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I'm going to be in London for a weekend at the end of September. Staying close to Tower Bridge.
Can anyone recommend some good pubs in that area where I can sample some good beers?
Also, any beer recommendations would be welcome.

Adnam's have their only London pub on the south side of the bridge: The Bridge House[/url:15vxdsm0], though the reviews aren't great.

The Kernel Brewery[/url:15vxdsm0] is nearby (south of the river again) and it looks like a few of the pubs around Bermondsey carry their beers.

Most importantly, you're only a hop-skip-and-jump from Borough Market: the foodie and beery centre of London. Great selection of cask ales at The Market Porter[/url:15vxdsm0], a (pricey) brewpub down the street in BrewWharf[/url:15vxdsm0], and round the corner there's The Rake[/url:15vxdsm0] for some serious world-beer geeking. The Rake people also run the Utobeer off licence stand in Borough market itself which has an amazing selection of bottles -- handy if you're not flying hand-luggage-only.

On the edge of Borough at London Bridge, is Fuller's Barrow Boy and Banker -- I'm told it's one of the few pubs that carries London Porter on cask all year round, so is well worth nipping in to.

Thanks TBN. I'd love to try the London Porter alright.

It's stunning. The Euston Flyer opposite Euston station usually has it as well, I'm told.

When I went to brew wharf I could not even get anyone to serve me beer. I was pretty much ignored. I also could not figure out what they did there. I simply thought the place was a mess and it was full of people not even drinking beer from what I could see.

I left disgusted.

Yeah, if there weren't other things in the area I wouldn't bother with it. I've never been in Borough later than about 2pm. I've heard it gets hellish in the evenings.