Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell

Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell

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The original branch of the now-venerable Craft Beer Company, this also feels the most spacious. The big draw, as the name makes abundantly clear, is the range of craft beers. It's overwhelming.

Inside the Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell

No man nor woman, working alone or in tandem, could possibly appraise the full spread of options. As if 37 pumps and taps were not enough, the bottle fridges contain another 400 choices. Unsurprisingly, this makes for a busy bar. Yet there's plenty of standing room on the quiet side street.

Outside Craft Beer Co

A stylish function room upstairs is another good option. And check out that mirrored ceiling, which still bears the hour marks from the pub's former incarnation as The Clockhouse.

Mirror-ceiling at the Craft Beer CO

See also: our review of the pub shortly after it opened in 2011.

Images below are from 2013 and may not reflect the current look (even in the mirror). We leave them in for the sake of posterity.

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Some of the lager taps.
Some of the lager taps.
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So tasty, we'd guzzled half of it before we remembered we were supposed to be taking photos.
So tasty, we'd guzzled half of it before we remembered we were supposed to be taking photos.
Mirrored ceiling a welcome hangover from the previous pub on this site.
Mirrored ceiling a welcome hangover from the previous pub on this site.

Address: 82 Leather Lane London EC1N 7TR

Email:
[email protected]

Monday: midday-11pm

Tuesday: midday-11pm

Wednesday: midday-11pm

Thursday: midday-11pm

Friday: midday-11pm

Saturday: midday-11pm

Sunday: midday-10.30pm

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