Local craft beer & real ale

Breweries in London

Meet the breweries pouring across London, from cask champions to new craft names, and the festivals where you can drink them fresh.

In London
106 breweries
They pour at
17 festivals
Across
0 cities

The London brewing scene

Local breweries across London

London is home to a growing roll call of breweries, from long-standing cask producers to new microbreweries pouring their first batches. Browse the full local directory below, then follow any brewery through to the festivals where you can find their bar.

The directory

Every brewery in London

The full local listing, not a teaser. Each card links to the brewery and the festivals it pours at.

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Anspach & Hobday

London

Independent London craft brewery. Traditional beers brewed in a modern way, all in South London. We first started our journey in Bermondsey in 2013, located in the arches of the Bermondsey beer mile. In March 2020, we expanded and moved the majority of our production to our new site in Croydon, allowing us to make three times the amount of beer.

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Bexley Brewery

Erith

Bexley Brewery is a family-run business... Like all home brewers, Cliff started to create beers in the garden shed. In 2014, after winning a local local Home brew competition, Cliff along with his wife Jane, took the plunge to open a micro brewery in Erith, in the north of the Bexley Borough. Their son Cameron joined the family business in 2016, and proved to have a passion for Sales and Design. Bexley Brewery uses the best quality English malted barley alongside the freshest Kent hops & some amazing hops from around the world (including Australia, New Zealand & USA) to produce beers of exceptional flavour and aroma. We’re proud to be a Brewery that produces a fantastic range of award winning sessionable, seasonal and one-off batch beers, in Cask, Keg and Bottle. Our logo is based on the Ringed Necked Parakeet and although not a bird native to the UK, they can be found across South East London and beyond - just like our beer!

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Beyond Belief Brewing

Borehamwood

At Beyond Belief Brewing they do more than just brew delicious beer. Innovation is at the core of their development process – they want to ensure that every product does something new. Their first range of beer are all brewed with a grain bill that is at least 50% waste pasta – a by-product from the manufacturing industry that would otherwise go to waste.

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Bianca Road Brew Co

London

​Bianca Road Brew Co is a sustainable brewery located in Bermondsey, London, specializing in hoppy pale ales and lagers brewed with renewable energy. Their taproom at 87 Enid Street offers a spacious, naturally lit environment where visitors can enjoy their core range and seasonal specials in various formats, including drafts, cans, or tasting flights. The brewery's commitment to sustainability is evident through practices such as using renewable electricity, repurposing spent grains for anaerobic digestion, delivering beer locally via cargo bikes, utilizing recyclable packaging, and maintaining a zero black bag waste policy. Their online shop features a variety of products, including beers like Hay-Z Pale Ale (5.5% ABV), ¡SABROSO! IPA (6.5% ABV), and Mirror Mirror Lager (4.8% ABV), as well as branded merchandise.

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Big Hug Brewing

London

Founded in 2014, Big Hug Brewing is a UK-based 'hobo' brewery that collaborates with established partners like Portobello Brewing Co. to craft accessible, flavorful beers such as their Juicy Pale Ale and Pave The Way Pale Ale. Beyond brewing, Big Hug is committed to social responsibility, supporting charities like Centrepoint and YMCA DownsLink Group to combat homelessness, and partnering with OneTribe to aid in rainforest protection. Their mission intertwines brewing quality beers with making a positive societal and environmental impact.

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Big Smoke Brew Co

Surbiton

Big Smoke Brew Co is a modern, independent brewery based in the leafy suburbs of Esher, Surrey, known for brewing hop‑forward pales, crisp lagers, rich stouts, and a wide range of contemporary beer styles. They operate as both a brewery and a pub company, with their pubs forming the heart of the brand—welcoming spaces serving fresh, home‑cooked food and a rotating lineup of independent beers. Their beers are available in keg, cask, and cans, and are poured across their own pubs as well as quality venues throughout the UK.

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BR3WERY

Beckenham

We are a micro-brewery from Beckenham -BR3, we love beer and we make our straight-talking craft beer bold, proud and full of flavour.

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Brentwood Brewing Co

Brentwood

Brentwood has a long history of brewing and malting reaching back to around 1700. At Brentwood Brewing, we like to think we continue that tradition with excellent real ales made using time honoured methods but with modern equipment and quality control.

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Good to know

Breweries in London, answered

Use the browse-by-city block to jump to a local area, or scroll the full directory and check the location under each brewery name. Every brewery links through to its own page with a map and the festivals it pours at.

Many do. Where a brewery runs its own tap or an online shop you will find the link on its page. We do not sell beer ourselves, we point you to the brewery.

Closely. The breweries in this directory pour at the region's festivals through the year. Each brewery page lists its upcoming appearances, so a brewery you like is an easy route into a weekend out.

Many breweries are already listed through the festivals they attend. If yours is missing, or you want to manage how it looks, you can list a new brewery or claim an existing one in a couple of minutes. It is free to be listed.

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Run a brewery in London? List it or claim your page

Add your brewery, upload a banner and logo, and link it to the festivals you pour at. It is free to be listed, and claiming an existing page takes a couple of minutes.