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Best Brewery Taprooms in London

Beyond the Bermondsey Beer Mile, London has independent brewery taprooms scattered across several neighbourhoods — smaller, quieter, and often serving beer you genuinely can't get anywhere else.

Hackney & East London

Hackney Brewery and Pressure Drop both run taprooms with rotating small-batch beers. Howling Hops in Hackney Wick has a floating taproom on the canal.

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Bermondsey Beer Mile

The best-known circuit runs along Druid Street and the connecting railway arches between London Bridge and South Bermondsey stations, active mainly on Saturdays from around midday. The Kernel, Anspach & Hobday, Fourpure and several others open their taprooms directly onto the street, pouring straight from the tanks. It's a walking circuit rather than a single venue — expect to move between three or four spots over an afternoon, sampling as you go rather than settling in at one place.

What Makes Hackney Different

Hackney's brewery scene has a slightly different character to Bermondsey's — smaller, more experimental batches, and a stronger emphasis on sour and barrel-aged styles alongside the reliable pale ales. Howling Hops in Hackney Wick runs a floating taproom on the canal, genuinely one of the more memorable places in London to have a pint. Pressure Drop's taproom keeps a rotating list that rewards repeat visits.

Planning a Brewery Crawl

Most taprooms open Thursday to Sunday, with Saturday being the busiest and most reliable day for full opening hours across multiple breweries at once. Food trucks are common outside the bigger taprooms on weekends, so you rarely need to plan a separate meal. Cash is less necessary than it used to be — most taprooms take card and contactless.

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