have a gift shop and two attached pubs
The Griffin Brewery, since 1845
Chiswick Lane South W4 2QB near Hogarth Roundabout (Zone 2)
Phone: 0208 996 2000 Web: http://www.fullers.co.uk/
Hammersmith & Fulham Borough, Stamford Brook Map
Please note there is a problem with some of TfL’s bus maps and this one does not open yet. Hopefully they will fix it soon. Take bus 190 to Chiswick/Hogarth Roundabout.
Ha'penny Brewing Company Limited (Illford – Essex)
Contact them for details
Cuckoo Hall Brewery Unit 8
Aldborough Hall Farm
Aldborough Road North Essex IG2 7TD
Phone: 020 8599 1338 Web: http://www.hapenny-brewing.co.uk/
Email: info@hapenny-brewing.co.uk
Horseshoe (no longer brewing at this location)
This is a pub – restaurant serving Camden ales
28 Heath Street, Hampstead, NW3 6TE (Hampstead)
Phone: 020 7431 7206
Just south of Hampstead tube station; walk out of the station and go straight across the street. Go down a short walk and it is right past Louis Hungarian Tea and Coffee shop. The brewing operation of this place has move. See Camden Town Brewery, above. Formerly: McLaughlin's Brewery.
The Kernel
98 Druid Street SE1 2HQ (Bermondsey)
Visitor entrance is around the back at 1 Ropewalk, just off Millstream Road
Phone: 0775 755 2636 Web: http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/
A bit of a walk down Druid Street from London Bridge station
Meantime Brewing
Unit 4 &5 Lawrence Trading Estate
Blackwall Lane SE10 0AR
Tel: 020 8293 1111
Fax: 020 8293 4004
Web: http://meantimebrewing.com/
Alastair Hook opened the brewery in 2000.
The main outlets for their beers are their own pubs.
Meantime is the operator of:
The Greenwich Union
56, Royal Hill SE10 8RT (Greenwich)
Phone: 020 8692 6258 Web:
The Old Brewery
The Pepys Building, The Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich SE10 9LW(Opening in 2010)
Phone: 0203 327 1280 Web: http://www.oldbrewerygreenwich.com/
DLR to Cutty Sark station
Opening times 10am – 11pm. Owned by the Meantime Brewery.
Porterhouse Brewpub & Restaurant
21-22 Maiden Lane WC2 E7NA at Exchange Place (Covent Garden)
Between Bedford Street and Southampton Street
Exchange Place can be entered from the Strand
Phone 020 7379 7917, Web www.porterhousebrewco.com
Covent Garden Underground Station
A modern restaurant – bar that is visually impressive. The roots of this pub grew in Dublin, Ireland yet the make-up of the facilities is firmly Industrial England. I am not taking the space required to say what needs to be said about the beers. The impressive menu displays a good range of draft ale and a great bottle selection that should satisfy anyone’s thirst.
Ram Brewery
Closed in 2006 after continuously brewing since 1831
68 Wandsworth High St SW18 4LB (Wandsworth)
The Ram was the brewery for Young’s and closed in 2006. Some of the lads continue to brew here until the property is rebuilt. It is hoped that they can fine a new location and keep the production going.
Redemption Brewery
Compass West Estate, 33 W Rd N17 0XL (Tottenham)
Phone: 020 8885 5227 Web: http://redemptionbrewing.co.uk/
A vary small independent brewery distributing to pubs that support such breweries. Some of the pubs can be found on Redemption’s website.
Sambrook's Brewery
Brewery tours available
Unit 1-2, Yelverton Rd, London, SW11 3QG (Battersea)
The address is 2-18 Yelverton Road
Phone: 020 7228 0598 Web: www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk
It is a ten-minute walk from Clapham Junction train station, a short bus ride from Victoria on the No. 170 bus or a twenty-minute walk from Wandsworth Town train station.
As this is a working brewery only, tours and beer tastings will be announced on the web site. Or just call and see if they will let you in. You may be charged for the tour but you may also get a glass and a few pints. CAMRA members received a discount.
The first beer made by partners Duncan Sambrook and David Welsh was Wandle Ale, a 3.8%ABV bitter. The Bricklayers Arms in Putney had Wandle Ale as a guest beer.
Twickenham Fine Ales
Ryecroft Works, Edwin Road, Twickenham. TW2 6SP
Phone: 020 8241 1825 Web http://www.twickenham-fine-ales.co.uk/
They may not be doing off sales so check their website for locations.
They may be small but they have a large collection of good beer awards.
Zero Degrees Brewery & Restaurant
29 Montpeiler Vale SE3 Blackheath (near Greenwich)
Phone: 020 8852 5619, Fax 020 8852 4463
Web: http://www.zerodegrees.co.uk/
Blackheath Rail Station
The operations of these places could change without notice but should not be life-threatening unless you are a stockholder.
London Brewer’s Alliance
Web: http://londonbrewers.org/
In a half-pint, the alliance was formed to restore and present London’s great brewing traditions. The LBA website lists the breweries associated with the alliance and not all of the ones shown above are with the alliance.