Beer Guide London Visits – 27/07/2024
SALT Craft & Pizza (Woolwich) (1 / 210)
Original tap room of Hopstuff Brewery before it was bought out by SALT of Yorkshire and rebranded. Plans for SALT to use the brewery as a southern base have fallen through though with all beers brewed in Yorkshire. 16 taps and a couple of handpumps offer beers from across the SALT portfolio plus some guests. The pizza kitchen is still going strong. Plenty of seating across two levels plus the courtyard area outside.
Ossett – Yøn Lager – 4.0% (Draft) – £2.25 1/2 pint
Plum Tree (2 / 211)
Micropub in a converted shop unit. Good range of 7 draft lines and 3 cask ales served on gravity from the cold room. There are also 2 fridges with a good selection of packaged beers. Comfortable seating and a garden to the rear.
Good Chemistry – Amble On – 4.2% (Cask) – £2.35 1/2 pint
Hop Burns & Black (Deptford) (3 / 212)
Deptford branch of the bottle shop. No draft here but there is an extensive range of packaged beers available. Small space inside for vertical drinking plus a couple of benches outside in the market yard area. Note that there is a corkage charged for drinking in.
Tynt Meadow – English Trappist Blond – 5.0% (Bottle) – £4.75 bottle
Dog & Bell (4 / x)
Large locals pub in the back streets of Deptford. An extensive beer range in this award winning pub with up to 15 on handpull, 25 taps and c50 Belgian bottled beers. Regular themed beer festivals are held. Lots of seating inside, and in the beer garden to the rear plus the seating in the street at the front. Food is available. One of the hidden gems!
Rivington – Bounced Right Back – 4.2% (Cask) – £2.20 1/2 pint
SALT Craft & Pizza (Deptford) (5 / 213)
The Deptford branch of the former Hopstuff Brewery also taken on by SALT from Yorkshire. Nothing has changed apart from the beer range and the branding. 16 taps of beers from the SALT portfolio plus some guests and an excellent pizza kitchen on site. Larger space than Woolwich with additional seating in the market yard.
SALT – Loom – 4.0% (Draft) – £3.30 1/2 pint
Villages Brewery Tap (6 / 214)
Double arch set up with the brewing kit in one and the tap room in the other. 8 taps and a couple of handpumps dispense mostly their own beers, but also some occasional guests. As well as the seating in the arch they have additional seating in the alley outside.
Villages – Golden Boots – 4.2% (Draft) – £2.90 1/2 pint
Lucky Anchor Ale House (7 / x)
New bar in an old pub on the main street in Deptford. Currently new and a work in progress but already off to a flying start. 16 taps and 2 handpulls but with room to expand. Still quite a sparse interior, but you’re here for the beer, and the range is excellent. All measures available. Food limited to bar snacks.
Drop Project – Blud – 5.3% (Draft) – £3.00 1/3 pint
Pressure Drop – Springboard – 4.8% (Draft) – £3.20 1/3 pint
Kernel – Export Stout Sour Cherry – 7.4% (Draft) – £4.10 1/3 pint
