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Redemption Brewing

Brewery
Original site: 2 Compass West Estate, West Road N17 0XL (Haringey)
Current site: 16 Compass West Estate, West Road N17 0XL (Haringey)
redemptionbrewing.co.uk
First sold beer: February 2010

was one of the first of the current wave of new and the first in what’s now the brewing hotbed of Tottenham. It was founded on an industrial estate near the Lea Valley by Glaswegian-born former banker Andy Moffat, who studied brewing at Brewlab in Sunderland after being inspired by founder Sam Calagione’s book Brewing up a Business.

The brewery began with a 20 hl plant originally at Slater’s in Stafford, set up and modified by brewing consultant Dave Smith. Dave also helped design the early beers, which soon gained a following among new craft enthusiasts and traditional cask drinkers alike, as well as loyal local support.

Fermentation capacity was increased several times to cope, and early in 2016 the brewery underwent a long-awaited move to a bigger unit on the same estate, with a new 50 hl brewhouse sourced from Moeschle in Germany, while took over the original site.

is notable among new brewers in mainly focusing on session-strength cask, which accounts for around 80% of its output, some of it even supplied in big 18-gallon (82 l) kilderkins. The rest is split between keg, and bottles and cans packaged unpasteurised and unfiltered at South East Bottling in Broadstairs. Unusually for a contemporary brewery, Redemption follows the traditional practice of maintaining its own yeast culture, originally from in Edinburgh but since adapted to local conditions.

Andy Moffat of Redemption, with casks of excellent beer.

There’s now an on-site taproom open on Tottenham Hotspur match and for other events.

Updated 15 December 2021.

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