Beavertown at Tottenham Hale in 2014
The Beavertown Tap room in Tottenham Hale re-opens today after a Christmas break.
Ive been a regular there since it opened on the site in 2014 (I live only a few minutes walk away).
It hasnt changed that much since the early days. All the inside space is now taken up with brewing (around half originally) but aside from that not much is hugely different (Tempus in Unit 2 came a little later). There are now additional external toilets and a slightly heated outside tent but at this time of year you’ll find it on the chilly side.
I wont be there today (not in London this weekend)but if I was would certainly have stopped by for a glass of the,too rare, smoked porter, Smog Rocket,on tap.
I have gone less often in recent times though. I get there is something about drinking the beer where it is brewed. That said prices are now little different to those you’ll pay in a pub (they were for some years well below pub price). You can get Neck Oil and Gamma Ray in nearby pubs which have heating and decent seating and toilets for 50p a pint more or so.
The tap now sells beer in halves and pints and the two-thirds measure has gone. One understands the commercial realities but there was something about the rise of craft beer and third and two-thirds measures. It was around trying new beers, sometimes quite strong while not necking them as it were.
Perhaps the thrill of 2014 has gone a bit but 2020 will bring the opening of Beaverworld in Ponders End, 3 miles up the road. It will be interesting indeed to see what Beavertown have done in the way of a taproom fit for the 2020s.
https://www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/tap-room/
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