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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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Battersea Brewery (early 2000s)

Battersea Brewery 2001-07.

Closed brewery43 Glycena Road SW11 5TP (Wandsworth)First sold beer: 2001Ceased brewing: 2007

An unrelated company to the present Battersea Brewery or to previous bearers of the name, this was founded by Stephen Nockolds and achieved some success in the early part of the 21st century, with its beers available in some […]

Yeastie Boys

Beer firmyeastieboys.co.nzActive since: September 2015 in UK, 2008 in New Zealand.

A pioneer of the now-flourishing New Zealand craft scene, this punningly named outfit was founded in Wellington by Stu McKinlay and Sam Possenniskie. It has always cuckoo brewed even in its home territory, and in 2015 Stu relocated to London to extend the […]

WorkShy Brewing

WorkShy, Richmond TW9 (London).

Brewery, no visitors pleaseRichmond TW9 (Richmond upon Thames)workshybrewing.co.ukFirst sold beer: September 2021

Originally active at UBREW from August 2018, this Australasian duo subsequently cuckoo-brewed at Kew (now CTZN), Portobello and outside London at Glen Affric, though developed the recipes on a pilot kit at home in Richmond.

In summer 2021, […]

Wolfpack Lager

Wolfpack Lager, London

Beer firmwolfpacklager.comActive since: September 2014

Founded by retired Saracens rugby players Alistair Hargreaves and Chris Wyles in a quest for better but still accessible lager, Wolfpack initially brewed its lager at Greene King in Bury St Edmunds.

The company has since added other brands such as a pale ale, with some […]

Watneys Beer

Watneys Beer, London

Beer firmActive since: April 2016

Generations of drinkers must have thought they’d seen the back of this once-notorious London brand: see Stag Brewery. But in 2016 it was back, licensed by Nick Whitehurst of Brands Reunited from Heineken.

There have never been any plans for a separate brewery. Originally the beer, […]

Toast Ale

Toast Ale, London

Beer firm, planned brewery outside LondonGood Company, 17 Triton Street, London NW1 3BFtoastale.com Active since: January 2016

Based in Southwark, Toast was launched by Tristram Stuart, founder of food waste charity Feedback, with the aim of recycling waste bread into beer, a process Tristram first saw in action at Brussels Beer […]

London breweries 2012

15 openings, no closures, net change +15.

By the end of 2012, there were 37 commercial breweries operating in London, including 12 brewpubs. One was part of a national group (N) and one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Adventure Brewery […]

London breweries 2013

20 openings, 5 closures, net change +15.

By the end of 2013, there were 52 commercial breweries operating in London, including 14 brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Adventure Brewery SM3, Sutton Against the Grain (Queens Head) WC1, […]

Seven Sisters Brewery

Seven Sisters Brewery

Beer firmfacebook.com/sevensisbrew Active since: February 2016

With its spiritual home at Woodberry Down, Haringey, just off the Seven Sisters Road, this was started at UBREW as a part-time project by maths teachers Chris Martin and Tristan Bradley and retail professional Julio Santoyo in 2016.

It’s since worked at Bianca Road and […]

Second Wave Brewing

Closed brewery36 Ernest Avenue SE27 0DJ (Lambeth)First sold beer: April 2019Ceased brewing: September 2019

This short-lived brewery was founded by Ian Hewitt and a homebrewing friend, who opened a taproom in West Norwood late in 2018, originally cuckoo brewing the beer in Scotland. They then added their own small kit, but the taproom had […]