Queerguru is all about supporting all things queer ….. it goes without saying it’s best. AND we are everywhere now.
News had just reached us from London’s East End there is now such a thing as ‘queer beer; …the actual message we received was We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re brewing, baby. So you know we just had to check it out.
Queer Brewing is the UK’s first queer- and trans-owned brewery, making queer beers and beer queer since 2019. Founded by beer writer, editor, photographer, and ceramicist Lily Waite-Marsden after recognising a significant lack of LGBTQ+ representation in the beer world, she set out to take up space in an industry dominated by cisgender, heterosexual, male voices.
Starting as a collaboration project with UK-based and international breweries, Queer Brewing has now grown into an empowering brand and fully operational brewery in its own right. Producing a wide range of beer styles with evocative branding to provide visibility and representation for LGBTQ+ people, they’ve raised tens of thousands of pounds for LGBTQ+ charities—first from funds raised from collaboration beers, and as of 2024 by donating 10p from every pint and can sold.
Between late 2020 and early 2025, they produced all of their beer via contract production: Lily wrote the recipes and sent them to friends’ breweries to be brewed. In early 2024, they came to realise that the model no longer worked for them. and they were faced with a choice: call time on Queer Brewing, or dive in and build their own brewery.
In September 2024, they took on the unit next to the warehouse in Leyton, East London, and commenced building their very own brewery. After so many years, Andy and Lily are now brewing Queer Brewing beer in their own home, and making everything a little more us.
The good news it all tastes as great as it sounds, but if you are reading this from outside the UK, sadly, at the moment they can’t ship to you. But, consider putting them on your list of Must Do’s when you can visit their Taproom on the weekends and drink to your heart’s content
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London’s queer- and trans-owned brewery, making queer beers and beer queer since 2019 💕
Taproom open Fridays 4-10 and Saturdays 2-10. 📍 Unit D2, Leyton Industrial Village, London E10 7QP |
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