Previously Friendship Adventure Brewery.
Includes Harlem Brewing Co (UK).
Brewery
Unit G1 Coldharbour Works, 245A Coldharbour Lane SW9 8RR (Lambeth)
brixtonmarketbar.com
First sold beer: April 2021 (as Friendship Adventure)
Homebrewer Ed Pragnell and friends Toby Ejsmond-Frey and Neil Wates began working together as Friendship Adventure in 2017, subsequently cuckoo brewing at Reunion, Signal and elsewhere and developing a joyful sideline promoting comedy events.
They added their own 16 hl facility in Brixton in 2021, appropriately enough in an old grain mill right by the railway near Loughborough Junction station and close to Clarkshaws, with a generously proportioned taproom on site.
A percentage of sales was donated to the Baytree Centre, a nearby charity promoting social inclusion for women and girls.
The brewery opened a second, off-site, taproom not far away in Brixton market in September 2023 (5 Market Row SW9 8LB).
The brewery almost closed completely in June 2024 due to the usual financial challenges, but instead was bought out and rebranded by one of its customers, Supercute, a Latino-themed Brixton Market bar and club owned by local restaurateurs.
In July, the original facility at Loughborough Junction was relaunched under its new name, with former head brewer Stu Brown rehired to produce both rebranded and new beers.
Supercute also established a partnership with New York City’s Harlem Brewing, founded in 2000 by Celeste Beatty, the first African American woman to launch a craft brewery, and Stu is brewing a couple of its brands under license. The Brixton Market bar has accordingly been rebranded Harlem Brewing Taproom, though both Harlem and Supercute brands are sold across both sites.
Beers are in keg and can, mainly brewed to session strength.
Updated 21 October 2024.
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