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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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Born to be Mild: London mild ale festival May 2022

Born to be Mild festival, Sambrook’s, 27-29 May 2022

Download beer list and tastings notes (PDF, updated 24 May 2022)

The great Mild Ale comeback continues! I’m co-curating the inaugural weekend-long Born To Be Mild London mild ale festival on 27-29 May 2022 at Sambrook’s Brewery Tap on the historic Ram brewery site in […]

London brewery numbers still rising, but slowly

The former Russian River brewhouse under installation at Forest Road, August 2021.

London’s brewery count rose from 131 at the end of 2020 to 136 at the end of 2021, with at least three likely to start operations in the early months of 2022. While six breweries closed, suspended production or moved out of […]

London breweries 2021

The former Russian River brewhouse under installation at Forest Road, August 2021.

12 openings or revivals, 11 suspensions or closures, net change +1.

By the end of December 2021, there were 132 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. 14 were parts of multinationals (M).  Those breweries were:

40FT Brewery E8, Hackney Affinity […]

Three Hounds Beer Co

Three Hounds Beer Co, Beckenham BR3 (London).

Beer firm, brewpub in development57 Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4PR (Bromley)threehoundsbeerco.comActive since: 2016

Matt Walden, formerly at Brockley, began cuckoo brewing for sale on a market stall in 2016, and continued to offer own-brewed brands at his bottle shop and bar in Clock House, Beckenham, opened in […]

Soho Brewing

Soho Brewing, London.

Beer firmsohobrewing.comActive since: December 2019

Licensed trade veteran Michael Breen began planning a Soho brewpub in 2013 but the project was held up by unexpected difficulties. He finally launched Soho Lager in 2019, devised by former Guinness master brewery Fergal Murray and initially brewed at Hepworth in Sussex.

Further beers are […]

Jubel Beer

Jubel Beer, London.

Beer firmjubelbeer.comActive since: 2018

Founded by Jesse Wilson, a descendant of brewers and publicans, Jubel markets a range of gluten-free, vegan-friendly “craft lagers cut with fruit”. Brewing currently takes place at Camerons in Hartlepool.

Beers are in can and keg.

Updated 21 December 2021.

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Eko Brewery

Eko Brewery, London.

Beer firm, planned brewery2A-2, 133 Copeland Park, Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN (Southwark)ekobrewery.comActive since: 2018

Anthony and Helena Adedipe’s project, borrowing the Yoruba name for Lagos, gives an African twist to contemporary style brews, using ingredients like palm sugar and South African hops. They’ve been cuckoo brewing since 2018 at a […]

Days Brewing Co

Days Brewing Co, London.

Beer firmdaysbrewing.comActive since: September 2020

Launched by London-based Scots Duncan Keith and Mike Gammell in 2020, this is another contributor to the expanding choice of decent low and no alcohol beers. A lager and a pale ale are brewed in Scotland using a special technique of fermentation control to achieve […]

BritHop Brewing Company

BritHop Brewing Co, London.

Former beer firm, closed brewery outside LondonHighfields Farm, The Broyle, Ringmer, Lewes BN8 5AR (East Sussex)Active since: June 2018Ceased brewing: by December 2024

Stuart Holland started this part-time enterprise in September 2017, based in Belvedere (Bexley) but cuckoo-brewing at Franklins in Sussex. Originally he planned to open his own brewery […]

London breweries 2020

Beavertown’s original brewery, still in action as a pilot at the Tottenham Hale site.

16 openings or revivals, 15 suspensions or closures, net change +1.

By the end of December 2020, there were 131 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs. 14 were parts of multinationals (M). Those breweries were:

40FT Brewery E8, […]