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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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Coach and Horses W1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Soho and Leicester Square

Coach and Horses, London W1

Traditional pub (Fuller’s lease) 29 Greek Street W1F 7HG T (020) 7437 5920 W www.coachandhorsessoho.co.uk Open 1100 (1200 Sun) – 2300 (2230 Sun). Cask beers 4 (3 Fuller’s, 1 guest) Cask Marque, Other beers 2 […]

Cambridge WC2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Soho and Leicester Square

The Cambridge, London WC2

Traditional pub (Nicholson’s/M&B) 93 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0DP T (020) 7494 0338 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thecambridgecambridgecircuslondon Open 1000-2300 (2230 Sun). Children welcome daytimes upstairs if dining. Cask beers 7 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, […]

Botanist TW9

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

Brewhouse at the Botanist, Richmond TW9 (London)

Contemporary pub, brewpub (Convivial) 1 Kew Green, Richmond TW9 3AA T (020) 8948 4838 W www.thebotanistkew.com f The-Botanist-Brewery-Kitchen-Convivial-London-Pubs tw _TheBotanistkew Open 1100-2300. Children welcome until 2000, later if eating. Cask beers 6-7 (Botanist, occasional […]

Blue Anchor W6

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

Blue Anchor, London W6

Traditional pub (Independent) 13 Lower Mall W6 9DJ T (020) 8748 5774 W www.blueanchorlondon.com Open 1200-2300 (2230 Sun). Children welcome until early evening. Cask beers 4 (Nelson, 3 often unusual guests) Cask Marque, Other beers 2 […]

Beer Boutique SW15

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Southwest London: Other locations — Putney

Beer Boutique SW15

Shop 134 Upper Richmond Road SW15 2SP T (020) 8780 3168 W www.thebeerboutique.co.uk f The-Beer-Boutique tw thebeerboutique Open 1100-2230 (2000 Sun-Mon). Cask beers None, Other beers 130-140 bottles, Also 5 bottled ciders/perries, a few wines planned […]

Banker EC4

The Banker, London EC4

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London – City

Contemporary pub (Fuller’s) 2 Cousin Lane EC4R 3TE T (020) 7283 5206 W www.fullers.co.uk Open 1100-2130 Mon, 1100-2300 Tue-Fri, closed Sat-Sun. Children welcome daytimes. Cask beer 5 (Fuller’s) Cask Marque, Other beer 5 keg, 5 bottles, Also wines […]

Beer sellers: Westholme Store, Goring-on-Thames

First published in Beers of the World June 2009

Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames — not your average local Londis.

Beer writing is full of unexpected pleasures – such as finding oneself in a pretty English village interviewing the owner of one of the best-stocked beer retailers in the region over a plate of homemade […]

Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop, Callander

The Lade Inn and Scottish Real Ale Shop, Kilmahog, Callander, Scotland

A couple of decades ago, a Scottish Real Ale Shop would have sounded like a preposterous joke. Though Scotland boasted notable historic brewing centres such as Alloa and Edinburgh, in the post-war period Scottish brewers moved further and faster with consolidation and […]

Beer sellers: mi orge mi houblon, Arlon

First published in Beers of the World April 2009

mi orge mi houblon

I’m particularly proud of this piece as it was the first time I interviewed someone in a language other than English. Christophe Gillard speaks English more than well enough to offer assistance to the international customers in his shop, but […]

Beer sellers: Bierkraft, Brooklyn, New York City

First published in Beers of the World, February 2009

Bierkraft: Sometime in New York City…

“Gourmet Grocery and Beer Emporium” reads the strapline atop Bierkraft, one of several specialist shops that cluster in Brooklyn’s leafy Park Slope neighbourhood, and the beer emporium of your imagination may very well look something like this. The […]