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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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Maregade Brew Co

Maregade Brewery, London E8/E9

Closed breweryOriginal site: Cock Tavern, 315 Mare Street E8 1EJ (Hackney) Second and last site: 214 Ponsford Street E9 6JU (Hackney)First sold beer: September 2015 (at original site)Ceased brewing: January 2019

After Howling Hops shifted production from its original home in the cellar of Hackney’s Cock Tavern to a much […]

Little Brew

Closed brewery no longer in LondonOriginal site: Unit 21, 43 Carol Street NW1 0HT (Camden)First sold beer: June 2012Ceased brewing in London: October 2013

The name Little Brew referenced both the size of the operation, a 1.5 hl kit installed in a Camden Town back street late in 2011, and the last name of […]

Solvay Society

Solvay Society, London E11

Includes some information for Ha’penny, Hops and Glory and Warrant Officer.

Closed brewery223 Dyers Hall Railway Arches E11 4AF (Waltham Forest)First sold beer: March 2014 (at Warrant Officer)Ceased brewing: 17 December 2022

Closed brewery8 Aldborough Hall Farm, Aldborough Hatch, Ilford IG2 7TD (Redbridge)First sold beer: October 2009 (as Ha’penny Brewing)Suspended […]

Hoppy Collie Brewery

Hoppy Collie brewery, London

Closed brewery106 Fulham Palace Road W6 9PL (Hammersmith & Fulham)First sold beer: March 2013Ceased brewing: by end 2013

Californian expat homebrewer Travis Mooney installed a 2 hl kit in a basement under Hammersmith’s Symposio restaurant (now Kenta) during 2012, and after a few pilot runs, began selling US-influenced beers in […]

Florence Brewery (Greene King)

Florence, London SE24

Also known at various times as Craft Academy and A Head in a Hat.

Brewpub no longer brewing133 Dulwich Road SE24 0NG (Lambeth)florencehernehill.comFirst sold beer: September 2007Ceased brewing: by end 2018

Also:Cock and Hen (now known as the Cock Tavern)Brewpub no longer brewing360 North End Road SW6 1LY (Hammersmith & Fulham)First sold […]

Earls Brewery (Earl of Essex)

Earl of Essex, London N1, former home to Earls Brewery

Brewpub no longer brewing25 Danbury Street N1 8LE (Islington)First sold beer: April 2013Ceased brewing: December 2014

Beer-friendly independent chain Barworks reopened Islington’s Earl of Essex pub in July 2012 as part of its craft-focused Grace Land group, and added an 8 hl brewhouse the […]

Brüpond Brewery

Brüpond Brewery

Closed brewery4 Leyton Studios, 15 Argall Avenue E10 7QE (Waltham Forest)First sold beer: November 2012Ceased brewing: October 2013

A crowdfunded business that raised £15,000 online in 15 days, Brüpond produced keg and bottled beers aimed at “beer adventurers” from a 10 hl kit on a Leyton industrial estate. Brewer and founder David […]

Brew Wharf

Brew Wharf, London SE1, one of the cradles of London’s brewing revival, since redeveloped.

Closed brewpubBrew Wharf Yard, Stoney Street SE1 9AD (Southwark)First sold beer: September 2005Ceased brewing: May 2014

An upmarket brewpub under railway arches by Borough Market, Brew Wharf became one of the early pioneers of the current resurgence in London brewing. […]

AlphaBeta Brewery (PittCue)

AlphaBeta Brewery

Closed brewpub1 Devonshire Square EC2M 4YP (City of London)First sold beer: March 2016Ceased brewing: June 2019

Barbecue restaurant PittCue began as a sandwich stand under the Hammersmith Flyover, expanding to a small Soho restaurant and then to a much bigger site in pretty Devonshire Square in 2016. The new site included a […]

Adventure Brewery

Closed breweryOriginal site: 29 Cheshire Gardens, Chessington KT9 2PR (Kingston upon Thames)Final site: Woodstock Avenue, Sutton SM3 9EF (Sutton)First sold beer: June 2012Ceased brewing: early 2014

Founded by homebrewers Ben Owen and Alex Wilson with a 4 hl kit, this brewery launched a range of interesting bottled beers partly inspired by historic recipes in […]