Inside a craft brewery in East London's Hackney, good old-fashioned beer is being paired up with another classic ingredient. "Beer has always been described as liquid bread.

London Fields Brewery. Launched in 2011, this craft brewery is one of the new kids on the block. At the time, Hackney, one of London’s most happening areas, was without a brewery of its own.

Tucked into the archways under a Southeast London train line lies the Bermondsey Beer Mile: a stretch of six microbreweries which, on Saturday afternoons, draws in craft brew lovers with its siren ...

Beer afficionados in London have a lot to look forward to, starting with this Friday's Forest City Beerfest and the opening of two new breweries within the next year.