Other spots in the area include Electric Brixton – an award-winning venue that combines both live music and club nights for a 1,700-strong crowd – and Brixton Jamm, which has a banging outdoor terrace and has seen the likes of Hot Chip, Skepta and Basement Jaxx perform. After a few pints here, continue past the railway arches to the famous and long-standing Brixton Brewery, where you can stop for a thirst-quenching Coldharbour lager or two. End up at both Clarkshaw’s and Friendship Adventures breweries – situated on the way to Loughborough Junction – and see where the night takes you. We’ll cheers to that! LTD EDN SERIES: Our small batch range of experimental beers. It’s what happens when we let our brewing imagination run wild and see where it takes us.… Read More We currently have an introduction to beer with the team at London Beer Lab and later, a look at the brewing kit at another brewery. Please note that stops can change depending on the day due to external factors such as special events taking place.

Say what you will about flat-roofed pubs, they know how to throw a party. Nary a day goes by when this Brixton Hill establishment doesn't pull out the stops for a shindig — whether a set from an au courant band you just heard on 6Music or a folksy gathering around a candlelit table at the weekly No Frills Folk Club. Perhaps it feels more like a boho community centre than an average boozer, but Windmill Brixton couldn't not be on this list. Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens Dogstar First on the dancefloor. Image: Dogstar The Crown and Anchor gastropub is from the same folks behind the much-lauded Jolly Butchers up Stoke Newington way. Handsomely occupying a spot on the Brixton Road, the Crown & Anchor has a bar the length of a bus, serving dozens of cask and kegged beers and ciders — and the food's good, too, with kitchen takeovers, and veggie and vegan options that are more than just a token gesture. They make a good fist at Sunday roasts too, and there's a patio down the side for al fresco drinking. Crown & Anchor, 246 Brixton Road Effra Social Winston Churchill might've drank here, Londonist writers certainly have. Image: Effra Social Phonox can be found at 418 Brixton R0ad, London, SW9 7AY and Electric Brixton at Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RJ. 4. Enjoy bottomless brunch and Afrobeats at Brixton Jamm or the Prince of Wales Photo: Brixton JammThis cool West London brewery, Portobello Brewing, has been making beer since 2012, and supplies trendy pubs all over the city. T

The brewery has grown and changed with the area around it, but we remain firmly rooted in and committed to our vibrant and supportive community. We’ve gone from hand delivering most of our beer on foot to Brixton Market using a borrowed trolley to building a new, much bigger brewery around the corner from our original arch, which now houses our experimental small-batch brewery and neighbouring taproom. You’ll find Redemption Brewing Co. at Unit 16, Compass West Industrial Estate, West Road, London, N17 0XL. You will have the chance to taste many different beer styles on the route and hear about the history of brewing in the area, and at individual breweries in modern times. The huge outdoor space is great for sunny-day drinking, so it’s an easy summer hit. They even have visiting street food vendors on a rotating basis, so you can get cajun food or chips and pitta to soak up all the beer. Breweries West London Portobello BrewingThe taproom is well positioned by Brixton market, which means it’s within easy tipsy-walking distance of all the delights of food, drink and music this corner of South London has to offer. Cronx Probably one of the most famous London breweries we’re covering in this piece, Brixton Brewery is well known for its Atlantic pale ale, and its Low Voltage session ale. Both can be found in pubs across London and beyond. Good thing that you’re spoiled for choice here. Start with a visit to Dog’s Grandad – a cute microbrewery that has made plenty of waves since opening in March 2021 due to its natural, vegan-friendly beer and easygoing staff. Located along the main Herne Hill high street (and handily located right outside Herne Hill train station), this south London market near Brixton has a local, village atmosphere with over 50 traders selling locally-produced foods, arts and crafts, vintage clothing and records.

We are proud to support as many independent businesses as possible. This is becoming difficult recently due to mergers and acquisitions in the beer industry and you’ll learn a bit more about this on the tour. The entire venue has a delightfully shabby-chic feel to it, with recycled railway sleepers and ladders making up the bar and rusty bed springs transformed into the light fixtures. Their beer ain’t bad either – they serve up a mean lager, session IPA, stout and pale ale – and their pizzas are some of the best you’ll find in East London. If you’ve ever found yourself near White Hart Lane for a Spurs match, chances are you may well have seen Redemption Brewing Co. Pulling pints on match days, this award-winning urban craft brewery was one of the pioneering founders of London’s craft beer scene. Brand new independent brewery just down from the Brixton Brewery. Open Fri 5pm to 7pm, Sat noon – 5pm, Sun 1pm-4pm.Here’s our guide to beer gardens in and around Brixton. Please note that it was originally compiled during Covid restrictions and has since been updated (Aug 2022).