London Beer Lab Taproom and Nano Brewery
Thirty draft lines under a Nursery Road arch, and the nano kit in the back is where they make the one-offs and the collaborations.1
Why go
It opened in 2013 as a bottle shop and homebrew supplier running workshops and tastings, and it still sells the supplies and still runs the brew days.2 Commercial brewing moved to a Loughborough Junction site in 2015 for the bigger core-range batches, which left Arch 41 to make small batches and collaborations. Those are the beers to order here, because they are the ones you cannot buy anywhere else. Alongside them CAMRA counts thirty draft lines and an extensive independent bottle and can range.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever the arch has brewed itself, then work the guest lines. Book a brew day if you want the thing this business was set up to do.
- Avoid: cask. CAMRA flags none, so everything here is keg, bottle or can.1
What locals & experts say
- CAMRA, South West London branch, on what the arch is:
Brewery tap offering brew day experiences and beer tastings, bottle shop and homebrew supplies. No cask beer but 30 draught lines and an extensive range of independent bottles and cans.
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Good to know
- Where: Arch 41, Nursery Road SW9 8BP, in the arches between Brixton and Loughborough Junction.
- Hours: closed Monday. CAMRA carries one change and no full week: summer Sunday hours run noon to 8pm from 1 April. Check the venue's own site before travelling.1
- Booking: walk in for a drink, book for a brew day or a tasting.
- Two sites: the core range comes from Loughborough Junction. This arch is the taproom, the shop and the small-batch kit.
Verdict
could-visit — Thirty draught lines in a Brixton railway arch, and the reason to drink here rather than off the shelf is that Arch 41 keeps the nano kit for small batches and collaborations while the core range is brewed at a separate Loughborough Junction site. The business started in 2013 as a bottle shop and homebrew supplier and still runs brew-day sessions and tastings, which is a rarer offer than another tap wall. CAMRA flags no cask at all, so this is keg, bottles and cans. It stays mid-ladder because the most recent CAMRA record is from February 2025 and no bylined writer has described what the beer is like.