The Firkin Ale Trail II
The Firkin chain officially died on 8 October 1999 when the brewing stopped. The idea didn't. A modern Firkin Brewery operates today from Fox & Firkin in Lewisham — its beer pours across eight south London bars in the brewery's official stockist network. Fox & Firkin is the only one the brewery actually owns; the others are independent venues that consistently carry the beer. This is the sequel to The Firkin Ale Trail (the 1990 dog-head): same DNA, different model — a small brewery and a partner network rather than a chain estate. Brixton to Eltham, west to east.
Walking order west-to-east across south London — ~19km end-to-end, transit-assisted between Surrey Quays and Lewisham. The anchor is Fox & Firkin (Stop 6, Lewisham) where the modern brewing is done; the others pour those beers.
Walk it in the app
Open PINtPOINT, tap the radar, then:
Create-a-Crawl → 🏆 Hall of Fame → The Firkin Ale Trail II → tap "Start this crawl".
The app will walk you stop-to-stop with directions, mark off stops as you reach them, and show live tap-list info for each pub so you know what Firkin Brewery beer is on before you walk in.
The story behind the revival
Following the Firkin trail(s)… →Or walk Ale Trail I — the 1990 dog-head route through Bruce's original 12 →
Part of the Firkin hub on PINtPOINT — article, three Ale Trails and ~40 pubs in one place.