Brewery
Original site: 338 Sheridan Road E7 9EF (Waltham Forest)
Current site: 10 Uplands Business Park, Blackhorse Lane E17 5QL (Waltham Forest)
prettydecentbeer.co
First sold beer: May 2017 (at original site)
When charity worker James Casey joined the swelling ranks of new London brewers, he was determined that his enterprise would be about more than simply brewing good beer, so 15p out of every pint sold goes to Pump Aid, which works to provide reliable access to safe water in sub-Saharan Africa.
Pretty Decent started in an arch under the Gospel Oak to Barking Overground line in Forest Gate with an overgrown homebrew kit but has since upgraded to a 10 hl brewhouse from Oban Ales, presided over by head brewer Chris Pollard.
The brewery took over the neighbouring arch as a dedicated taproom in June 2021. It was also a partner in Tracks café-bar and record shop, opened in 2018 in an arch further along the same line, but this arrangement had ceased by 2021.
Production was relocated in December 2022 to a bigger facility among the Blackhorse breweries in eastern Walthamstow, just round the corner from Signature. One of the old Wanstead arches was retained as a bar, with a taproom at the new site too,
Pretty Decent beers are sold in keg or hand-bottled and bottle-conditioned.
Updated 1 September 2023.
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