Brewery
Original site: 95 Elm Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6HX (Kingston upon Thames)
Current site: 7 Hampden Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 3LG (Kingston upon Thames)
theparkbrewery.com
First sold beer: March 2014
Originally, the Park Brewery was a very small 1.5 hl operation in Kingston started by husband and wife team Josh and Frankie Kearns to brew bottled beers for the Jam Tree pubs in Clapham and Chelsea. Its activities soon expanded and diversified, initially growing to a 6 hl kit. Problems with the premises led to the suspension of brewing in March 2018 and for a while beer was cuckoo-brewed at Reunion Ales and Hop Back in Wiltshire.
A crowdfunding campaign allowed a move to the current, larger, site on a small industrial estate. Production restarted in February 2019 on a 25 hl brewhouse custom-made by Johnson Brewing Design, with space to expand further and a taproom upstairs.
The move was overseen by head brewer Adam Hardy, formerly at Reunion, who has since moved on, replaced by Phil Banks, ex-Battersea.
Beers and branding reflect the proximity of nearby Richmond Park and most of the names have a connection to the park. Beer is packaged in keg, cask and can.
Updated 15 December 2021.
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