What to do best when visiting London, is planning a beer crawl with your friends or family. Micro breweries are popping out and gaining more popularity since ever. We brought a visit to Walthamstow E17, to experience the Blackhorse Beer Mile. From huge warehouses to smaller micro breweries, this vibrant upcoming area of E17 is proving the place to be for some of London’s best breweries. With more incoming, the Blackhorse Beer Mile is set to rival South London’s Bermondsey Beer Mile and is already proving itself as East London’s must-visit location for craft beer drinkers.
There are several ways to experience all of the breweries, it depends a bit of opening times I would say. I’ve listed our route we made on a map with more details further down the page. Enjoy and cheers!
1. Black Horse Road Station – Located on both the Victoria Line and overground line and easily reachable from Kings Cross, Euston Brixton, Victoria and more.
2. Truman’s Social Club – Massive building with plenty of space and tables outside and inside. Perfect to gather with groups or to organise a birthday or whatsoever. They serve fresh beers from the tap and food from their own restaurant.
Where: 1 Priestley Way, London E17 6AL, United Kingdom
Opening times: Mon – Wed from 12 – 11pm / Thurs 12pm – 12am / Fri & Sat 12pm – 1am / Sun 12 – 10pm
3. Signature’s Brewery – Located within Signature Brew’s brewery, where you can taste a variety of the freshest Signature Brew beers. There is a large indoor and outdoor seating area, where you can enjoy, among delicious beer, street food and live music (on certain days).
Where: Unit 15, Uplands Business Park, Blackhorse Ln, London E17 5QJ, United Kingdom
Opening times: Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm
4. Exale Brewing Tap – Located on a smaller ground, but very worth visiting as the vibe is very cosy and site playful. Expect good beer, experimental homemade cocktails, street food and dj-tunes.
Where: Unit 2C uplands business park, London E17 5QJ, United Kingdom
Opening times: Mon – Wed closed / Thurs 4pm – 12am / Fri 4pm – 2am / Sat 12pm – 2am / Sun 12 – 9pm
5. Wild Card Brewery – Experience good beer, when sitting in the middle of the brewery where you can hear, smell and sea the process from close by. With good weather you can take a seat outside. There is no food truck or restaurant, but the brewery promotes local restaurants, so Uber Eats is allowed to deliver.
Where: 2 Lockwood Way, London E17 5RB, United Kingdom
Opening Times: Mon – Thurs closed / Fri 5 – 10pm / Sat 12 – 10pm / Sun 12 – 8pm
6. Hackney Brewery – An open space where you can try and meet different flavours of their home brewed beer. The site offers in- and outdoor spaces, there is music and you can enjoy street food on certain days.
Where: Unit 10, Lockwood Way, London E17 5RB, United Kingdom
Opening Times: Mon – Tues closed / Wed – Fri 11 – 5pm / Sat 12 – 11pm / Sun 12 – 8pm
The walk between these two breweries is fantastic as it will lead you partly through Walthamstow Wetlands London Wildlife Trust.
7. Pressure Drop Brewery & Taproom – One of our favourite brewery, there is something special to this beer with it’s strong and delicate flavours. This taproom is only open on Saturday, but the one in Hackney (also worth to visit) where they collaborate with Verdant is open 5 days a week.
Where: Unit 6, Lockwood Industrial Park, Mill Mead Rd, London N17 9QP, United Kingdom
Opening Times: Sat 12 – 8pm 
8. Tottenham Hale Station – Located on both the Victoria Line and overground line and easily reachable from Kings Cross, Euston Brixton, Victoria and more.
