AN AMERICAN BREWERY IN LONDON WEREWOLF BEER WILL BECOME THE NEWEST ADDITION TO LONDON’S BUOYANT BREWING SCENE WHEN IT OPENS LATER THIS YEAR. WE SPEAK TO ITS FOUNDER, RICH WHITE, ABOUT HIS EXCITING PLANS FOR THE BREWERY, HIS LOVE OF BREWING CLASSIC AMERICAN STYLES AND WEREWOLF BEER’S VERY OWN…. GHOST TRAIN.
W
e’ve all been there,
seeing in London. The weekend started
right?
with the gig and turned into a few days of
You know,
getting trollied at The Euston Tap, going
travelling the best
for a curry, enjoying a West End show
part of 3,500 miles
and drinking themselves silly in BrewDog
across the Atlantic to go and see one
Camden.
of your favourite musicians play live in the company of a stranger. Well, that’s
Oh, and getting matching tattoos, too.
exactly what Rich White chose to do
That tattoo fittingly combines the date
back in 2012.
the couple met up and the UK pint
Flying from Syracuse in New York State
symbol.
to London, England, in order to see singer-songwriter Frank Turner play a
At this point, it’s probably not surprising
triumphant set at the capital’s Wembley
to hear that Laura and Rich ended up
Arena.
getting married at a Frank Turner gig in
In doing so, he would not only meet his
the USA several years later. But that’s a
future wife, but also find himself in a
story for another day.
country he’d soon call home. It’s nearly nine years to the day since that And with a wealth of brewing experience
all-important gig and in the time since,
under his belt, he’s now ready to go out
White has become part of London’s
on his own with Werewolf Beer. A new
brewing fabric.
brewery he’s set to open in Camden,
Carrying out a range of roles in beer
London, later this year.
across the capital, White has also been the head brewer at London Brewing Co.
But first, let’s take a step back. As the saying goes: Travel broadens the mind.
However in 2021, he’s on the verge of
For Rich White, the founder of Werewolf
realising his dream of opening up his
Beer, it did more than just that.
own operation with Werewolf Beer, a new brewery and taproom in Camden,
“I had just got my passport sorted
London.
because I sure as heck wasn’t going to be one of those Americans that never
But as the saying goes - no pain, no gain
travelled,” White told us back in 2018.
- and White knows there’s a lot of work to be done before finally opening those
And as a big fan of Frank Turner he really
doors.
wanted to go to that Wembley show. So he went online and through the
“The last few weeks have been
musician’s message board, offered to
something that’s all I can say. Everything
buy the drinks that night if anyone would
that I’ve planned and worked for over
show him around London.
the last two years is coming to fruition,” explains White. “But it’s all at once. It’s
Thankfully somebody took him up on it.
exciting, of course, but I think the correct term is squeaky bum time.”
That person was Laura. But such was
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her nature, and her mutual love of good
For White, that has mean securing a
beer, that she offered to buy the beers
lease on a location in Camden, London,
and also show Rich all that was worth
engaging in a crowdfunding campaign,
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