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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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East London Brewing Co

East London Brewing Co, London E10

Brewery45 Fairways Business Centre, Lammas Road E10 7QB (Waltham Forest)eastlondonbrewing.comFirst sold beer: September 2011

Former research and development chemist Stu Lascelles switched career paths in the autumn of 2011 by setting up East London Brewing (sometimes known as ELB) with his wife Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson. The first in what’s […]

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 […]

Portobello Brewing Co (Sunrise Alliance)

Portobello Brewing Co, London W10

Brewery6 Mitre Bridge Industrial Park, Mitre Way W10 6AU (Kensington & Chelsea)portobellobrewing.comFirst sold beer: December 2012

See also George and Dragon (Dragonfly, Portobello at the George)

While most recent brewery start-ups in London are the work of enterprising homebrewers, Portobello was an initiative from the established industry. Back in 2006, […]

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 […]