{"id":47421,"date":"2017-05-23T16:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=47421"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:10:41","slug":"london-beer-flood-1814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/london-beer-flood-1814\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the London Beer Flood of 1814"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the afternoon of October 16, 1814, residents of the Saint Giles neighborhood in London heard a loud explosion; the largest tank at the local brewery had burst.<\/p>\n

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London Beer Flood, 1814<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In just a few moments, a tsunami of thousands of liters of beer devastated the neighborhood, causing a genuine tragedy \u2014 what history remembers as the London Beer Flood.<\/p>\n

Meux’s Brewery Co Ltd<\/a>, founded in 1764, was a London brewery owned by Sir Henry Meux. Like many modern manufacturers, the company had been built up through the acquisition of smaller breweries; one of them was the Horse Shoe Brewery.<\/p>\n