40ft Brewery

Microbrewery in Walthamstow, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: 40ft Brewery Tap House

Established in 2015

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10 Lockwood Way, Walthamstow, E17 5RB, England
Description
40FT is an independent brewery in Dalston, Hackney, producing fresh, modern beer. Starting in the kitchen of a Hackney Houseshare where three homebrewers made beer for their house parties, the venture quickly moved into two 20ft shipping containers located in a disused Dalston car park in 2015, after convincing the head brewer of their local brewery to join them.

Over the last 6 years, 40FT brewery has grown organically by adding more shipping containers like lego and a building a talented team of 15 people. 40FT is now brewing to capacity on a 10HL brew kit, with an output of 7,000 pints a week

In 2025 production moved to Hackney Brewery's former Blackhorse Road premises.

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Pig’s Ear. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is toasty, charred wood, earthy roast, liquorice, earth, dried fruits, Eccles cake, toasted brown sugars and some ash. The taste is smooth, bitter-sweet, toasty, liquorice, charred wood, salted liquorice, chewy malt, mild smoke and earth with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty alight stuff.

Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2015 at 05:06


8

Tried on 09 Dec 2015 at 15:08


6

Tried on 04 Dec 2015 at 13:27


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Gravity at Pigs Ear ’15, 01/12/15. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is liquorice, spice, earthy hop presence, charr. Taste comprises chocolate, restrained hops, charred effect, light roast, toffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Tried on 03 Dec 2015 at 10:41


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Pigs Ear 2015, day 1 - London. Pours rich brown with a creamy tan head. The aroma holds mild roast, burnt wood and earthy hops. Light to medium sweet flavor, with light ash and leather. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. There’s an off plastic note in the finish, along with baking cocoa and ashy roast. Overall, it’s fine.

Tried from Cask on 02 Dec 2015 at 12:46


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at Pigs Ear 2015. Black beer no head. Chocolate liquorice aroma. Decent dark malty flavour. Ok juicy stout. Bit of toast some liquorice. OK

Tried from Cask on 01 Dec 2015 at 09:45


9

Best lager in London by a long way

Tried at 40FT Brewery on 17 Oct 2015 at 19:42


8

Super clean. Good bitterness. Super clean. Awesome

Tried at 40FT Brewery on 17 Oct 2015 at 18:54


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Cotteridge Wines; hazy dark amber pour with a thin white head, tangerine, grapefruit and light pine in the aroma, taste has grapefruit, pine a hint of straw and spice, mango, bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2015 at 08:17


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the Tropical Croydonia tasting. 01/07/2015. Many thanks to JackL New London Brewery tick. Hazedgolden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is nice tropical pineapple, midget gem hops,light grpefruit. Flavour is tangy pinepapple hop, lilt grapefruit, zest citrus. Mild funk. Palate is low carbonation, slightly sticky hop resin. Solid boost juice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2015 at 05:20