Brewpub
29 Montpelier Vale SE3 0TJ (Lewisham)
zerodegrees.co.uk
First sold beer: August 2000
Remarkably, this popular local beer and pizza venue is now the capital’s oldest-established independent brewery as well as its longest-serving brewpub. It was one of the first in the UK to draw inspiration from the US craft brewing scene, following a trip across the Atlantic by a member of a family of local restaurateurs.
An automated 10 hl kit was supplied by BTB in Germany and the regular beers were first devised by a head brewer from the US. Several other brewers have presided since, most recently Dario Marcianese. The company went on to open further brewpubs in Bristol, Cardiff and Reading, sharing the same name even though, unlike the original, they’re considerably further from the prime meridian.
Beers rarely travel beyond the premises, which may be one reason they’re often overlooked among London’s current proliferation. They’re served by air pressure from polythene-lined maturation tanks, with some minikegs and very occasional kegs for special events
Updated 16 December 2021.
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