Villages Brewery

Brewery
21 Resolution Way SE8 4NT (Lewisham)
villagesbrewery.com
First sold beer: 9 December 2016

Currently the only actual brewery in a cluster of beer-friendly venues around Deptford station, Villages occupies two arches, with space extending into a lean-to at the back, under the same historic railway as in Bermondsey but a little further east.

Its rustic-sounding name in fact refers to the founders, Heriot-Watt-trained brothers Archie and Louis Village. Archie once worked at London Beer Factory and Fourpure, Louis at Gipsy Hill, and the latter brewery helped get the brothers started by selling them its old 25 hl Malrex kit. This has since been replaced by a smaller but higher spec bespoke 15 hl kit.

Archie and Louis moved on in July 2022 in the interests of “a change of pace, lifestyle, and some new experiences”. They sold the business as a going concern to new directors Simon Baldwin and Malcolm Elliot, who are also involved in two breweries outside London: Backyard in Walsall and Grasshopper in Nottingham. Activities have so far continued as normal.

The taproom is in the arch adjacent to the brewhouse.

Beers are in keg and can.

Updated 22 December 2022.

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