Bristol Beer Factory will take over the large Wapping Wharf site previously home to Wild Beer, it has been announced. Bristol's longest-standing independent brewery will be opening its fourth venue, Junction, a nod to the historical Bristol Harbour Railway.
Wild Beer's harbourside taproom - which was one of the first businesses to join Wapping Wharf in 2016 - has been closed since February after the landlord "decided to take back the premises" and search for a new pub operator. Wild Beer Co was saved from administration in January by Curious Brewery but the transaction did not include the taproom.
Umberslade, the owners of Wapping Wharf, has selected Bristol Beer Factory as the new tenant after reportedly receiving swathes of applications from operators wanting to move into the glass-fronted unit overlooking the harbour. Work has already begun on the premises and the BBF team plans to bring a slice of proper pub culture to the space.
