Watneys Beer

Beer firm
Active since: April 2016

Generations of drinkers must have thought they’d seen the back of this once-notorious London brand: see Stag Brewery. But in 2016 it was back, licensed by Nick Whitehurst of Brands Reunited from Heineken.

There have never been any plans for a separate brewery. Originally the beer, in keg and can, was cuckoo-brewed at Sambrook’s, using newly developed recipes, but this ceased following the brewery’s move to Wandsworth. A minikeg version of the once ubiquitous Party Seven giant can made an appearance early in 2021 but since then activity seems to have ceased.

Updated 21 December 2021.

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