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Des de Moor

Critic · Author — London brewing and beer; brewery histories, pub-and-beer reference writing, tasting notes. The route to whether a brewery is actually still brewing and where its beer is contract-brewed now.

author of CAMRA's London beer guides (The CAMRA Guide to London's Best Beer, Pubs & Bars) and maintainer of a dated, per-brewery London reference that carries first-sold-beer and ceased-brewing dates, ownership of brands and recipes, and cuckoo-brewing arrangements. His pages carry an explicit "Updated" date, which makes staleness checkable.

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• Beer Culture with Des de Moor, venue record ↗reporting · 2026-08-01
  • Craft Beer JunctionBermondsey

    “In summer 2024 the bar became a brewpub with the addition of a small but high-tech 120 l German-built Brewrocket automated brewing kit and three spherical fermenters on the upstairs mezzanine.”

• Des de Moor, London brewery register, Old Fountain Brewhouse ↗reporting · 2026-08-01
  • Old FountainOld Street

    “In mid-2017, a small in-house brewery was added: a 50 l Braumeister kit in the cellar, operated by staff member Geoff Saulini.”

• desdemoor.co.uk, 'Brodie's Fabulous Beers' (London brewery reference) ↗reporting · 2025-12-16
  • The Old Coffee HouseSoho

    “The beers found their way into the family's two central London pubs, the Old Coffee House in Soho and the Crosse Keys in Covent Garden, as well as other pubs and bars in the UK and abroad, and the brewery collaborated with such luminaries as Mikkeler and Three Floyds.”

• desdemoor.co.uk, London brewers reference ↗reporting · 2024-10-21
  • The Kernel BreweryBermondsey

    “Evin thus became the inadvertent founder not only of the Bermondsey 'beer mile' but also of the capital's taproom scene by selling to the public from the rear of the arch on Saturdays alongside several neighbouring businesses.”

• desdemoor.co.uk, London brewers reference ↗reporting · 2023-09-01
  • The BullHighgate

    “Early in 2022, the freehold of the pub was sold to Greene King and it was placed under new management, with the brewery forced to suspend operations. Its building has since been converted into additional drinking space.”

• desdemoor.co.uk, London brewers reference ↗reporting · 2021-12-15
  • Redemption Brewing CompanyTottenham

    “Redemption is notable among new London brewers in mainly focusing on session-strength cask, which accounts for around 80% of its output, some of it even supplied in big 18-gallon (82 l) kilderkins.”

• desdemoor.co.uk, London brewers reference ↗reporting · 2021-12-11
  • Howling Hops Brewery and Tank BarHackney Wick

    “In June 2015, brewing operations relocated to a new brewpub in an upcycled warehouse at Hackney Wick billed as the UK's first 'tank bar'. Here, a much bigger 25 hl kit from Bavarian Brewing Technologies is used to fill a battery of 10 1,000 l conditioning tanks lined up behind the bar from which beer is poured directly.”