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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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Anomaly Brewing

Anomaly Brewing, New Malden (London)

Brewery, no visitors pleaseNew Malden KT3 5RU (Kingston upon Thames)anomalybrewing.co.ukFirst sold beer: October 2018

Graphic designer Adam Sutton began homebrewing in 2017 and became a part-time professional a little over a year later, working on a small 1.5 hl direct-fired kit in a converted garage at his New Malden […]

Two Tribes

Two Tribes, London N7

BreweryOriginal site: 3 Jubilee Estate, Horsham RH13 5UE (West Sussex , outside London)Current site: 4 Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road N7 9AH (Islington)(Taproom at Campfire, Tileyard Studios)twotribes.co.ukFirst sold beer: 2000 (as W J King in Horsham), 4 April 2018 (as Two Tribes at London site)

Interestingly, this unashamedly modern brewery and […]

Urban Alchemy Brewing Co

Urban Alchemy Brewing Co, New Barnet (London)

Suspended brewery, no visitors pleaseNew Barnet EN5 (Barnet)urban-alchemy-brewing.co.ukFirst sold beer: December 2019Brewing suspended: March 2023

Four friends who had been homebrewing together for 10 years – Simon Morley, Matt Javes, Neill Boscoe and David Boldrin – drew on their mix of brewing, engineering, chemistry and IT skills […]

Villages Brewery

Villages Brewery, London SE8

Brewery21 Resolution Way SE8 4NT (Lewisham)villagesbrewery.comFirst 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 […]

Watling Street Beer

Watling Street Beer, London N17

Closed breweryOriginal site: Hillfield Lane, Aldenham WD25 (Hertfordshire, outside London)Second site: Unit 2A, 6 Greycaine Rd, Watford WD24 7GP (Hertfordshire, outside London)Final site: 8 Triumph Trading Estate, Tariff Road N17 0EB (Haringey)watlingstreetbeer.comFirst sold beer: January 2015 (at original site)Ceased brewing: by June 2020

As London’s brewing scene continued to […]

Oddly Beer

Oddly Beer, London N11.

Closed breweryOriginal site: 12 Platts Eyot, Hampton TW12 2HF (Richmond upon Thames)Second site: 6 Triumph Trading Estate, Tariff Road N17 0EB (Haringey)Last site: Friern Barnet N11 (Barnet)First sold beer: March 2017Ceased brewing: by early 2023

Taking his brand name from expressions such as ‘oddly delicious’, Brian Watson began cuckoo-brewing in […]

Tiny Vessel Brewing Co

Tiny Vessel, Hampton TW12 (London)

Brewery, no visitors please505 Platts Eyot, Hampton TW12 2HF (Richmond upon Thames)tinyvessel.co.ukFirst sold beer: December 2016Brewing suspended: by November 2021Brewing resumed: March 2022

One of London’s most unusually located breweries as well as one of its smallest, Tiny Vessel is in a small workshop on Platts Eyot, a privately-owned […]

Wrong Side of the Tracks Beer

Wrong Side of the Tracks Beer, London SE6

Suspended brewery, no visitors pleaseHither Green SE6 (Lewisham)wrongsideofthetracks.beerFirst sold beer: 8 August 2019Brewing suspended: by end 2021

Daniel Jackson is a frustrated IT professional and homebrewer who began working commercially on a part-time basis using a small scale using a 1 hl kit in a garage […]

Affinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms)

Affinity Brew Co, London SW9

Brewpub no longer brewingOriginal site: Five Miles, 39B Markfield Road N15 4QA (Haringey)Second site: 7 Almond Road SE16 3LR (Southwark)Final site: Grosvenor Arms, 17 Sidney Road SW9 0TP (Lambeth)affinitybrewco.comFirst sold beer: 10 December 2016 (at original site)Ceased brewing: by March 2024

Founded by Steve Grae, ex-Brew by Numbers, and […]

London breweries year by year

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