Craft Brewery Near Me in Bermondsey: Bianca Road's Crowdfunded Taproom on Enid Street

Bianca Road Brew Co brews and pours in Network Rail arches at 82 Enid Street, Bermondsey, London SE16 3RA, with the public entrance through Arch 82. The taproom opens Wednesday and Thursday from 4pm to 10pm, Friday 4pm to 11pm, Saturday 1pm to 11pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm, and stays shut on Monday and Tuesday. Groups of up to six need no booking. If you type craft brewery near me between London Bridge and Bermondsey station, this is the arch the brewery calls halfway along the Bermondsey Beer Mile.

CAMRA's listing, updated in July 2026, puts the taproom about 600 metres from Bermondsey station on the Jubilee line and about 1.35 kilometres from London Bridge, with bus routes stopping roughly 300 metres away. Enid Street runs beside the viaduct carrying trains out of London Bridge, so the arches line one side of the road. Look for the open front of Arch 82, which CAMRA notes is now the only way in, because the brewing side of the site is staff only.

Arriving by bike is encouraged here more than at most taprooms. The brewery describes itself as super bike-friendly and asks riders to have a word with staff about where to store a bike for the visit. You can wheel it inside with you, although the FAQ admits that gets tricky at peak Saturday times, and the railings in front of the brewery are the fallback for locking up. Craft Beer Junction sits about 19 metres along the street.

Beer writer Des de Moor records that engineer Reece Wood decided to open a brewery after cycling from San Francisco to Miami, where part of the fun was finding the local beer in each new town. The name comes from the first site, a big, partly derelict industrial space reached from Bianca Road in Peckham, where the first beer was sold on 21 May 2016. That bike trip explains the cycling memorabilia that reviewers keep mentioning inside.

In July 2017 the brewery moved to Pages Walk near Bricklayers Arms, a more practical space with its own taproom just off the main beer drag. When that site was threatened by redevelopment, Wood took a pair of arches on Enid Street between Brew By Numbers and The Kernel, finishing the move in April 2019. The same 25-hectolitre PBC brewhouse travelled through all three sites, and a canning line arrived in October 2019 after years of contract canning.

Wood decided to move on in 2025, and in May that year five friends and long-term colleagues took over, according to Southwark News. Matt Simpson runs operations, Terry Staples heads sales and Jordan Fancey is head brewer, all three original Bianca Road staff. Dennis Ratliff, a former head brewer at Brew By Numbers and Partizan, and Andrew Fleming joined as co-owners in advisory roles. Staples told the paper the team wanted to make the brewery its own while keeping everything it already stood for.

Ratliff came to brewing through the US Army in the 1990s, tasting American craft beer tax-free on post, then teaching himself to brew from library books in 1996. He washed kegs at Pennsylvania Brewing Company in Pittsburgh from 2001, worked at Emmett's Brewing near Chicago and moved to London in 2016. He told The Brewers Journal that beer is a big tent, promising classics alongside wacky stuff. Fancey describes the new outfit as a brewery defined by continuous improvement.

By the summer of 2025 the brewery had outgrown its arches, so the new owners crowdfunded a fresh taproom. Southwark News reported a target of £20,000 to fit out an empty railway arch, with a twist: every pledge came back doubled as credit for the taproom or online shop, so £20 bought £40 of beer. The new room soft-launched by the end of August 2025, and the brewery then filled three arches with twice the outdoor space.

The rebuild also freed space inside the brewery for a dedicated cold store, which The Brewers Journal says allows more production and tighter cold-chain control. Staples told Southwark News the bar had been reorganised and the furniture was much nicer, with no more picnic benches, and the new indoor seating was built with winter evenings in mind. Long term, he said, the team wants people to know it is not just a brewery, and that you do not have to like beer to come.

The current core range on the brewery's own shop runs to four beers. Easy is a 4.1% session IPA, and the brewery's advice is to start on it, and finish on it too if you are planning a long stay. Crispy is a 4.8% take on a European-style lager that pours golden with a light haze, with noble hops added late for a touch of aroma. Both cost £4.25 a can, or £25 for a six-pack.

Hazy is a 5% New England-style pale ale with a biscuity malt base and dry hops of Citra, Ekuanot and Azacca for citrus and grapefruit aroma, at £5 a can or £28 for six. Juicy, the newest addition to the core range, is a 6% IPA heavily dry hopped with Citra, Nelson and Simcoe and boosted with Yakima Chief's Hyperboost, which the brewery calls its most intense hoppy beer ever, at £6 a can or £35 for six.

At the bar the core beers sit beside seasonal specials, served on draught, in cans or as tasting flights for people who would rather not choose. The website offers click and collect from Bermondsey, and home delivery is free on orders over £50. There are no gluten-free beers in the range, though the FAQ says the team occasionally brews a gluten-free hard soda. Fancey says taproom conversations are his market research, a quick way to hear what drinkers really think.

Dogs are welcome, and the FAQ asks owners to keep in mind customers who are uneasy around them and to ask at the bar for water. Children can come in, but every child must be with an adult. Food arrives in two ways: a street food truck parks outside every Saturday, and the brewery also has a pizza oven on site. The taproom, seating area and toilets are all wheelchair accessible, according to the FAQ.

Tables do not need reserving for groups of up to six. Larger groups are not required to book either, so space can be held. A Book A Table link sits in the site's menu, and the whole taproom can be hired for private events. CAMRA lists live music and meet-the-brewer sessions among its facilities.

Do not plan a Monday or Tuesday visit, because the brewery taproom is closed both days, and Sunday is a short session that ends at 6pm, so a Sunday-evening crawl that reaches Enid Street late will find the shutters down. Saturday from 1pm is the busiest stretch, with the food truck and beer mile crowds, so riders who want to bring a bike inside, or anyone after a quiet first taste of Juicy, should aim for Wednesday or Thursday after 4pm.

The Plan B is the brewery's own Enid Street Tavern, a few arches along the same street. It opens Monday and Tuesday from 5pm to 10pm and otherwise keeps the taproom's hours, and it pours ten rotating taps, including Budvar and BRBC beers, with Sky Sports, retro arcade games, quiz nights, comedy and live music. CAMRA's October 2026 survey notes a single handpump installed this year, often pouring a Bianca Road Cask Special.

Maltby Street Market makes the natural warm-up, a short walk west under the same railway line. Trading since 2010 on the cobbled Ropewalk, it lines a narrow alley of arches with flags and independent street food stalls, from raclette and confit dishes to bavette steak and tacos. It opens Friday 5:30pm to 9pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm, so a Saturday lunch there lands you at the taproom just after its 1pm opening.

Bianca Road Brew Co Taproom, Arches 82-84, 82 Enid Street, Bermondsey, London SE16 3RA, entrance via Arch 82. Open Wednesday and Thursday 4pm to 10pm, Friday 4pm to 11pm, Saturday 1pm to 11pm, Sunday 1pm to 6pm, closed Monday and Tuesday. Cans in the online shop from £4.25, six-packs from £25, free delivery over £50, with Apple Pay, Google Pay and major cards accepted online. Dogs welcome, children with an adult, step-free access, no brewery tours advertised.