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Des de Moor
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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The Mad Yank Brewery

The Mad Yank Brewery, Pinner (London) HA5

Closed breweryPinner HA5 (Hillingdon)First sold beer: 23 February 2019Ceased brewing: by March 2023

German-born former marketing specialist Larissa Graeber and her husband Grant, who came to the UK as an officer with the US Navy based in Northwood, originally planned a brewery in central London with a […]

Magic Spells Brewery

Magic Spells Brewery, London E10

Brewery, likely no longer brewing in LondonHare Wines, 24 Rigg Approach E10 7QN (Waltham Forest)magicspellsbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: June 2017Brewing ceased in London: by July 2021

This brewing offshoot of Leyton-based drinks wholesaler Hare Wines started when owner Jas Hare noticed both the quality and booming popularity of the London-brewed […]

Muswell Hillbilly Brewers

Muswell Hillbilly, London N10

Brewery4 Avenue Mews (taproom at 14) N10 3NP (Haringey)muswellhillbillybrewers.co.ukFirst sold beer: April 2016

Nodding in their name to local heroes the Kinks, the Hillbillies are also a quartet, though currently still holding their day jobs and working on the brewery part-time. Homebrewers Martin Hodgson and Pete Syratt began the project […]

Mutineers Brewery

Mutineers Brewery, Bromley (London) BR1

Brewery, no visitors pleaseBromley BR1 4HE (Bromley)mutineers.beerFirst sold beer: October 2018

Inspired by an “experience day” at London Fields, engineer Rob Vote began homebrewing with friends Gareth Bathers, Lee Hayes and Joe Miles. They later graduated to small-scale commercial brewing using a 1 hl three-tier kit at a private […]

Neckstamper Brewing

Neckstamper Brewing, London E10

Brewery3 Cromwell Industrial Estate, Staffa Road E10 7QZ (Waltham Forest)neckstamper.comFirst sold beer: January 2017

Another member of the Lea Bridge brewery cluster, Neckstamper boasts a 16 hl Dave Porter kit in a small industrial unit, with a taproom right next to the brewing floor. Founder and long-time homebrewer Adam Jefferies […]

Nirvana Brewery

Nirvana Brewery, London E10

BreweryT6 Leyton Industrial Village, Argall Avenue E10 7QP (Waltham Forest)nirvanabrewery.comFirst sold beer: May 2017

Founded by Steve Dass and Becky Kean, this operation in a modern industrial unit at Lea Bridge specialises in low alcohol beers. Everything is properly brewed and fermented from traditional ingredients but using reduced amounts of […]

Eel Pie Brew School (Ricardo’s Cellar)

Eel Pie Brew School, Twickenham (London) TW1

Closed brewery, beer firm44 Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NT (Richmond upon Thames)ricardoscellar.co.ukFirst sold beer: January 2018Ceased brewing: March 2020

For a while this was probably London’s smallest commercial brewery, occupying a corner of a shop unit shared with a delicatessen and a record dealer in Twickenham’s historic […]

Marko Paulo Brewery (Owl and the Pussycat)

Marko Paulo / Ealing Brewing, London W13

Includes information for Ealing Brewing.

Brewpub106 Northfield Avenue W13 9RT (Ealing)markopaulo.co.ukFirst sold beer: 2 December 2016Brewing suspended: September 2021Brewing resumed: June 2023

Closed production breweryEaling BrewingBrewery4 The Ham, Brentford TW8 8HE (Hounslow)First sold beer: 2 November 2019Ceased brewing: June 2023

The Owl and the Pussycat opened in […]

E5 Bakehouse

E5 Bakehouse, London E8

Brewpub, brewing currently suspendedOriginal site: 395 Mentmore Terrace E8 3PH (Hackney)Current site: E5 Poplar Bakehouse, 2 Cotall Street E14 6TL (Tower Hamlets)e5bakehouse.comFirst sold beer: December 2017 (at original site)Brewing suspended: March 2020

This specialist bakery is noted for making its own kvass, a low alcohol beer popular in eastern Europe. […]

Old Kent Road Brewery

Old Kent Road Brewery, London SE6

Closed breweryCatford SE6 (Lewisham)oldkentrdbrewery.co.uk First sold beer: December 2019Brewing ceased: January 2022

Will O’Neale and David Clack’s beers inspired by the history of the Old Kent Road first appeared early in 2016, cuckoo brewed at UBREW and, later, various other facilities. They then moved to working from their […]