{"id":1722,"date":"2022-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/this-must-be-the-space-small-beer-brew-co-london\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"this-must-be-the-space-small-beer-brew-co-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/this-must-be-the-space-small-beer-brew-co-london","title":{"rendered":"This Must Be The Space: Small Beer Brew Co. in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love a few beers, but hate the hangovers? You\u2019re far from alone. Imagine if you could enjoy a fresh hoppy pint (maybe even more than one?) and the next day still have your wits about you. That\u2019s where Small Beer comes in. This month for This Must Be The Space, we\u2019re featuring the sustainably made, low-alcohol-beer-making microbrewery Small Beer Brew Co. in London. Curious about that hangoverless beverage? Well, let us tell you more\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185736featuredimage.avif\"><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Small Beer Brew Co., photo by Aluma Ngoh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First, a little background. Small beer is commonly known as one with a lower alcohol percentage, somewhere roughly under three percent. Back in the Middle Ages, nearly everyone was having it, as the low percentage made it more of a thirst-quenching drink than a boozy one. But around the 19th century, public water filtration systems were developed, and the beer became a thing of the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, flash forward to about 2017, when James Grundy had been working in the gin industry and was thinking about the world of beer and all the heavy, high percentages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t really anything that allowed for the enjoyment without the head-in-hands moment the next day,\u201d James said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not too long after, he and Felix James joined forces, and from it came a revival of small beer, and a brewery, fittingly, called Small Beer Brew Co. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185736featuredimage-1.avif\"><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Small Beer Brew Co., photo by Arianna Cavalensi<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe acoustics in here are amazing,\u201d James said. \u201cWhen the lights go down and the festive lighting goes on, it\u2019s a beautiful space to come enjoy some live music or spoken word.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The brewery, tucked in Bermondsey, is a mix of cozy and science lab-esque, with metal staircases tucked between the giant brewing kit conducting reverse osmosis, fermenting, and distilling the liquid into tasty little beers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Typically curling up on the floor of an active brewing room might not be the most comfortable, as the floors can often be wet. But Small Beer runs a dry floor space. In fact, they\u2019re committed to being as sustainable with their water as possible, using as little water as possible when brewing their beer. They\u2019re also London\u2019s first B Corp certified brewery, and donate one percent of their proceeds to sustainable efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185737featuredimage.avif\"><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Small Beer Brew Co., photo by Roberta Barzaghi<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maybe your next Sofar in London will bring you to Small Beer, where you can hear the artist\u2019s voices ring out against the stainless steel, and enjoy a light lager or a session pale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be absolutely sharp as a button for the music, and bright as a button next day,\u201d James said. <\/p>\n<p>Words by Sofar Editorial Team<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: Small Beer Brew Co., photo by Arianna Cavalensi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love a few beers, but hate the hangovers? You\u2019re far from alone. Imagine if you could enjoy a fresh hoppy pint (maybe even more than one?) and the next day still have your wits about you. That\u2019s where Small Beer comes in. This month for This Must Be The Space, we\u2019re featuring the sustainably made, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}