Camden Town Brewery

Camden Town Brewery's home taproom sits under the railway arches on Wilkin Street Mews in Kentish Town, pouring its beers tank fresh just steps from where they are made. The brewery built its name on Camden Hells lager and grew into one of Britain's best known craft labels. The Camden Beer Hall here is a large, lively drinking space with pizza, big screens and brewery tours that end with beer straight from the tank.

This is a bar for lager and pale ale drinkers who want the beer at its freshest and do not mind a busy room. It suits a brewery tour, a big group or a match on the screens, and it is less suited to anyone after a quiet pint or a cocktail. The tank fresh Hells is the reason to seek it out.

The beer hall fills a set of railway arches with long communal tables, a long bar of taps and an outdoor terrace. Time Out London described the Beer Hall as a giant palace of ale built around tank fresh beer and a wood fired pizza kitchen. Brewery tours run from the same site and finish with a tasting straight from the tanks.

Kentish Town context helps. The arches give it the scale to host big groups and match crowds, and the on site brewing means the lager travels only metres from tank to glass, which is the whole pitch.

Camden Hells, the crisp helles lager that made the brewery, leads the list, poured tank fresh alongside Camden Pale Ale, Off Menu IPA and rotating specials. Pints sit around 6 to 7 pounds. The tank fresh pours are noticeably softer than the canned versions, which is the reason to drink it here rather than at home. Order a Hells first, take a tour if you have time, and add a wood fired pizza from the kitchen.

A broad Kentish Town crowd fills the arches, a mix of beer fans, big groups, tour bookers and match day drinkers. Weekends and game days run busy and loud; weekday afternoons are calmer. The mood is communal and casual, the dress is whatever, and the long tables suit groups.

Find more across the city in our London craft beer guide and the wider London bar guide. For more north London drinking, try Nightjar in Shoreditch, Three Sheets in Dalston, or Swift in Soho. On the move, use our craft beer bars near me hub.