Suspended brewery, no visitors please
New Barnet EN5 (Barnet)
urban-alchemy-brewing.co.uk
First sold beer: December 2019
Brewing suspended: March 2023
Four friends who had been homebrewing together for 10 years – Simon Morley, Matt Javes, Neill Boscoe and David Boldrin – drew on their mix of brewing, engineering, chemistry and IT skills to launch a commercial brewery at the very end of 2019.
They produced 5 hl batches on a home-based kit they designed themselves, with a custom-fabricated brewhouse and German-built Speidel fermentation and conditioning vessels, controlled by a bespoke Raspberry Pi computer system. Brewing waste was used as fertiliser on local allotments.
A mobile bar visited local markets and the brewery organised charity fundraising events where the beer was sold. The brewery added an offsite taproom in central Barnet in July 2022, though this had to close in March 2023.
Brewing was suspended in 2023 due to building work. The team announced at the time that it was working with a partner to establish a new craft beer outlet in Barnet in 2024, with an aspiration to resume brewing eventually. So far, though, there have been no new developments.
Beers in cask, keg and bottle were naturally conditioned and vegan, combining both traditional and contemporary craft influences.
Updated 16 December 2025.
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