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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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Wright Brothers Oyster & Porter House SE1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Borough

Restaurant (bar) (Wright Brothers) 11 Stoney Street SE1 9AB T 020 7403 9554 w thewrightbrothers.co.uk‎ f WrightBrothersOysters Open 1200 (1100 Sat)-2300 (2100 Sun). Cask beer None, Other beer 3 keg, 10 bottles (mainly stouts and porters), Also 40+ wines including sparkling and sherry. Food Oysters, […]

St Christophers Inn SE1

Traditional pub (Interpub/Beds & Bars) 121 Borough High Street SE1 1NP T 020 7407 2392 w www.stchristopherspub.co.uk Open 1000-0100 (0200 Fri-Sat). Children welcome until 1900. Cask beer 5 (Rebellion, St Austell, 3 often unusual guests), Other beer 5 keg, 20+ bottles (mainly Belgian). Food Shortish pub grub menu, Outdoor Benches in side alley, Wifi. Disabled […]

Horniman at Hays SE1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Borough

Traditional pub (Nicholson’s/M&B) 26 Hays Galleria SE1 2HD T 020 7407 1991 w nicholsonspubs.co.uk Open 1000-0030 (2330 Mon-Tue, 2400 Wed, 2300 Sun). Children welcome if dining. Cask beer 10 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, Thornbridge, 6 Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 3 keg, 3 bottles, […]

Beer sellers: Abbaye des Saveurs, Lille

Abbaye des Saveurs, Lille

A major interchange on the fast rail routes connecting England, Belgium and the Netherlands with France, Lille is the sort of place you remember primarily for passing through. Many a Belgian-bound British beer enthusiast will have found themselves hastily clearing up the formerly empty seat next to them for […]

ThirstyBear Golden Vanilla, Meyer ESB and Ryeison

ABV: 4.5, 6.4 and 7.2% Origin: San Francisco, California, USA Website: http://thirstybear.com

ThirstBear Brewing Company and Spanish Cuisine, San Francisco

Northern California’s Bay Area is indisputably the birthplace of the modern US craft brewing movement, whether you date it from Fritz Maytag buying and reviving San Francisco’s historic Anchor brewery in 1965 or […]

Beer sellers: The Beermongers, Portland (Oregon)

Shopfront at the Beermongers, Portland, Oregon, USA

Portland, Oregon, is a beautiful, prosperous, civilised inland port city straddling the Willamette river. Looking west from the riverside, across a fine strip of parks and beyond the traffic calmed city centre with its free public transport, elegant squares and compact walkable blocks, thickly wooded slopes […]

Ale House Rock at the Snooty Fox!

Mixing it up on the wheels of steel. Or something. Pic: Ian Harris

Next weekend (2-5 February 2012) sees the latest beer and music themed festival at the very welcoming and decent Snooty Fox pub at Canonbury. Yes, you’ll be able to enjoy some great beers, but you’ll also be able to catch […]

Sussex Arms TW2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates West London: Twickenham and Hampton Hill

Sussex Arms, Twickenham TW2 (London)

Contemporary pub, specialist (Punch) 15 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BG T (020) 8894 7468 Open 1200-2300 (2230 Sun). Children welcome until 2000. Cask beers 10-12 (Unusual guests) Cask marque, Other beers 40+ bottles, Also 6 […]

Tabard W4

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

Tiles at the Tabard, London W4

Traditional pub (Taylor Walker/Spirit) 2 Bath Road W4 1LN T (020) 3582 2479 W taylor-walker.co.uk Open 1200-2400 (Thu-Sat 0100). Children welcome until 2100. Cask beers 5 (Young’s, local & other guests) Cask marque, Also A few malts […]

Swan W6

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

The Swan, London W6

Traditional pub (Nicholson’s/Mitchells & Butlers) 46 Hammersmith Broadway W6 0DZ T (020) 8748 1043 W nicholsonspubs.co.uk/theswanhammersmithlondon Open 1000-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until early evening. Cask beers 10 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask […]