{"id":754,"date":"2020-01-22T18:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=754"},"modified":"2020-01-22T18:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:45:31","slug":"matters-of-taste-nothing-tribal-about-two-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/01\/22\/matters-of-taste-nothing-tribal-about-two-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Matters of taste – nothing tribal about Two Tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although they have only been on the London scene for two years, the history of this brewery goes back some way before that. Two Tribes is one of a number of London breweries with international influences. Justin and Nicky were in Australia where they fell in love with the local food and drink scene. When they returned to the UK, they decided that this was what they wanted to do. They started brewing at the old King\u2019s Brewery in Horsham in 2015 but the brewery was supplying quite a traditional market and after a while they decided that this wasn\u2019t quite what they wanted. Their aim was to be more adventurous and move towards keg beer which prompted a decision to up sticks and look for an opportunity in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many potential London brewers have struggled to find suitable premises but sometimes things just fall into place. Justin and Nicky\u2019s background in the music industry proved to be an advantage. It led them to a property at Tileyard Studios, off York Way, Barnsbury (north of King\u2019s Cross). This is an unusual location of 250 mainly creative businesses including 85 music studios and a brewery was welcome as it offered something different from the coffee shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Tribes\u2019 site hosts the brewery, a tap room and a stage! This has proved a godsend to the college next door, Tileyard Education, which teaches music to degree level: a nice fit with a lot of the activities on the estate. Two Tribes allow the students to put on events in their tap room, a necessity for their degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This sort of collaboration epitomises the ethos of the brewery. Beers are brewed both at Tileyard and using third party facilities. It turns out their name, Two Tribes, has nothing to do with the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song but rather the idea of partnership and collaboration, of which they do quite a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beers are sold in their tap room and around London, Horsham and Leeds. The brewery\u2019s capacity is limited by having only four fermenting\/storage tanks, which explains the need to do some brewing off site. The lack of space has also obliged Two Tribes to take a warehouse just down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are five core beers, all keg: Power Plant Lager (gluten free, 4.5% ABV), Metroland Session IPA (3.8% ABV), Dream Factory Pale Ale (4.4% ABV), Island Records Session IPA (4.5% ABV) and Electric Circus American Pale (4.7% ABV). Specials are brewed regularly and Two Tribes pride themselves that they have brewed 47 different ones since they started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An international outlook extends beyond the founders and the beer. Brewer Christoffer Tuominen comes from Finland and Justin Hutton, the Sales Operations Director, hails from the southern hemisphere and provides a wealth of experience, having run pubs for Antic and Laines, including the People\u2019s Park Tavern. He too, like Justin and Nicky, was looking for something different, so ended up at Two Tribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To try their beers, pop along to the little tap room, which is open Tuesday to Thursday 3pm to 8pm and Friday and Saturday 12 until 10pm. Be prepared for music but what else would you expect from their tagline: \u2018Drink to a beat of a different drum!<\/em>\u2019 See https:\/\/twotribes.co.uk<\/a> for further information and, for descriptions of the some of the beers, go to here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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