Beavertown Brewery is a British brewery based in Tottenham, London. It was acquired by Heineken in 2022. [1]
Beavertown was founded in 2011 by Logan Plant, the son of Robert Plant, singer with 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 at [4] Duke’s Brew & Que on Downham Road, London N1, and which 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 currently produce mostly IPAs, with special seasonal beers on rotation.[ citation needed]
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]
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. [9]
Beavertown Brewery is a British brewery based in Tottenham, London. It was acquired by Heineken in 2022. [1]
Beavertown was founded in 2011 by Logan Plant, the son of Robert Plant, singer with 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 at [4] Duke’s Brew & Que on Downham Road, London N1, and which 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 currently produce mostly IPAs, with special seasonal beers on rotation.[ citation needed]
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]
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. [9]