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Which breweries are left pouring at Beavertown Extravaganza after takeover – and what’s news on ticket refunds? Latest ticket news: 5/7/18: Refunds will be available to people should they wish to claim money back. Here’s what they have said: We’d like to thank all ticket holders for their patience with us during this process. It […]

Best craft beers summer 2018 We love a cold beer in the sun – it might be one after work I the pub beer garden or at home watching the football having a craft beer in your hand as the sun sets is one of life’s simple and brilliant joys. So we had a quick […]

When stocks are sold Beavertown will no longer feature on our site. Of the scores of fantastic breweries in London they were in a very small minority of about three that were a pain to deal with. Actually, we didn’t deal with Beavertown per se. Since we started operating three years ago they have refused […]

Beer of the month: The Experiment Requires That You Continue by Pressure Drop Brewing and Verdant Great beer. Even better breweries. This is my favourite beer in the last month to land on the site not because of how drinkable it is or how fantastically packed with flavour it is but more about where it’s come from […]

We always like to add a little bit of something extra to the site so when Untappd came tapping we wanted to listen. Maybe because they have a database of nearly every beer going and maybe because they are part of the craft beer community but mainly because we are already users at Craft Metropolis […]

Roots Bloody Roots Red Root Beer, which is causing quite a stir at the minute “Why would Weird Beard do that, WHY!!!”– Adam C. “Liked it so much ordered another 12 bottles!”– Dave H. “Tastes uncomfortably like Deep Heat, surely not what they were aiming for?” – Richard K. “This is a bit bonkers. It’s an alcoholic root beer. Notes of liquorice, it’s […]

We’ve teamed up with The Idle Man to answer the age old question – What To Wear Wear To A Beer Festival? Beer festivals are massive events that attract beer enthusiasts all across the world. In the summer the season is ripe for a beer festival, as beer is best paired with warm weather and […]

What a month of brilliant beer! In case you missed it we added a load of new beers this month – here’s a selection of the best sellers in July I’m not sure if it’s the belting weather but this has been the biggest seller of the month so far. A brilliant collab between our […]

The craft beer scene in London is always tossing up beery fun, and here at Craft Metropolis we’re always keen to get involved wherever possible. It’s the nature of the craft beer industry, along with passion, which we happen to have in bucket loads. That’s why when Andy Thorburn, host of the recently launched Craftwork […]