East London Brewing Co. will open the 160-cover Black Horse Tap above its Lockwood Way brewery on Friday 27th November
East London Brewing Co. will open a 160-cover pub above its working brewery in Lockwood Way, Walthamstow on Friday 27th November.
Called The Black Horse Tap, owner Ronnie Finch says it has “everything you’d expect from a cosy local”, plus internal windows looking straight onto the brewery below.
It opens as East London Brewing Co. marks its 15th year, and is part of East London Brewing Co.’s new 22,000 sq ft multi-purpose site, which opened in April and is the largest brewery site on the Beer Mile.
It brings together a working brewery, a 1,500-capacity events space and a large yard. The site already hosts club nights, day parties, family raves and festivals, with The Black Horse Tap adding to the mix.
Inside The Black Horse Tap, there is dining space for 80 while a long bar faced in bottle-green gazed tiles runs the length of the room under a row of stained-glass pendants.
The warehouse had previously been shared by the now defunct Wild Card Brewery, a bakery and the barber shop Timmy Tapers, who were asked to vacate the site earlier this year.
There are long shared tables with green leather stools, a raised run of banquettes at the back, and a pool table and dartboard beneath vintage beer signs.
Doors open onto an 80-capacity terrace, while a heated marquee in the yard below serves food and drink throughout the winter. Music plays a central role, with a multi-zonal sound system and DJs on Friday and Saturday nights playing neo-soul, jazz, funk and disco.
Pints are available from £4 on Thursdays and there are regular £5 pint deals the rest of the week. Cans, bottles and merch are available to take home from the downstairs bottle shop.
The kitchen opens with a residency until the end of the year from Play With Fire, the charcoal-led outfit from chef Matt Purkis.
The menu opens with bar snacks such as brisket sausage rolls and Basque-style black pudding, moves on to skewers cooked straight over the coals, and finishes with family-style sharing plates including his signature Alabama chicken, smoked for four hours and finished with a white Alabama sauce. Sunday roasts run every week.
East London Brewing Co’s owner Ronnie says: “We’ve been brewing in East London for 15 years and The Black Horse Tap is the pub we’d want in any neighbourhood: a great drinks list that goes beyond beer, a friendly welcome and a place where everyone knows each other.”
“The Beer Mile has become a genuine destination for East London, a collective of independent breweries that back each other. We’re investing in it for the long term, and not just with a pub: the whole site is there to bring independent brewing to a wider audience.”
The Black Horse Tap opens on Friday 27 November with a free launch party from 7pm to 2am, with DJ Juliette Cromwell.
Opening hours are Thursday and Friday 5pm to 11pm, Saturday 12pm to 11pm, and Sunday 12pm to 8pm.
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