Closed brewery
10 Abenglen, Betam Road, Hayes UB3 1SS (Hillingdon)
First sold beer: March 2002
Ceased brewing: by end 2007
On an industrial estate near the Grand Union Canal, this brewery was created by the owners of the Old Kent Brewery in Borough Green, Kent, which itself had been founded in August 2000. It used 16 hl kit formerly at pioneering Manchester brewpub Mash & Air. The two companies operated separately, and the parent closed in 2003.
Despite achieving some success in getting bottled beer into supermarkets under US-born head brewer Tom Madeiros, Grand Union also ceased in 2007, just before the recent reinvigoration of London brewing. Tom had already moved on to Twickenham Fine Ales in 2005. The kit went to Betwixt Brewing in Birkenhead, now Peerless.
Updated 28 January 2020
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