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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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Earth Ale

Earth Ale, London N22

Brewery now brewing outside LondonA007 The Chocolate Factory, 5 Clarendon Road N22 6XJ (Haringey)earthale.comFirst sold beer: July 2015Ceased brewing in London: November 2021

This project was the brainchild of professional chef Alex Lewis, a specialist in foraged ingredients who began brewing commercially on a very small scale at home for […]

The Cronx Brewery

The Cronx Brewery, New Addington (London) CR0

Brewery6 Vulcan Business Centre, Vulcan Way, New Addington, Croydon CR0 9UG (Croydon)thecronx.comFirst sold beer: 6 August 2012

Drinks wholesaler Mark Russell and city worker-turned-brewer Simon Dale founded the Cronx as the first standalone brewery in Croydon since Page and Overton closed in 1954, operating from a 20 […]

Crate Brewery

Crate Brewery, London E9

Beer firm, former brewpub, no longer brewing7 Queens Yard, White Post Lane E9 5EN (Tower Hamlets)cratebrewery.comFirst sold beer: 18 July 2012Brewing ceased: July 2020

Opened just in time for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by New Zealanders Tom and Jess Seaton, of the Counter Café nearby, and friend and […]

Clarkshaws Brewing

Clarkshaws Brewing, London SW9

BreweryOriginal site: 8 Tyrrell Trading Estate, Tyrrell Road SE22 9NA (Southwark)Second site: 283 Belinda Road SW9 7DT (Lambeth)Current site: 497 Ridgway Road SW9 7EX (Lambeth)clarkshaws.co.ukFirst sold beer: 29 September 2013 (at original site)

Self-styled “beer imps” Ian Clark and Lucy Grimshaw’s enterprise began in a small industrial unit in East […]

Bird House Brewery

Bird House Brewery, London SE24

Formerly Canopy Beer Co.

BreweryArch 1127 Bath Factory Estate, 41 Norwood Road SE24 9AJ (Southwark)birdhouselondon.comFirst sold beer (as Canopy): 30 October 2014Brewing suspended: November 2022Brewing resumed (as Bird House): March 2024

Small independent hospitality group Bird House was founded by Frazer Timmerman, formerly at London Fields and Truman’s, with […]

Camden Town Brewery (AB InBev)

Camden Town Brewery, London NW5 and Enfield (London) EN3

Formerly Horseshoe Brewery, McLaughlins.

BreweriesOriginal site: Horseshoe, 28 Heath Street NW3 6TE (Camden)Arch 55 brewery and beer hall: 55 Wilkin Street Mews NW5 3NN (Camden) Production brewery: Morson Road, Enfield EN3 4TJ (Enfield)camdentownbrewery.comFirst sold beer: May 2006 (as McLaughlins)

Now one of London’s biggest breweries, […]

By the Horns Brewing Co

By the Horns Brewing Co, London SW17

Brewery, brewing at London site currently suspended25 Summerstown SW17 0BQ (Wandsworth)bythehorns.co.ukFirst sold beer: October 2011

Alex Bull and Chris Mills, then only three years out of university, started brewing on an industrial estate between Earlsfield and Wimbledon in September 2011, using a bespoke 9 hl kit from […]

London’s short-lived Truebrew pubs

Still and Star, London E1

George and DragonBrewpub, no longer brewing 151 Cleveland Street W1T 6QN (Westminster)First sold beer: December 2016Ceased brewing: November 2017

Still and StarClosed brewpub1 Little Somerset Street E1 8AH (City of London)First sold beer: December 2014Ceased brewing: June 2015

W1 (Burlington Arms)Brewpub, no longer brewing21 Old Burlington Street W1S 2JL […]

Bullfinch Brewery

Includes information for Bull and Finch and So What Brewing Co.

Bullfinch Brewery, London SE24

BreweryOriginal site: 118 Druid Street SE1 2HH (Southwark)Current site: 886 Rosendale Road SE24 9EH (Lambeth)thebullfinchbrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: 1 February 2014

BrewpubBull and Finch, 126 Gipsy Hill SE19 1PL (Southwark)First sold beer: April 2022

Bullfinch mural at the like-named brewery. […]

Brockley Brewery

Brockley Brewery, London SE4 and SE12

Brewery28 Chiltonian Industrial Estate SE12 0TX (Lewisham)brockleybrewery.co.ukFirst sold beer: November 2019

Suspended brewery (remains open as bar)31 Harcourt Road SE4 2AJ (Lewisham)First sold beer: 22 March 2013Brewing suspended: September 2024

Brockley was founded at the initiative of Andy Rowland and five neighbours in 2013 in response to a […]