By Fredrik Filipsson · Published Mar 9, 2026 · Last reviewed Jun 11, 2026 · How we pick bars
BrewDog has bars all over London, but Tower Hill is the one that matters to a beer drinker. It was the brand's first brewpub anywhere, with a working nano-brewery behind the bar, so the beer in your glass can be brewed on the spot a few feet from where you drink it.
The bar sits at 21 Great Tower St in the City of London, a short walk from the Tower of London and roughly three minutes from Tower Hill and Bank stations (BrewDog). Tower Hill opened in 2018 as the first brewpub in the BrewDog family, and the on-site setup is the reason to choose it over the chain's other London rooms. This is a flagship, not a satellite.
The headline number is 36 taps, a wall of craft beer that mixes BrewDog's own range with guest pours and the small-batch beers brewed in house (DesignMyNight). The lineup turns over often, so the smart approach is to ask what came off the on-site kit most recently and start there. If you want the safe anchor, Punk IPA is always on, but the point of coming here is the experimental tank beer you will not find in a supermarket fridge.
What to order beyond the beer: the kitchen runs the BrewDog burger-and-wings playbook, built to soak up a session, and the bar pours signature cocktails for anyone in the group who is not drinking beer. Order a flight if you cannot choose, work through three or four styles, then commit to the one that lands. The shuffleboard and arcade machines give a big group something to do between rounds.
Who is it for? Craft beer drinkers who want range and freshness in one room, City workers after a livelier finish than a traditional pub, and visitors pairing a Tower of London afternoon with a serious pint. It is loud and busy at peak, so it suits a stand-up session better than a quiet conversation. BrewDog Tower Hill sits on our London craft beer guide and earns a place on the global best craft beer bars ranking for the strength of its tap list.
The trade-off is the one every flagship makes. After work and on match days the room fills fast and the volume climbs, so the experience is better earlier in the evening or mid-afternoon when you can actually study the board. Pricing sits at City levels rather than bargain territory, but the freshness of the house beer justifies it.
It also earns its keep as a screen for big sport. The bar shows major fixtures across its screens, and the combination of fresh beer, burgers and a game pulls a City crowd that treats it as a default after-work and weekend venue. That makes it a useful pivot point: come for a focused tasting before the rush, or lean into the noise later with a group. Either way the nano-brewery behind the bar is what sets Tower Hill apart from the brand's quieter London rooms.
Best time to go: a weekday mid-afternoon or early evening before the City crowd arrives, when the taps are at their fullest and a table is easy to claim. Weekends are calmer than weeknights in this part of town. For more of the capital around it, our London bar guide maps the surrounding streets and neighbourhoods.
Few London beer bars can pour something brewed on site that morning. BrewDog built Tower Hill to prove the point, and it remains the first stop for anyone who wants the brand's beer at its freshest and its widest.
