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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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Born to be Mild: London mild ale festival May 2022

Born to be Mild festival, Sambrook’s, 27-29 May 2022

Download beer list and tastings notes (PDF, updated 24 May 2022)

The great Mild Ale comeback continues! I’m co-curating the inaugural weekend-long Born To Be Mild London mild ale festival on 27-29 May 2022 at Sambrook’s Brewery Tap on the historic Ram brewery site in […]

London’s Best Beer book launch

London’s 140 breweries and flourishing beer scene are celebrated this autumn in the long-awaited third edition of my award-winning guidebook London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars, published by CAMRA books. The fully updated and revised essential guide to London beer launches on 18 November with a special event at the impressive new Sambrook’s taproom […]

Sambrook’s Brewery

Sambrook’s Brewery, London SW18

Includes information for Ram Brewery including historical information for Young’s & Co.

BreweryOriginal site: 1 Yelverton Road SW11 3QG (Wandsworth)Current site: 1 Bellwether Lane SW18 1UD (Wandsworth)sambrooksbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: November 2008

Ram BreweryClosed/private brewery68 Wandsworth High Street SW18 4LBFirst sold beer: 1533 or before (as the Ram Inn)Ceased brewing commercially: […]

Sambrook’s Junction, Powerhouse Porter and Pale Ale

London Beer Tastings 2011 Junction was featured in a piece on bottle conditioned beers from London in BEER August 2011. Read more about London bottle conditioned beers.

ABV: 4.5%, 4.7% (5% in bottle) and 4.2% Origin: Battersea, London SW11, England Website: www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk

Sambrook's Junction

The departure of Young’s from London in 2006 […]

Sambrook's Wandle

London Beer Tastings 2011, London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010

A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER February 2010 as part of a piece about beers to taste with chocolate. For more beers tasted with chocolate, see Rulles JeanChris Numéro 1.

ABV: 4.2% Origin: London SW11, England Website: www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk