Beavertown Brewery is a British brewery based in
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthams ...
, 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
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following th ...
, singer with
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are c ...
.
The brewery's name came from the nickname for
de Beauvoir Town
De Beauvoir Town is a neighbourhood in east London and is in the London Borough of Hackney, north of the City of London. The area was a part of the Hackney; the Ancient Parish and subsequent Metropolitan Borough that was incorporated into the ...
, 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 ...
References
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Heineken brands
Breweries in London
Beer brands of England
British companies established in 2011
Food and drink companies established in 2011