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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.
Des de Moor

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Pakenham Arms WC1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Clerkenwell and Smithfield

Pakenham Arms, London WC1

Contemporary pub, specialist (Convivial) 1 Pakenham Street WC1X 0LA T (020) 7837 6933 W www.pakenhamarms.com f The Pakenham Arms – Convivial London Pubs tw pakenhamarms Open 1030 (1200 Sun)-2400 (0100 Fri, 0030 Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until […]

Olde Cheshire Cheese EC4

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Holborn and ‘Legal London’

Olde Cheshire Cheese, London EC4

Traditional pub (Samuel Smith) Wine Office Court, 145 Fleet Street EC4A 2BU T (020) 7353 6170 Open 1100 (1200 SSn)-2300 (1600 Sn). Children welcome if dining. Cask beers 1 (Samuel Smith), Other beers 6 keg, […]

Off Broadway E8

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates East London: Hackney

Off Broadway, London E8

Bar (Independent) 63 Broadway Market E8 4PH T (020) 7241 2786 W offbroadway.org.uk f baroffbroadway Open 1600 (1000 Sat-Sun)-2400. Cask beers None, Other beers 2 keg, 20+ bottles (mainly US and UK), Also Cocktails, specialist spirits, 13 wines Food […]

Lord John Russell WC1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Bloomsbury, Euston and St Pancras

Lord John Russell, London WC1

Traditional pub (Wellington, free of tie) 91 Marchmont Street WC1N 1AL T (020) 7388 0500 Open 1130 (1200 Sun) -2300 (2230 Sun). Children welcome until 2100. Cask beers 6 (Brains, Caledonian, Wadworth, Wells & […]

Lamb WC1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Bloomsbury, Euston and St Pancras

Lamb, London WC1

Traditional pub (Young’s), Regional Heritage pub 94 Lambs Conduit Street WC1N 3LZ T (020) 7405 0713 W www.youngs.co.uk Open 1200-2300 (2400 Thu-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until 1700. Cask beers 7 (5 Wells & Young’s, 2 […]

Cow E20

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates East London: Round the Olympic Park

Cow, London E20

Contemporary pub (Geronimo/Young’s) 4 Chestnut Plaza, Westfield Stratford City E20 1GL T (020) 8291 8644 W www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/thecow f TheCowWestfield Open 1200-2300 (2400 Thu-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until 2100. Cask beers 4 (usually Adnams Redemption, Sharp’s, Wells […]

Belgique Boutique W1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Bloomsbury, Euston and St Pancras

Update: This shop appears now to have closed (10/01/12).

Belgique Boutique W1

Shop (Belgique) 179 Tottenham Court Road W1T 7NZ T (020) 7436 7006 Website www.belgique.co.uk Open 1030-1830 (closed Sun). Cask beers None, Other beers 100 bottles, gift packs […]

Albion in Goldsmiths Row E2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates East London: Bethnal Green and Mile End

Albion in Goldsmiths Row, London E2

Traditional pub (Independent) 94 Goldsmiths Row, London E2 8QY T (020) 7739 0185 Open 1200-2300 (0100 Fri-Sat). Children welcome daytimes Cask beers 4 (Sharp’s, Timothy Taylor, 2 often local guests), Other beers 4 […]

Old Sergeant SW18

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Southwest London: Wandsworth

The John Young Room at the Old Sergeant

Contemporary pub (Young’s lease) 104 Garratt Lane SW18 4DJ T (020) 8874 4099 ‎W www.youngs.co.uk Open 1200-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until 2100. Cask beers 6 (Wells & Young’s, Sambrook’s, 2 guests), Other […]

Beer writers laud London guide

2011 Budweiser Budvar John White Travel Bursary

For some reason I failed to return home with the usual bottles of free beer from last night’s British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards dinner, but I did have a new engraved pewter tankard, a framed certificate, a generous cheque from České Budějovice, and a […]