Beer firm, suspended brewery
Original site: Stamford Brook W6 (Hammersmith and Fulham)
Taproom: 1 Bouverie Road, London N16 0AH (Hackney)
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First sold beer: January 2018
Brewing suspended: by June 2023
Charlie Macintosh began commercial brewing with a mission to make “modern, balanced ales that respect the ingredients and tradition” on a domestic scale, using a self-built 2 hl kit in a converted garage in Stamford Brook.
As demand grew, he began cuckoo brewing for larger runs, and as of July 2023 has set aside his home kit in favour of a long-term arrangement with Orbit. The same month he opened a taproom in a secluded yard near Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, with an adjacent space used as a warehouse and office.
The current site is slated for redevelopment, but likely not for a few more years, and Charlie retains an ambition to move to his own kit at some point.
Beers in cask-, keg- and bottle-conditioned form are made with home-crushed malt and whole leaf hops.
Updated 1 September 2023.
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