Back in May we got together with the guys from Brew York to work on a Home and Away collaborative project (no, not the Australian soap).  This was a project where we brewed at home in Peckham and then Away in York.  First up, for us it was our Home brew and we decided to work on an India Pale Lager and boy is it good.  Launching this Friday at the Tap Room, I love Lamp is dry hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe.  The beer is light in colour and bursting with tropical flavours which lends a slight fruitiness to the finished beer.  Available in keg only this will be available across London and the York area from next week but in Peckham from Friday!!

Why I Love Lamp we hear you ask? Well we are fans of Anchorman…….and we love Brick Tamland

We have been working on this beauty ever since we took it to the London Brewers Market back in April.  The feedback was phenomenal so we did it again and worked on it to make it even better.  We released it in keg and it went down a storm so we went one better and just in time for summer.  A Can!  A gorgeously designed can by our lovely friend Iris Loi.  We launched last Friday at Clapton Craft in Forest Hill and at our Tap Room and they are on general release from this Monday 3rd July.

We used kettle souring techniques to create a tart, mouth puckering hit balanced by sweet and flavoursome rhubarb.  At 2.7% ABV it is THE perfect summer quencher.  It’s a limited edition release so grab a couple for your summer party or BBQ and enjoy!

To name a few,you can get your hands on them from:

Brick Brewery Tap Room

Clapton Craft in Forest Hill

Hop, Burns and Black

The Beer Shop London

Flock and Herd

The Cage

The Troubadour

Trina’s Wines

We Brought Beer in Clapham

Ghostwhale

Jones of Brockley

Water into Beer

The Larder

London Beer Dispensary

Westow House

Dulwich Vintners

Bossman Wines/Bottle Cave, Lordship Lane

So, it is has been National Beer Day this month and as part of the celebrations, we have teamed up with online platform, Mr Hyde to offer 2 for 1 Brewery Tours * until 13th July.

Book a place and learn how beer is made from one of our team at the brewery and experience the key ingredients and how they are used in the brewing process.  We will have a tutored tasting session where we will walk you through the different beer flavour characteristics of three 1/3 pints of beer.  At the end of the tour, you get to grab a pint of your choice on the house and enjoy our Tap Room.

Sounding pretty good?  Then check out the details here to get your special code.

* please see the site for terms and conditions and available dates and times

At Brick we believe in community. Whenever possible we try to work closely with local people, local events and local businesses. This Imperial Stout is no exception. We’ve collaborated with Isabelle Alaya from Melange, Peckham Rye’s very own chocolatier, who has selected the perfect match from her range which will hang from this bottle. The chocolate complements the rich mouthfeel from the 7 malts used, the vanilla pods and cocoa nibs.

The label was once again designed by the talented, Iris Loi and her inspiration came from the 18th century when Catherine the Great of Russia was ordering huge quantities of Imperial Stout from London breweries. For her, it felt only felt right to have the visionary, intelligent, beer-loving leader be the foundation for her design.  Incorporating our love of Art Deco and our bold colour bands, Iris incorporated the brand colours of Melange and Brick perfectly to create this amazing fusion of brands.

The Melange Imperial Stout is best served at 12C to experience the full flavours, the beer is 8.6% ABV and with a 660ml bottle, ideal to be shared with someone.

Bottles are now available, check our social media channels for updated information on where you can buy them.

Wow, what a journey we have been on since we started Brick back in 2013.  We first of all had to find a location and we were determined to make our brewhouse right in the heart of Peckham Rye as that is where we live and this is the community we love.  It took a long time to secure our arch on Blenheim Grove and not because it was a difficult negotiation but because it is owned by Network Rail and if anyone has ever had to work with them, you know what we mean!  We were absolutely delighted to finally get our hands on Arch 209 and started with the mammoth task of changing it from a church to a working brewery.

We had to do a lot of knocking down, some plumbing, building, painting, waiting (for 3 phase electrics) and more waiting (for lots of other things) and a lot of hours of sheer graft, just as our twins arrived – perfect timing!  But we gave it everything we had and when our 900L brew house was delivered with 2 fermenters, we loved them.

Ian started brewing and basically he did everything – brewed, sold, delivered, did the accounts and ran the Tap Room – looking back I have no idea how we did it, but we just did.  It was such a labour of love that our heart and souls were in it for the long haul.

Fast forward to summer 2015 and we were struggling to produce enough to fulfil orders. We couldn’t take on any more accounts to ensure we didn’t let our current accounts down. We had employed our first full time member of staff, Aidan.  We had built the Tap Yard and outside bar, Russell was helping Ian brew and we just had to expand.
Introducing our 3 new fermenters at 13bbl to increase our production.

These helped tremendously and we started to branch out a little in SE London.  The Tap Room was amazing and the outside space was finished, we made some more seating, unique outside urinals (if you have been, you know what we mean), we finished the decking and we welcomed our permanent resident foodies, SlowRichies.

But we still couldn’t produce enough and so in the summer of 2016, we got 4 more 16bbl fermenters and squeezed them into our space, doubling our capacity and maxing out the space.  We had no room for storage, no room for bottling, no room for any more growth and so we started looking for additional space.  We searched Peckham, driving round at weekends with the family finding locations, looking at sites, talking to estate agents but there was just nothing out there and so the area had to be expanded.  After a long search and a long process of negotiation we are super stoked to say that we have secured an additional site just down the road in Deptford!

We are most definitely staying in our arch in Blenheim Grove, Peckham but what we now can do is move the big production to our new site, freeing up space for the small brewhouse to do small batch and experimental brews.  It also means there will be more space for people to come and experience the brewery, understand more about how beer is made and enjoy our beers direct from the source.

As with everything, things take time and we are currently getting the space ready for our new brewhouse arriving in June.  Watch this space, we will keep you updated on the progress and we can’t wait to start brewing bigger and better beer for everyone.

Cheers!