‘Very hot’ is an understatement of Saturday’s brewery ride!
But great fun –we visited 18 breweries & indicated where another 4 were and made 4 stops for welcome refreshments (5 for those who made it to end!)
Route was off road when possible or on quiet roads and canal towpaths -except for a busy bit in Hackney (where I added some unintentional diversions!) -we even took in a couple of busy markets -Broadway & Ridley road!
after the blazing sun and lack of shade at the Bevertown brewery we all welcomed the chilled breweries in Walthamstow (Pillars & Wild card) as well as the amazing ‘gods own junkyard’ -always worth a visit!
A few hardy souls made it to the last stop at Tap east -we had to share with guns n’ roses fans there for a gig at London stadium!
List of Breweries and order we visited below
| East London breweries | ||||||
| brewery | location | web | Notes | TAP ROOM? | OPEN SAT | |
| 1 | Trumans | E3 2NT | https://www.trumansbeer.co.uk/about-us/the-brewery/ | Taproom at The Plough at Swan Wharf | y | y |
| 2 | Crate | E9 5EW | https://cratebrewery.com/ | taproom | PUB | NOON |
| 3 | Howling hops | E9 5EN | https://howlinghops.co.uk/ | taproom | Y | NOON |
| 4 | Laine | E9 7BT | https://peoplesparktavern.pub/post/134988484937/brewery | PEOPLES PARK TAVERN | Y | NOON |
| 5 | Redchurch | E2 9RF | https://www.redchurch.beer/ | Taproom (experimental brews only made on this site) | Y | NOON |
| 6 | Three sods | E2 6NB | https://www.threesodsbrewery.com/ | Bethnal green social club (cellar bar) | CLUB | Y |
| 7 | Hackney | E2 8BB | https://www.hackneybrewery.co.uk/ | n | ||
| 8 | Forest road | E8 3RL | https://www.forestroad.co.uk/ | Taproom used to brew in east London now Belgium! | y | y |
| 9 | London fields | E8 3RR | https://londonfieldsbrewery.co.uk/ | taproom | ||
| 10 | Maregade Brew Co | E8 1EJ | https://maregade.com/ | in cock tavern | PUB | |
| 11 | 40ft | E8 3DP | https://www.facebook.com/40ftbrewery/ | Open sat eve | Y | 5PM |
| 12 | Five points | E8 1JE | https://fivepointsbrewing.co.uk/beer/ | Hackney downs (tap room in July) | n | n |
| 13 | Pressure drop | E8 1DU | https://pressuredropbrewing.co.uk/ | N | N | |
| 14 | Beavertown | N17 9QP | https://www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/home/ | Tap room on industrial estate | Y | Y |
| 15 | Left bank | E17 6BX | https://www.leftbankbrewery.co.uk/ | Inside Blackhorse workshop | n | n |
| 16 | Pillars | E17 9HQ | https://www.pillarsbrewery.com/ | Real lager | 2-11PM | |
| 17 | Wild card | E17 9HQ | https://www.wildcardbrewery.co.uk/ | Excellent taproom others as well as own brews | Y | 11AM |
| 18 | Brodies | E10 6AE | https://www.brodiesbeers.com/?page_id=2 | Brewpub | PUB | Y |
| 19 | ELB | E10 7QB | https://www.eastlondonbrewing.com/ | Nice beer no taproom | N | N |
| 20 | Signature brew | E10 7BT | https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/ | Music themed beers | Y | CLOSED |
| 21 | Tap East | E20 1EE | https://www.tapeast.co.uk/ | A brewery in Westfield! | PUB | 11AM |
| also | ||||||
| Pretty Decent beer | E7 9EF | https://www.prettydecentbeer.co/ | Forest gate – a proportion of every sale goes to organisations supporting sustainable water solutions in the developing world. | rare | ||
| Husk | E16 2AA | https://www.huskbrewing.com/our-beers | Newham! | rare | N | |
| One mile end | E1 4TP | https://onemileend.com/ | Pub –was brewed in cellar now in Tottenham | PUB | 10-30AM | |
Some pics of ride courtesy of Robin again! Thanks! https://www.flickr.com/photos/rsstephenson/sets/72157682231080014
Route –see also Robins fly through above 
Cheers!
Bill