A South Bermondsey Brewery specialising in low alcohol bevvies is inviting beer-drinkers to its taproom launch party.
Small Beer was founded back in 2017 but its taproom at 70 – 72 Verney Road, SE16, is the first to open to the general public.
Those who arrive from 4.30pm on Thursday, July 28, will be treated to live music, street food and a beer on the house.
James Grundy, Co-Founder of Small Beer, says: “Our beers embody our ethos of ‘living for the week’. All brewed below 2.8 per cent, we pride ourselves on outstanding quality, responsible production methodology and facilitating all of the social enjoyment of exquisite beer, but without the bleary-eyed consequences.”
‘Small beers’ have their origins in the Middle Ages, when people of all ages would gather around the dinner table and swig low alcohol ale with their meal.
Because of their low alcoholic content, it was acceptable to drink ‘small beers’ well into the 18th century.
William Hogarth’s portrait ‘Beer Street’ drawn in 1751, contrasts a set of healthy, productive beer-drinkers which the lazy depravity of gin-drinkers.
Low alcohol beers are becoming increasingly popular. According to the Financial Times, UK sales of low-alcohol and no-alcohol beers have almost doubled in five years.
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Meanwhile, a study by alcohol education charity Drinkaware found young people were shunning binge drinking, with 26% of 16 to 24-year-olds declaring themselves teetotal.
James Grundy said their beverages are about “living for the week” and enjoying beer without the “bleary-eyed consequences”.
The Small Beer taproom launch party is being held at 70 – 72 Verney Road, SE16, at 4.30pm on Thursday, July 28.
Find out more and see their opening times at: https://theoriginalsmallbeer.com/pages/taproom
