This list makes interesting reading and the 2013 number is still increasing.
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This list makes interesting reading and the 2013 number is still increasing.
I make that 47 breweries and I have had a beer from 45 of them. I need Barnet but will have to visit the Brewpub.I also need Brockley so this wed night may try to find them around Crystal Palace area.
25 for me , and most of the missing ones are from the last two years...
Since the opening of the Redemption brewery in Tottenham in 2010 that took a lot of us by surprise, it definitely feels like being in at ground zero for the explosion of brewing in London since the dark day when Youngs buggered off up to Bedford..
The Black Horse in Barnet is just north of my manor so feel free to PM me when you are going and if I'm around I'll join you for a pint. The Palamino is quite a nice pint although I think this is still brewed for them by XT rather than in the in-house plant.
I have sampled beer from 18 of those breweries.Looking at the list of new breweries about start up and the 47 listed above,dare I whisper it that us Londoners will soon be enjoying an ale scene not too far dissimilar to that enjoyed by the good folk of Yorkshire. (Symbol: Tin hat on )
I might take you up on that offer.
I have had palomino but brewed at XT.Also had a few of the not in production brewers
Wild Card brewed at Brentwood
Trumans(everards)
ansbach and hobday(Brewharf)
Lost Brewing(Florence)
3 friends(howling hops)
but I don't count them till they brew on their own plant.
I think Signature brewery is a bit dubious on the main list.
Not wishing to inflame a&h but maybe London wins out on brewery concentration.
Greater London is 609 square miles and has 47 brewers = 1 per 12.96 square miles
I dont recall Yorkshire's 6,066 square miles having 468 brewers just yet.;)
It's going that way, the latest figure I have is 146 breweries; but shall we try that comparison based on per head of population?
Population of London (mid 2012 est) 8,308,400 = 1 brewery to 176,774 people
Population of Yorkshire (mid 2012 est) 5,316,700 = 1 brewery to 36,416 people
looks like London needs to get up to 229 breweries to match Yorkshire
:whistle:
I am impressed that my deliberate baiting of Northerners was unsuccessful :D
Can tick another one off.
Having a look round the Queen Elizabeth park by the Olympic park and stumbled upon the Crate Brewery on the way to Hackney Wick station.
Currently sitting by the canal with a pint of their best