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editor said:
So you can't think of any reason why I might have been aggrieved after you launched a totally for-profit beer with a near identical name to our charity beer straight after it received press coverage (front page of South London Press etc).

And I'm happy to be corrected here, but as far as my research at the time went there had never been a beer named after Coldharbour Lane until we launched ours. And then yours followed.

I was as angry as fuck at the time to be honest because I kept hearing from friends who thought they were contributing to a good cause instead of your profits. So forgive me if I wasn't inclined to sat down for a cosy chat back then.
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I get that which is why I wanted to sit down and discuss it with you. I did have a chat with Rich about it and offered to help if we could at the time.

I guess I'm also angry about some of the accusations I see about us on here because we genuinely are much more than profit and shareholders. We do care and we do need money to invest in the other pillars and our purpose.

If we can help in anyway in future our door is always open, genuinely.
 
jezg said:
I think what's getting in your grill is you don't think we have any right to claim the name/be a community brewery? I guess because the business is now owned by Heineken.
I think this is a facile argument.

As for the beer it uses smoked malt to evoke the taste of bbq and spices bought in the market and blended by local legend Ruben.

Believe it or not but we managed to come up with the idea ourselves and even managed to write about it.
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What does community brewery mean? I work in a place in Brixton that stocks your product but have never had a visit from anyone from your community brewery. Unlike Signature which we also stock.
 
editor said:
There's been a whole spate of Brixton walking tours and tour guides being trained.

It's a sure fire sign of advanced gentrification!
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no idea about gentrification but I have seen a fair few of those the last week, and rather large groups at that (20ish, 2 separate ones at the same time in 2 locations), made navigating the pavements with my fluffy hounds a bit of a challenge (analog cameras seemed to be favoured by the "attendees" of at least one group)
 
twistedAM said:
What does community brewery mean? I work in a place in Brixton that stocks your product but have never had a visit from anyone from your community brewery. Unlike Signature which we also stock.
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If you let me know the venue I can check the reason for that. We aim to keep in regular contact with our direct trade customers but maybe your venue isn't buying direct?

By community brewery we mean we are from and based in the community, gives back to it and obviously are named after it.
 
jezg said:
If you let me know the venue I can check the reason for that. We aim to keep in regular contact with our direct trade customers but maybe your venue isn't buying direct?

By community brewery we mean we are from and based in the community, gives back to it and obviously are named after it.
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The Windmill, buying direct from Heineken.
 
anyone over 50? Tomorrow is the Lambeth Ageing Well festival at the Oval Cricket ground 11-3pm Free
Food, activities, information and entertainment is promised.
 
Rushy said:
Why does The Windmill deal with Heineken instead of buying directly from the local brewer? Is it tied?
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We have spoken to them in the past about direct supply but I think they prefer one delivery, one invoice etc.
 
jezg said:
We have spoken to them in the past about direct supply but I think they prefer one delivery, one invoice etc.
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Sadly this seems to be the ploy Heineken has for buying up craft breweries. Fair play to you for making Brixton Brewery a success but by the big breweries being able to supply craft beers it means pubs are less likely to try independent breweries as it's always easier to deal with one supplier. Can't help but think that's kind of the reason for places like Canopy closing.
 
Rushy said:
Why does The Windmill deal with Heineken instead of buying directly from the local brewer? Is it tied?
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Not tied but Heineken installed the cellar and they charge a monthly rental on the lines that don\t use their beer but Brixton is in their portfolio; we were only ever contacted by Heineken to the best of my knowledge.
We do buy from two independent breweries as well though,
 
twistedAM said:
We've no knowledge of that. Do you sell cheaper than Heineken?
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Ask Seamus, he might remember, especially about Mike, cofounder who lives around the corner and had a few conversations but no luck. This predates our partnership with Heineken btw. I dont know if we are cheaper, we each set our own pricing independently.
 
edcraw said:
Sadly this seems to be the ploy Heineken has for buying up craft breweries. Fair play to you for making Brixton Brewery a success but by the big breweries being able to supply craft beers it means pubs are less likely to try independent breweries as it's always easier to deal with one supplier. Can't help but think that's kind of the reason for places like Canopy closing.
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I think the trading environment was a small factor in their decision but it was mainly driven by a lease coming to an end and the owners relocating away from London. I was sad to see them go too, lovely people.
 
Gramsci said:
Just wondered if anyone here knows about smoke alarms. In their infinite wisdom when the Council re wired my flat the smoke alarm system is now not batteries but hooked into the electrical circuit.

Just about anything sets it off.

The Toaster, cooking chips in the oven. It's so sensitive it is driving me up the wall.

I can't turn it off.

Only way I'm finding is to stop making toast unless I stand over the Toaster and check it all the time. Anything beyond light toasting and its fifty fifty the alarm will go off.

Same with oven. Cook chips open oven and it might go off.

I'm at my wits end.

Any advice?
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Few weeks ago council sent around electrician to test the wiring in flat.

He looked at my smoke alarms and I told him the problem I had.

He replaced them with optical smoke alarms

Which have solved the problem. Went off once and it was also easy to turn alarm off. ( That was steam from bathroom. As I left bathroom door open after shower)
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Making toast is now possible without having to worry it will go off.

He said the ones originally fitted were more appropriate for offices. They weren't optical alarms.
 
jezg said:
Ask Seamus, he might remember, especially about Mike, cofounder who lives around the corner and had a few conversations but no luck. This predates our partnership with Heineken btw. I dont know if we are cheaper, we each set our own pricing independently.
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He has no recollection of that, mind you he was swarmed with start-up breweries after we started stocking Signature about ten years ago.
 
There will be a Bookshop pop-up at the Remakery again, this week and next. All books will remain £3 as the point is to make good books available locally for small money.
Its This week and Next, Thursday through Saturday, Noon through six. This may be the last one before Christmas but there's a possibility that she will do something with the Platform Cafe closer to the holiday.

I also wanted to shout out all the really cool stuff happening at the Remakery, for anyone who has not popped in there in a while. There is a new heat and ventilation system which really improves the atmosphere, and every Saturday there is now 'Irma's Cafe' which is really fantastic breakfast/lunch food for not a lot of money, usually along with a crafting workshop of some kind. They've really kicked into a higher gear with events for the broader community there this last year.

I should disclose that this peripatetic bookshop popup is run by my partner, and that if you click four levels down on her instagram (if that is even possible?) you will not discover its really owned by a global beverage and lifestyle megacorp.
 

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