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Southwark Brewing Company (Brewery Tap)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Southwark - 66 RedExcellent1
Southwark - AramisGood1
Southwark - Bankside BlondeGood1
Southwark - Bermondsey BestGood1
Southwark - Courage SE1 Green Hop Amber Ale (presumably a collaboration with Charles Wells)Good1
Southwark - Courage SE1 Session IPA (collaboration with Charles Wells)Excellent1
Southwark - Double Dry Hopped IPAAcceptable1
Southwark - Harvard APAGood1
Southwark - Huell MelonExcellent1
Southwark - Lemon Aid KitExcellent1
Southwark - Maltby Street MildExcellent1
Southwark - Oatmeal StoutExceptional2
Southwark - Scottish Light AleAcceptable1
Southwark - Smoked PorterAcceptable1
Southwark - Sorachi AceGood1
Southwark - Top Drop Pale AleExcellent1
Southwark - White IPAGood1
Southwark - American Brown AleNot Tried0
Southwark - Blessed Winter AleNot Tried0
Southwark - CitraNot Tried0
Southwark - Full SailNot Tried0
Southwark - GoldNot Tried0
Southwark - LPA London Pale AleNot Tried0
Southwark - Mayflower Session IPANot Tried0
Southwark - PamplemousseNot Tried0
Southwark - Peter's StoutNot Tried0
Southwark - Potters' Fields PorterNot Tried0
Southwark - Routemaster Red (superseded by 4.2% version)Not Tried0
Southwark - Two BridgesNot Tried0
Picture 1. Southwark Brewing Company, Bermondsey, Central London
Picture 2. Southwark Brewing Company, Bermondsey, Central London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

24 Jan 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until slightly deferred close. SE London CAMRA branch AGM. £4.90 pp seemed steep with just 10 yards of transport costs.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Huell Melon5.00ExcellentIn fine form
Southwark - Harvard APA5.50Good
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
13 Jul 2018 (Stephen Harris)
I don’t seem to have ventured along the Bermondsey Beer Mile for ages, so resolve to walk the full length over how ever many weeks it takes. This is one of the end markers. Hot weather and a reduced cask beer offering tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Scottish Light Ale3.40AcceptableNot many beers are brave enough to call themselves Light Ales these days. This is a malty, brown beer with a Crystal Malt tang and a light hint of EKG hops.
Southwark - Bankside Blonde3.80Not Tried
Southwark - Routemaster Red (superseded by 4.2% version)3.80Not Tried
23 Mar 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Last stop on a Bermondsey Beer Mile Walk. If I find time, I shall add the non-cask beer outlets visited too.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Top Drop Pale Ale4.50ExcellentPale gold in colour. Dry. Great hops – Citra, Sorachi Ace, Cascade & Mosaic.
Southwark - Lemon Aid Kit4.40ExcellentPale and hazy. Lemony, as one might expect from the name.
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Pamplemousse5.00Not Tried
22 Jan 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until very late close. The years roll on inexorably - another SE London CAMRA branch AGM held here tonight, well attended and some controversial points made about the forthcoming Revitalisation decisions to be made.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40GoodIn good condition and moving fast here tonight
Southwark - Double Dry Hopped IPA6.50AcceptableHazy and did not hold a head, I don't recall it being shown as unfined
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - 66 Red5.30Not Tried
05 Jan 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening and just a couple of other customers present in the taproom.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Bankside Blonde3.80GoodGolden and crisp, with a long, bitter finish.
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Citra5.00Not Tried
Southwark - 66 Red5.30Not Tried
24 Nov 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Mid-evening visit with a bit of a skinfull already inside from a visit to Brew by Numbers nearby. Very welcoming here but absolutely freezing cold. In fact I wrote ‘FREEZING’ in my notebook and I rarely use capital letters.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - 66 Red5.30ExcellentThis beer was a home-brew competition winner (originally at 6.6%). It includes six malt types and six hop varieties in the recipe and I thought it was great.
Southwark - Courage SE1 Green Hop Amber Ale (presumably a collaboration with Charles Wells)4.40GoodA slightly odd business, Southwark licencing the use of ‘Courage SE1’ in this way. This beer is a hazy pale gold (not really amber) colour. Good fresh hop tastes.
Southwark - Aramis5.00GoodHazy gold. A single-hop beer using an unfamiliar, slightly musty variety.
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Harvard APA5.50Not Tried
Southwark - Two Bridges5.00Not Tried
13 May 2017 (ChrisE)
Saturday afternoon and very busy. We had a good chat with the owner about beer and breweries.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Oatmeal Stout5.10ExceptionalFresh on to replace the mild, absoutely superb.
Southwark - Maltby Street Mild3.80ExcellentI managed to get one of the last pints before this ran out. A good traditional Mild, it reminded me of Young's BMA but I could be mistaken about that.
Southwark - Courage SE1 Session IPA (collaboration with Charles Wells)4.00Excellent
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
10 Feb 2017 (Stephen Harris)
It’s Friday evening quiz night in here and there are a few tables of enthusiastic quizzers ready to go.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Oatmeal Stout5.10ExcellentThick, black, heavy and sweetish.
Southwark - Smoked Porter4.50AcceptableDark brown. Smells strongly of smoke, but smoky taste is a bit more subtle. I found it just a bit thin.
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Peter's Stout8.90Not Tried
Southwark - Gold5.20Not Tried
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Harvard APA5.50Not Tried
Southwark - Mayflower Session IPA4.20Not Tried
16 Dec 2016 (Stephen Harris)
I’d not really planned to end this particular little pub-crawl here – but had been unable to get into Anspach & Hobday nearby as it was “full to capacity” (carol singers I think). Contrastingly quiet in here. This bar must have the widest range of cask beers brewed on site of any London taproom?
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - White IPA5.60GoodPale amber in colour. Crisp and hoppy, with lots of orange flavours. Tasty with a lingering bitter fruitiness.
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Gold5.20Not Tried
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Harvard APA5.50Not Tried
Southwark - Routemaster Red (superseded by 4.2% version)3.80Not Tried
Southwark - American Brown Ale6.00Not Tried
Southwark - Blessed Winter Ale4.00Not Tried
03 Jun 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Quite busy in here, although no quiz tonight as the quiz-master had failed to show. The guv’nor quipped that they would be advertising the post in the morning.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Southwark - Sorachi Ace5.00GoodNice. I do like a sport of Sorachi Ace.
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Gold5.20Not Tried
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter4.00Not Tried
Southwark - Harvard APA5.50Not Tried
Southwark - Full Sail4.50Not Tried
Southwark - Maltby Street Mild3.80Not Tried

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About the Southwark Brewing Company

The pub sign. Southwark Brewing Company, Bermondsey, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent11
Good12
Acceptable9
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in Bermondsey, Central London, SE1 2EZ.

A micro-brewery established in October 2014 and located at Arch 46, Druid Street, within a few hundred yards of several other railway arch brewers in what is becoming known as Bermondsey's Brewing Quarter. On the right upon entering a small bar area has been set up in the brewery, initially open to the public on Friday evenings and Saturdays. This bar brings the first handpumps to the Bermondsey Beer Mile, 8 in total. In addition some cask beers are sold on gravity dispense from behind the bar.

We have visited this pub 17 times, seen 37 different beers and tried 28 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE1 2EZ