Beavertown Brewery
Brewery based in Tottenham, London
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Beavertown Brewery is a British brewery based in Tottenham, north London, England. It was acquired by the Dutch company Heineken in 2022.[1]
Beavertown was founded in 2011 by Logan Plant, the son of Robert Plant, former lead singer of the English rock band Led Zeppelin.[2] The brewery's name came from the nickname for De Beauvoir Town,[3] the area of London where its first beer was brewed.[4] Duke's Brew & Que on Downham Road, London N1, was unexpectedly closed in 2017.[5]
In June 2018, it was announced that Heineken would be buying a minority stake, so that Beavertown could spend £40 million on a new brewery and visitor site.[2] The new brewery was launched in 2020, with a capacity of 500,000 hectolitres, a ten-fold increase in their previous capacity.[6]
Beavertown produces mostly India pale ales (IPAs), with seasonal beers on rotation.[citation needed]
Ownership
As of June 2019[update], Heineken UK own 11,196 (49.5%) of the 'A' shares of TP & Munch Ltd,[7] which owns 100% of both Beavertown Brewery Ltd and the dormant Lost Star Ltd.[8] Logan Plant owns 5,833 'A' shares (25.8%) and his wife Bridget owns 5,605 'A' shares (24.8%).[7] 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.[8]
In August 2022, Bridget and Logan Plant resigned their directorships of TP & Munch Ltd, leaving Heineken UK Limited with full control of the company.[9]
Locations
Beavertown operates two brewery locations in Tottenham Hale (opened in 2014)[10] and Enfield (opened 2020).[11] Beavertown has a close relationship with the English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, operating a microbrewery at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,[12] along with reopening the Corner Pin pub opposite the stadium in 2021.[13] Beavertown serves the exclusive One Of Our Own IPA at the latter two locations since 2020.[14]
