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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.
Des de Moor

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Time to toast London’s Best Beer

Newly granular London beer marketing at Hop Burns and Black.

As I recently wrote in London Drinker magazine, the young William Blake had a vision of angels in a tree on Peckham Rye Common. I had a revelation of a different kind in more-or-less the same spot. Towards the end of a lengthy […]

London breweries 1971

1971 vintage Evening Standard Pub of the Year plaque still in situ in Fulham. Pic: Edwardx, Wikipedia Creative Commons.

By the end of 1971, there were 11 commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 6 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

Charrington Brewery […]

In search of the lost London beer style

Hop monsters — the true London beer style?

When the late great beer writer Michael Jackson wrote The World Guide to Beer, the book that’s usually acknowledged as introducing the modern concept of beer styles, in 1977, he could hardly have guessed that, less than 40 years later, interpretations of nearly all the […]

Walk London’s beer heritage in London Beer City week

Historic riverside pub the Dove in Hammersmith, on the Fuller’s Country walk. Pic: Fuller’s.

I’m combining my walking and my beer interests to help celebrate the London beer renaissance during London Beer City week in August. I’ll be launching my new Beer Badge Guides project with two great walking tours taking in the […]

Craft Beer Co Brixton SW9 *

The Craft Beer Co, London SW9.

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Southwest London: Brixton

Bar, specialist (Craft) 11 Brixton Station Road SW9 8PD T 020 7274 8383 w thecraftbeerco.com/location/brixton-london f craftbeercosw9 tw thecraftbeerco Open 1600 (1200 Fri-Sun)-2300 (2400 Thu, 0200 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun, 1 hour later for Mon-Thu Brixton Academy shows). […]

Lamb W4 *

The Lamb Brewery, London W4. PIc: Convivial.

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates West London: Chiswick

Contemporary pub, brewpub (Convivial) 9 Barley Mow Passage W4 4PH T 020 8994 1880 w www.lambbrewery.com f !lambbrewery tw BarleyMowPub Open 1100 (1000 Sat-Sun)-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until mid-evening. Cask beer 6 (Lamb, […]

Lofty Turtle SW14 *

The Lofty Turtle, London SW14

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Southwest London: Other location – East Sheen

Bar, specialist (Independent) 505 Upper Richmond Road SW14 7DE T 020 8878 1995 w loftyturtle.com f The-Lofty-Turtle tw theloftyturtle Open 1700 (1200 Fri, 1100 Sat-Sun)-2400 (2330 Sun). Children welcome until 1930. Cask beer 1 […]

Hand and Flower W14

The Hand and Flower, London W14. Pic: Fuller’s.

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates West London: Fulham and Hammersmith

Contemporary pub (Fuller’s) 1 Hammersmith Road W14 8XJ T 020 7371 4105 w handandflower.co.uk f Handandflowerw14 tw handfw14 Open 0700 (0800 Sat, 1200 Sun)-2300 (2330 Th, 2400 F, 2230 Sn). Children welcome until […]

Old Pack Horse W4

The Old Pack Horse, London W4. Pic: Fuller’s.

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates West London: Chiswick

Contemporary pub (Fuller’s) Regional heritage pub 434 Chiswick High Road W4 5TF T 020 8994 2872 w oldpackhorsechiswick.co.uk f oldpackhorse tw OPHW4 Open 1100 (1200 Sun)-2400 (0100 Thu, 0200 Fri-Sat). Children welcome until early evening. […]

Waitrose Westfield W12

Waitrose Westfield London, London W12

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates West London: Other locations – Shepherds Bush

Shop (Waitrose) Westfield London W12 7GA T 020 8749 1201 w www.waitrose.com Open 0800 (1200 Sun)-2200 (1800 Sun). Cask beer None, Other beer 90 bottles, Also Wines and specialist spirits. Food Grocery food, takeaway, […]