Includes information for Brewheadz
Brewery
16A Rosebery Industrial Park N17 9SR (Haringey)
orabeer.com
First sold beer: May 2017 (as Brewheadz); May 2019 (as ORA)
An alluring fusion of northern Italian and London craft beer culture, ORA was founded in October 2016 in Modena, Emilio-Romagna, where two of its owners still live, but has mainly operated in London under the auspices of director Daniele Zaccarelli. It began as a cuckoo, one of the highest-achieving teams working at Bermondsey’s UBREW.
Meanwhile in April 2017, four other expatriate Italian homebrewing friends went professional under the name Brewheadz on a Tottenham industrial estate using a 14 hl Dave Porter kit. This project ran into difficulties when one of its key partners had to return to Italy for family reasons, so ORA took over in May 2019, gaining a much-needed brewing kit which it now plans to expand.
The original head brewer here was Simone Cristiano, previously at Barnet Brewery and Brewhouse and Kitchen, though he returned to Italy in 2020. His replacement is Julia Huber, who was born and trained in Germany and once ran a brewery in Greenland.
The brewery boasts a taproom with a location right by the Lea Valley Park and conveniently midway between a cluster of breweries including Redemption to the north and Beavertown and Pressure Drop to the south.
Beers are kegged and occasionally sold in cask, as well as hand-bottled with live yeast, and often contain added flavourings. There are numerous specials and collaborations with both UK and Italian brewers.
Updated 15 December 2021.
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