Eel Pie Brew School (Ricardo’s Cellar)

Closed brewery, beer firm
44 Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NT (Richmond upon Thames)
ricardoscellar.co.uk
First sold beer: January 2018
Ceased brewing: March 2020

For a while this was probably London’s smallest commercial brewery, occupying a corner of a shop unit shared with a delicatessen and a record dealer in Twickenham’s historic Church Street. A 20 l Braumeister homebrewing kit was used for monthly open brewdays and private bookings, the brainchild of former Heineken employee Guy Hutchinson and retailer Ricardo Garcia. Some of the results were sold in the shop in plastic bottles.

Activities had to stop during the lockdowns, and are unlikely to restart as Guy has now fully retired and moved out of London.

Ricardo, meanwhile, continues to commission beers under the Ricardo’s Cellar brand for sale in the shop. Previously these have been brewed at Belleville and Twickenham and are currently supplied by Hepworth in West Sussex.

Updated 14 September 2021.

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