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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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Coal Hole WC2

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

Traditional pub, regional heritage pub 91 Strand WC2R 0DW T (020) 7379 9883 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thecoalholestrandlondon Open 1000-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat). Children welcome until 1900, later if eating in wine bar Cask beer 8-10 (Fuller’s, Sharps, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 3 […]

Magpie EC2

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

Magpie, London EC2

Traditional pub 12 New Street EC2M 4TP T (020) 7929 3889 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/themagpiebishopsgatelondon Open 1000-2330 Mon-Fri, closed Sat-Sun. Cask beer 10 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 1 keg (Staropramen), 2 bottles Food Nicholson’s pies […]

Queens Head WC1

London ’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London – Bloomsbury, Euston & St Pancras

The Queens Head London WC1

Contemporary pub 66 Acton Street WC1X 9NB T (020) 7713 5772 W www.queensheadlondon.com f The-Queens-Head tw TheQueens_Head Open 1200 (1500 Sat, 1600 Sun) – 2300. Children welcome until 1900. Cask beer […]

Beer sellers: La Cerveteca, Barcelona

First published in Beers of the World, February 2009

La Cerveteca, Barcelona

Catalunya may be some way south of Europe’s “beer belt” and its Penedès vineyards may have a well-earned place in world wine guides, but this corner of the northern Mediterranean is also the heartland of Spain’s industrial revolution. In the mid-19th […]

Beer sellers: La cave à bulles, Paris

First published in Beers of the World December 2008

La cave à bulles, Paris

Regular readers will already know that not all French beer comes from multinational-owned Alsatian fizz factories, but even if you’ve encountered the odd bière de garde or Breton brew, you probably have little idea of the scope and breadth […]

Beer sellers: De Bierkoning, Amsterdam

First published in Beers of the World October 2008

De Bierkoning bierwinkel, Amsterdam

Amsterdam has always had a good line in pubs with its celebrated bruine cafés oozing traditional gezelligheid (cosiness, homeliness). But a couple of decades ago you’d have been lucky to find anything other than a foaming but bland Dutch pils […]

Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop, Tyndyrn

First published in Beers of the World August 2008

Meadow Farm Shop, Tyndyrn

No longer a land of keg-only pubs closed on Sundays, Wales is currently one of Britain’s most dynamic brewing regions. The nation’s cultural independence and distinctiveness has been boosted further by devolution, including a renewed pride in its beer – […]

Roebuck SE1

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

The Roebuck, London SE1 4YG

Contemporary pub 50 Great Dover Street, SE1 4YG T (020) 7357 7324 W http://theroebuck.net Open 1200-2400 (0100 Fri & Sat; 2300 Sun). Children welcome until 2100 Cask beer 3 (Purity, Sambrook’s), Other beer 6 keg (Meantime and […]

Beer sellers: Zlý Časy / Pivkupectví, Praha

Probably the most interesting clock in Prague.

Bohemia taught the world alot about brewing: now it seems the world is returning the compliment. On the simple wooden shelves of Pivkupectví, the bottle shop attached to one of Prague’s leading specialist beer pubs, Zlý Časy (Wicked Times), you’ll find an impressive range of serious […]

Matuška Raptor IPA

Beer sellers: Zlý Časy / Pivkupectví Top Tastings 2010

ABV: 6.2% Origin: Broumy, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.pivovarmatuska.cz

One of a small but growing number of innovative new microbreweries challenging the dominance of straightforward pale and dark lagers in the Czech Republic, Pivovar Matuška was founded only in 2009 but has already caused ripples […]