Battersea Brewery Substation

Location: 8 Almond Road

Opening hours: Saturday 1200-2300

Other days: Friday 1600-2300

Official site: https://batterseabrew.co.uk/

Last updated: 21/01/2024

8 Almond Road has a bit of history behind it – since our first visit to the Mile back in 2014, we’ve seen three different breweries in this teeny tiny space. It started off life as the Partizan brewery, but by the time this site started up in 2018 they’d moved round the corner to bigger premises. Spartan moved in in their place, and were happy enough with an arrangement where most of the space was taken up with brewtanks and a couple of taps, with limited space inside for sitting and drinking (although they’ve always had a few seats outside on the road itself, shared with their immediate neighbours).

Spartan were always delightful to visit, but somewhat predictably the economic shitstorm of the early twenties wasn’t something they could survive. So now we have yet another brewery at number 8, but one that’s already an established name. Battersea Brewery have had a decent little place out by the power station for the last few years, and they’re now setting up this secondary location to brew some beers and introduce themselves to the Bermondsey regulars.

If you’re reading this in wintertime, can we suggest you make a special effort to seek out the Substation? The problem with 8 Almond Road as a location is that despite being small, it’s also really draughty, particularly in the winter months. On our December 2023 visit, they had the shutters down and just one half-open door to indicate that the place was still open – it’d be very easy for you to be distracted by the brighter, noisier Three Hills next door and pass Substation by. Don’t do that. Once you get inside, they’ve got a few taps of both cask and keg available, plus a fun upstairs balcony where you can look down on the tanks preparing the next batch of beers for you. Small is beautiful: it’s what the Mile used to be about, so celebrate it while it’s there.

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<----- or go back 26m to The Outpost – Three Hills Brewing

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Comments

[James]

Surely this gets an asterisk, as they're brewing on site?