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London's best beer shops
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By Guy Dimond
Posted: Wed Jun 10 2009 -
If staying in is the new going out, then check out Time Out's guide to the best places to buy your booze
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Belgo Centraal
50 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9LJ (020 7813 2233)
Pop into this Belgian restaurant in Covent Garden, or their related Bierodrome branches, and you can buy any of their range of dozens of Belgian beers to take away. The styles include white beers, fruit beers, lambic beers, trappist ales, and the peculiar-tasting geuse beers. Read more
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Drinkers Paradise
129 Castlehaven Rd, Kentish Town, NW1 8SJ (020 7482 6140)
Around 80 bottled ales from around the world, but most of them British.
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Highbury Vintners
71 Highbury Park, Highbury, N5 1UA (020 7226 1347)
Although primarily a wine shop, this recently extended off-licence also has more than 100 specialist beers from around the world. You can also purchase bottles from their website.
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Nelson Wines
168 Merton High St, Colliers Wood, SW19 1AZ (020 8542 1558)
A Colliers Wood off-licence with a suprisingly good beer selection.
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Real Ale
371 Richmond Rd, Twickenham,TW1 2EF (020 8892 3710)
A delightful shop (and website) which is well-stocked with every conceivable type of interesting beer. They’re geared up for delivery too, if you’re not located near St Margarets.
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Utobeer
Borough Market, London Bridge, SE1 1TL (020 7394 8601)
A stall in Borough Market, open market hours only Thur-Sat. If you want to try some of their extensive range in situ, their little bar, The Rake, is just at the edge of Borough Market and is open noon-11pm Mon-Fri and 10am-11pm Sat.
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5 comments
I live just down the road from Highbury Vintners and it really is fantastic. Easily the best wine shop in North London. They have a serious amount of beer and everything else really. Spoilt for choice really!
Also worth a mention is Kris Wines at the top of York Way (between Camden and Holloway) - so many beers that I usually just end up choosing at random.
One of the most amazing beer, cider and wine shops in South London is a little gem called Mr Lawrence in Crofton Park ( Lewisham ). They not only offer the most individual selection and advice, they have incredibly competitive prices. Can' t go wrong with any bottle of anything. The gem!
Nelson Wines is a veritable feast of beer, wine and pretty much all booze. Could a shop be any better stocked to the rafters!
I used to live just down the road from Drinkers Paradise and I can testify as to the amazing selection of booze from around the world, as well as the brilliant people who run it - a Kentish Town hidden gem!