We are delighted to announce the dates of our biggest ever beer festival with over 140 beers featured, from 69 breweries.

There will be a £2 returnable deposit for glasses but other than that there is no entrance fee and all the entertainment is free.

Majestic Brass will kick the festival off on Thursday evening with a repertoire that has become a Bricklayer's Arms classic.  The John Ongom Big Band, back by popular demand, will entertain us on Friday night and The World Famous Hammersmith Morris Men will dance on Saturday afternoon.

Following the success of the Cornish pasties at our last festival we have decided to make them again along with a vegetarian alternative.

Keep an eye on this website for updates!

Click here for the list of beers and breweries.

FESTIVAL NEWS

We'll add any festival news below:

25/01 – We are delighted to be featuring a brewery in our festival that is so new it doesn't even start producing beer until next month.  It is the Wharf Bank Brewery and we will have 2 brand new beers, never before tasted. They are Tether Blonde 4.1% and Cam Fell 4.4%

The Six Nations Rugby tournament starts this weekend, and the Bricklayer's Arms will be showing the BBC-televised games on our big screen.

The first matches are Ireland v Italy and England v Wales, this Saturday 5th February and they're sure to be cracking games – even better with a pint of ale and a group of fans!

Also, we're pleased to announce that the Bricklayer's Arms now offers a takeaway service. Buy a plastic container from the bar for just £1, fill it with up to 5 pints of one of our fantastic real ales, and take it home to enjoy after hours!

Whilst preparations are under way for our Yorkshire Beer Festival, we're still featuring some of the country's finest ales as our weekly guests.

Currently available are beers from Itchen Valley Brewery

Fagin 4.1%
Wat Tyler 4.8%
Godfathers 3.8%
Pure Gold 4.8%
Winchester Ale 4.2%
IVB 4.3%

and Art Brewery

Renaissance 4.5%
Tempest Stout 4.6%
Nouveau 3.9%

And remember, if they're not on the handpumps it doesn't mean they're not available.  Just ask staff and they'll be happy to pour on gravity in the cellar.

The rest of the country may have ground to a complete standstill, but here at The Bricklayer's we are still managing to bring you beer from far-flung corners of the country.  This week's guest beers are from the Eccleshall Brewing Company in Stafford.  We are delighted to offer the following:

Why Knot 3.6%
Top Totty   4%
Original 4%
Premium 4.4%

And don't forget we have not one, but two real fires here at The Bricklayer's Arms to huddle round and warm your cockles on these icy nights…

24th December    12 noon – 12 midnight

25th December    12 noon – 3pm

26th December    11 am– 11pm

31st December    12 noon – 1.30am (last orders 1am) *

1st January        12 noon -  11pm

*NB.  There is no entrance fee to come in on New Year’s Eve, you don’t have to be in fancy dress, and there’ll be a free glass of bubbly at midnight.

Twickenham Brewery is featured during our Christmas week.  We will be serving the following:

Original 4.2%
Sundancer 3.7%
Winter Cheer 4.5%
Naked Ladies 4.4%
Grandstand 3.8%
Strong & Dark 5.2%

Take a break from frantic consumerism in the sanctuary of the Bricklayer's Arms this week. We've got some lovely guest beers that are perfect for hiding from the winter weather, including the legendary Chocolate Orange ale!

From the Hog's Back Brewery: HOP, R.I.P. and TEA

and from Downton Brewery: Winter Solstice and Chocolate Orange

This week's guest beers are from our old friends at the Dark Star Brewery:

Hophead 3.8%
Over the Moon 3.8%
Best 4%
Old Chestnut 4%
Espresso 4.2%
Susses Stout 4.5%
American Pale Ale 4.7%
Original 5%
Festival 5%
Winter Meltdown 5%
Porter 5.5%

Then we'll have Downton's legendary Chocolate Orange Ale and Pumpkin Ale.  And if that's not enough to keep your taste buds tingling we're delighted to have Sambrook's new beer, Junction Ale 4.5%.

That's 14 very good reasons to visit the Bricklayer's Arms over the next couple of weeks!

New beers at the Bricklayer's this week are from the Isle of Purbeck Brewery in Dorset.

Purbeck Best 3.6%
Fossil Fuel 4.1%
Solar Power 4.3%
Studland Bay Wrecked 4.5%
IPA 4.8%
Harry's Harvest Pale Ale 5%

The Harry's comes strongly recommended by Pippa, the brewer's other half.  She says she's a London girl through and through and doesn't normally like real ale but the Harvest Pale Ale is going down a treat. We expect all you London girls (and guys) not to let the side down!

It's a big week at the Bricklayer's as we are receiving our Greater London Regional Pub of the Year Award from CAMRA on Monday 5th October.

It's a double celebration as it's also the landlady's birthday on Monday. And it's a triple celebration because Sarah Coyde (of Duke's Head fame) is joining us as the new bar manager. She is a legend in the Putney community and we are delighted to have her on board here at the Bricklayer's.

Current bar manager Patty (the American one) is to become the new general manager.

With all that going on, and a fine selection of beer from our usual Timothy Taylor's range and our fantastic guest ales, there's even more reason to join us for drink! 

What a festival! Thanks to all of you who came and drank us dry last weekend. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and that you'll come and do it again for the Yorkshire Beer Festival next February. Our guest beers this week are from Hogs Back Brewery in Surrey. We will be serving the following:

A over T 9%
Autumn Ale 4.8%
HBB 3.7%
Hop Garden 4.6%
Old Tongham Tasty 6%
TEA 4.2%