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Hiver Beers

Hiver Beers, London SE1

Beer firmhiverbeers.comActive from: September 2013

Founded by Hannah Rhodes, formerly at Meantime, Hiver specialises in honey beers, made partly with London honey but brewed at Hepworth in West Sussex. An office and warehouse on the Bermondsey ‘mile’ near the Maltby Street Ropewalk doubles as a weekend bar.

In 2020, the […]

Hepworth Ridgeway Oxfordshire Blue

Beer sellers: Westholme Store

ABV: 5% Origin: Horsham, West Sussex, England

Hepworth Ridgeway Oxfordshire Blue

Ridgeway, based at South Stoke just south of Wallingford in Oxfordshire, is a beer firm set up by former Brakspear brewer Peter Scholey when that historic company pulled out of brewing. The brand name references the prehistoric […]

High & Mighty Beer of the Gods

The Hepworth version featured in a piece on ales with which to convert lager drinkers, first published in BEER February 2009. This version may no longer be in production.

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (original version); Horsham, West Sussex, England (licensed version) Website: www.highandmightybeer.com, www.papercity.com

High & Mighty Beer Company

While licensing […]

Hepworth Suthwyk Liberation

First published in BEER September 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.

ABV: 4.2 per cent Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England Website www.suthwykales.com

Hepworth Suthwyk Liberation

Contract brewing is sometimes viewed with suspicion, but if […]

Hepworth Bath Ales Festivity

Originally published in What’s Brewing January 2004

Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England (now brewed in a filtered bottled or cask version only by the owning brewery, Bath Ales, Bristol, England) ABV: 5 per cent Buy from local supermarkets and outlets, Bath Ales (0117 952 7580, www.bathales.com)

Bath Ales Festivity

Festivity, originated by northeast Somerset […]

Hepworth Coniston Bluebird

Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2003

Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England ABV: 4.2 per cent Buy from supermarkets

Coniston Bluebird Bitter

When the directors of Brakspear cashed in their prime piece of Thames-side, not only their own brands were affected. Among the homeless were a number of contract brews, including supermarket-listed Coniston Bluebird, […]