Southwark Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Southwark Brewing Company

Established in 2014

Contact
46 Druid Street, Bermondsey, SE1 2EZ, England
Description
Southwark Brewing Company was founded in 2014 by Peter Jackson and lifelong friend Andy Nichol.

Over 6 years, we have seen a lot of change and development. The brewery now has 6 fermenting vessels up from the 3 original ones, including a 20 Barrel FV commissioned in February 2020, in advance of a BIG sales drive (that wasn't well timed....)

We have brewed over 100 different beers and we have enjoyed every single one and there are a lot more to come.

Their keg range appears under the name 'Big Bear Brewery'.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@Shakespeares Head (JDW), London (02/11/2022) - Light citrus and tropical fruity with notes of grapefruit and lemon, pineapple, melon, light malty backing with soft cask mouthfeel, twiggy bitter hoppy finish. Nice condition, good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Delta - Single Hop on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:27 - Score: 6. Original review text: Light citrus and tropical fruity with notes of grapefruit and lemon, pineapple, melon, light malty backing with soft cask mouthfeel, twiggy bitter hoppy finish. Nice condition, good.
Tried from Cask on 11 Nov 2022 at 17:57

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at the source. Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Tropical fruit, citrus, pine.
Tried from Draft on 25 Oct 2022 at 16:01

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at the source. Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Citrus, light malt, tea notes.
Tried from Draft on 25 Oct 2022 at 16:00

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cast at the source. Hazy amber, beige head. Toasted malt, caramel, toffee. Not bad.
Tried on 25 Oct 2022 at 16:00

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the source. Hazy amber, beige head. Malty, brown bread, caramel, moderately bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2022 at 15:58

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy amber pour, aromas of yeat, grains, citrus (surprisingly) and some rasberry (unsurprisingly), tastes of wheat, rasberry and some citrus. Overall quite nice.
Tried on 09 Oct 2022 at 22:09

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Clear golden pour. Aromas of grass, malt, some citrus. Tastes are similar. It was ok, but Kölsch and ale might not be the best combination
Tried on 09 Oct 2022 at 21:59

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask (Barrel Vaults JDW, St Pancras) - Hazy light orange. Citrus, pine and some slightly earthy notes in the aroma. Citrussy, bitter and slightly earthy taste with orange, grapefruit and mango detected.
Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2022 at 08:33

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (Barrel Vaults JDW, St Pancras) - Amber with a slight haze. Chocolate and malt in the aroma. The taste is chocolatey with some hints of bread. Phoenix is a distinctive hop and works well with dark beers, but not so well in pale beers, although it is very interesting to see it used in this context.
Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2022 at 22:52

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours a clear coppery amber colour with a small creamy beige head. The aroma is malty, caramel, berries and stewed fruits. A moderately sweet malty and fruity taste, brown sugar, biscuity malts, stewed fruit and berry flavours with an earthy and leafy hop bitterness.
Tried on 01 Oct 2022 at 10:31