Closed brewpub
1 Devonshire Square EC2M 4YP (City of London)
First sold beer: March 2016
Ceased brewing: June 2019
Barbecue restaurant PittCue began as a sandwich stand under the Hammersmith Flyover, expanding to a small Soho restaurant and then to a much bigger site in pretty Devonshire Square in 2016. The new site included a new 8 hl brewhouse from AB UK overseen by head brewer Michaela Charles (formerly White), who had previously worked at Clarence & Fredericks/Volden and Head in a Hat, and occasionally cuckoo-brewed as Upstairs Brewing. Beers under the AlphaBeta brand, named for the enzymes involved in mashing and the acids found in in hops, were produced in cask and later keg mainly for in-house sales, with recipes designed to pair with the food menu. In 2018, Michaela worked with the British Museum on a fascinating project to recreate an ancient Egyptian beer.
Sadly the restaurant went into liquidation in 2019 and both it and the brewery closed. Michaela has sinced moved on to Enefeld brewery. Jamie Berger, the original co-founder of PittCue who had subsequently sold it on, has bought back the brand and aims to re-establish the restaurant, but it’s not clear as yet if the plans include a brewery.
Last updated 4 January 2020
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