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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
Des de Moor

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Great Beyond Brewing Co

Great Beyond Brewing Co, London E2

Brewpub417 Union Walk E2 8HP (Hackney)greatbeyond.beerFirst sold beer: 4 November 2022

This arch-based brewery under Hoxton station was founded by ex-Fourpure brewers John Driebergen (who has been brewing in London since 2011, initially with Meantime) and Ollie Parker.

It occupies three adjacent arches under the Overground at Hoxton, […]

My new book explores the pleasures and secrets of cask beer

18 gallon (82 l) casks of Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby in the cellar of the Beacon Hotel, Sedgley, Dudley.

Cask beer is a unique format of live draught beer that, at its best and freshest, delivers a subtlety and complexity of flavour in session beers of modest strength unmatchable in any other way. Rarely […]

London breweries 2000

By the end of 2000, there were 16 commercial breweries operating in London, including eight brewpubs. These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames: AB previously rented this but bought it outright from Scottish Courage this year.Freedom Brewery SW6, Hammersmith & Fulham (production brewery)Freedom Earlham Street WC2, Camden, brewpubFreedom Soho W1, Westminster, […]

The Firkin Brewery (Bruce’s Brewery, Allied)

The Firkin Brewery (Bruce’s Brewery), London

Brewpubs closed or no longer brewing

Goose and Firkin (Duke of York), 47 Borough Road SE1 1DR (Southwark)and eventually at 19 other London locations: see list below.First sold beer: July 1979Ceased brewing at all sites: October 1999

The Firkin brewpub chain was one of the most prominent features […]

Clifton Inns (Scottish & Newcastle)

Brewpubs no longer brewing

Kingston Brewing Co (Flamingo and Firkin, Flamingo Brewery)88 London Road, Kingston KT2 6PX (Kingston upon Thames)First sold beer: September 1987 (as Flamingo and Firkin)Ceased brewing: January 1998 (as Kingston Brewing Co)

The Orange Brewery (The Orange)37 Pimlico Road SW1 (Westminster)First sold beer: February 1983Ceased brewing: February 2001

The Yorkshire Grey […]

More Lash

More Lash, London.

Beer firmmorelashbrewery.comActive since: Spring 2022

This contract-brewed lager claims to originate from Clapham. The brand is fronted by comedy podcaster Archie Curzon, known for his parodies of southwest London ‘rugby lads’, though he’s not listed among the registered company directors. For every can sold, 10p is donated to rugby players’ charity […]

Allsopp’s (Samuel Allsopp & Sons)

Allsopp’s, London.

Beer firmallsopps.comActive since: Autumn 2021

Allsopp’s is an historic brewing name from Burton upon Trent revived in Autumn 2021 by a London-based business with family credentials.

The history dates from around 1730 when Benjamin Wilson brewed in his pub. His great nephew Samuel Allsopp bought the business in 1807 and helped build […]

Hammersmith Craft Brewery

Hammersmith Craft Brewery, London W6

BreweryLower ground floor, 106 Fulham Palace Road W6  9PL (Hammersmith & Fulham)hammersmith.beerFirst sold beer: December 2019

A brewery in a Hammersmith basement which underwent the softest of soft launches in late 2019 before the Covid lockdowns struck. It’s been brewing intermittently ever since, with a small and informal taproom […]

The Roundwood Project

Roundwood Project, London NW10

Brewery24 Excelsior Studios, Sunbeam Road NW10 6JP (Ealing)theroundwoodproject.comFirst sold beer: June 2022

Founded by longstanding homebrewer Shem Wallis-Jones, this is a small brewery in a community of creative businesses in Park Royal.

Beers are currently largely bottled and available very locally.

Updated 4 September 2023.

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London breweries 2001

By the end of 2001, there were 15 commercial breweries operating in London, including seven brewpubs. These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag) SW14, Richmond upon Thames: AB previously rented this but bought it outright from Scottish Courage this year.Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, unrelated to current Battersea Brewery NEW!Freedom Earlham Street WC2, Camden, brewpubFreedom Soho […]