Stag Brewery was on our radar for some time, and after seeing @zombizza recent thread we went to check it. Daytime recce paid off, site looked promising despite the number of cameras.
Stag Brewery history (wiki):
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century. In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs. Combe Delafield and Co. and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name became officially applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of The Boat Race which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.
The brewery became part of Scottish Courage, briefly part of Heineken and was then divested to Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd as it produced the company's Budweiser pale lager. In January 2009, Anheuser-Busch InBev said that the company was proposing to close the Stag Brewery in 2010 as a result of a merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch. In November 2015, it was announced that the site had been sold for £158m to Reselton – part of Singapore’s City Developments, which also bought the former Teddington Studios. The brewery closed in December 2015. Anheuser-Busch InBev said it would fully vacate the site in 2016 which could see 850 apartments built on the 22-acre location.
Visit.
We started our exploration from the Power House building (number 6 on the plan).
We tried to spend as much time as we could inside, trying to find the connections between different buildings.
We took this pretty looking stairs to end up on the roof of the Power House, right next to the chimneys.
After spending sometime on the roof, we decided to try Maltings Building (9) next and we found it all locked.
We also tried Packaging (12), but after being exposed to cameras we moved back to the other side of the brewery.
On the way there we came across this cute Bottle Crusher
Next we sneaked in Finishing Cellar (5). I was amazed how intact everything looked there.
We started from the ground floor.
And it got even better as we climbed stairs.
and looking down
Stag Brewery history (wiki):
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century. In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs. Combe Delafield and Co. and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name became officially applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of The Boat Race which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.
The brewery became part of Scottish Courage, briefly part of Heineken and was then divested to Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd as it produced the company's Budweiser pale lager. In January 2009, Anheuser-Busch InBev said that the company was proposing to close the Stag Brewery in 2010 as a result of a merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch. In November 2015, it was announced that the site had been sold for £158m to Reselton – part of Singapore’s City Developments, which also bought the former Teddington Studios. The brewery closed in December 2015. Anheuser-Busch InBev said it would fully vacate the site in 2016 which could see 850 apartments built on the 22-acre location.
Visit.
We started our exploration from the Power House building (number 6 on the plan).
We tried to spend as much time as we could inside, trying to find the connections between different buildings.
We took this pretty looking stairs to end up on the roof of the Power House, right next to the chimneys.
After spending sometime on the roof, we decided to try Maltings Building (9) next and we found it all locked.
We also tried Packaging (12), but after being exposed to cameras we moved back to the other side of the brewery.
On the way there we came across this cute Bottle Crusher
Next we sneaked in Finishing Cellar (5). I was amazed how intact everything looked there.
We started from the ground floor.
And it got even better as we climbed stairs.
and looking down
