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Beavertown Brewery is a British brewery based in
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, London. It was acquired by
Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Fe ...
in 2022. Beavertown was founded in 2011 by Logan Plant, the son of
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, singer with
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. The brewery's name came from the nickname for
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, the area of London where its first beer was brewed at Duke’s Brew & Que on Downham Road, London N1, and which was unexpectedly closed in 2017. In June 2018, it was announced that
Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Fe ...
would be buying a minority stake, so that Beavertown could spend £40 million on a new brewery and visitor site. The new brewery was launched in 2020, with a capacity of 500,000 hectolitres, a ten-fold increase in their previous capacity. Beavertown currently produce mostly IPAs, with special seasonal beers on rotation.


Ownership

, Heineken UK own 11,196 (49.5%) of the 'A' shares of TP & Munch Ltd, which owns 100% of both Beavertown Brewery Ltd and the dormant Lost Star Ltd. Logan Plant owns 5,833 'A' shares (25.8%) and his wife Bridget owns 5,605 'A' shares (24.8%). Creative Director Nick Dwyer has 105 'B' shares; operations director Nikola Marjanovic Heineken have also made a loan via TP & Munch that is secured on the brewery's assets and trademarks. On 31 August 2022, Bridget and Logan Plant resigned their directorships of TP & Munch Ltd, leaving Heineken UK Limited with full control of the company.


See also

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List of breweries in England This is a partial list of breweries in England. Beer in England pre-dates other alcoholic drinks produced in England, and has been brewed continuously since prehistoric times. As a beer brewing country, England is known for its top fermented cas ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beavertown Brewery Heineken brands Breweries in London Beer brands of England British companies established in 2011 Food and drink companies established in 2011