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Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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Queer Brewing Project

Queer Brewing Project, London

Beer firmthequeerbrewingproject.comActive since: June 2018

Originating in a collaboration with Marble Brewery in Manchester linked with an art exhibition during Manchester Beer Week, this is a collaborative project to promote greater diversity, acceptance, and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in the beer and brewing industries, and to raise money for relevant […]

Standard Brew Co

Standard Brew Co, London

Includes information for Project 88 (Beer + Burger)

Beer firmstandardbrew.coActive from: July 2021

Brewpub no longer brewingProject 88, Beer + Burger Willesden, 88 Walm Lane NW2 4QYbeerandburgerstore.comFirst sold beer: October 2017Ceased brewing: by early 2019

Staff member Steve Law began brewing under the name Project 88 for Beer + Burger […]

Better World Brewing Co

Formerly No Heroes Brewing

Better World Brewing Company.

Closed beer firmFirst active: June 2019Ceased trading: October 2023

Originally based in Borehamwood, just outside London, this firm first cuckoo brewed at Pretty Decent under the name No Heroes. It changed its name in February 2020 and subsequently also brewed outside London at Glen Affric in […]

London breweries 2014

21 openings, 5 closures and suspensions, net change +16.

By the end of 2014, there were 68 commercial breweries operating in London, including 20 brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

°Plato Brewing E8, Hackney NEW! AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Anspach & Hobday […]

London breweries 2015

15 openings, 6 closures and suspensions, net change +9.

By the end of 2015, there were 77 commercial breweries operating in London, including 23 brewpubs. Three were parts of multinational groups (M). These breweries were:

°Plato Brewing E8, Hackney 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney NEW! Anspach & Hobday SE1, Southwark Barnet Brewery (Black Horse) EN5, […]

London breweries 2016

22 opened or revived, 6 closed or suspended, net change +16.

By the end of 2016, there were 93 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. One was part of a national group (N), two were parts of multinationals (M). These breweries were:

40FT Brewery E8, Hackney Affinity Brew Co (Five Miles) N22, […]

Cricklewood Brewing Company

Closed breweryCricklewood NW2 (Barnet)First sold beer: March 2017Ceased brewing: by September 2017

This short-lived home-based brewery made bottled beer in small batches for sale at festivals and local outlets.

Updated 24 January 2020

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Lonesome Brewing

Closed breweryStreatham SW16 (Lambeth)First sold beer: October 2016Ceased brewing: by December 2017

This was a small home-based brewery using a Braumeister kit to brew bottled beer for local outlets.

Updated 24 January 2020

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Haverstock Brewery (Load of Hay)

Brewpub no longer brewing94 Haverstock Hill NW3 2BDFirst sold beer: July 2016Ceased brewing: July 2017

Originally named the Load of Hay, this Victorian pub on Haverstock Hill briefly had its own brewhouse for a year from 2016. The pub reopened as the Belrose in July 2018 with a new brewing kit installed, but due […]

Mothership Beer

Mothership Beer, London

Beer firm no longer activemothership.beerActive since: September 2018Ceased trading: by early 2023

This south London-based all-female beer collective began at UBREW in 2018, later cuckoo-brewing at various locations like By the Horns and Missing Link in West Sussex. The project was led by Jane Barnes, formerly a winemaker, and Zoe.

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