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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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Haggards Brewery (Imperial Arms)

Closed breweryNine Elms SW8 (Wandsworth)First sold beer: 1998Ceased brewing: by end 2005

Tim Haggard left his job as City accountant in 1997 with plans to set up a brewery with his brother Andrew, but the opportunity soon arose to take over and refurbish a Fulham pub, the Imperial Arms at 577 Kings Road SW6 […]

Guinness Park Royal (Diageo)

Guinness London beermat

For the planned Guinness central London brewpub, see Guinness at Old Brewers Yard.

Closed breweryLakeside Drive, Park Royal NW10 7HQ (Ealing)guinness.comFirst sold beer: 1936 (at this site)Ceased brewing: 2005 (at this site, still brewing outside London)

Guinness is of course an Irish brewery but its early history was strongly shaped by […]

Freedom Brewery

Freedom Brewery, ex-London, now Staffordshire.

Includes information for Bünker, Soho Brewing Co and Zebrano.

Brewery no longer in LondonOriginal site: The Coachworks, 80 Parsons Green Lane SW6 4HU (Hammersmith & Fulham)freedombrewery.comFirst sold beer: 1995Ceased brewing: 2001 (at this site)

Freedom Covent Garden41 Earlham Street WC2H 9LX (Camden)First sold beer: 1998 (as Soho Brewing Co)Ceased […]

London breweries 2005

1 opening, 5 closures and suspensions, net change -4.

By the end of 2005, there were 10 commercial breweries operating in London, including three brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub […]

Mash

Formerly Mash 2.

Closed brewpub19 Great Portland Street W1W 8QB (Westminster)First sold beer: March 1998Ceased brewing: by end 2006

An upmarket restaurant and brewpub just off Oxford Circus, Mash played a role in the prehistory of the current London craft brewing scene and in the career of one of the capital’s most prominent brewing […]

London breweries 2006

1 opening, 2 closures, net change -1.

By the end of 2006, there were nine commercial breweries operating in London, including three brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub Fuller Smith […]

London breweries 2007

2 openings, 2 closures, net change 0.

By the end of 2007, there were nine commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

Anheuser-Busch UK (Stag, Anheuser-Busch M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub Cock and Hen SW6, Hammersmith & […]

London breweries 2008

2 openings and revivals, 1 closure, net change +1.

By the end of 2008, there were 10 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub Brodie’s Fabulous […]

London breweries 2009

2 openings, no closures, net change +2.

By the end of 2009, there were 12 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub Brodie’s Fabulous Beers (William […]

London breweries 2010

2 openings, no closures, net change +2.

By the end of 2010, there were 14 commercial breweries operating in London, including five brewpubs. One was part of a multinational group (M). These breweries were:

AB InBev UK (Stag, AB InBev M) SW14, Richmond upon Thames Brew Wharf SE1, Southwark, brewpub Brodie’s Fabulous Beers (William […]