Beavertown
Tottenham, London, United Kingdom · Est. 2011
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Why this matters
Famous for Neck Oil and incredibly striking can art, with Heineken eventually taking full ownership.
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Timeline
- 2018Heineken buys in
Heineken UK takes a minority stake of about €40 million in 2018 — a deal that cost Beavertown its place at several independent beer festivals — and later acquired the remainder outright.
The People
Behind the beer
Started in the kitchen of his Hackney barbecue restaurant, 2011.
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Beers
Neck Oil
Year-RoundSession IPA
Founded by Logan Plant in a Hackney barbecue restaurant. Heineken took a minority stake in 2018 and full ownership in 2022 — Neck Oil is now a Heineken beer.
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Year-RoundAmerican Pale Ale
The can art did as much as the beer to change what British craft looked like on a shelf. Nobody in Britain was designing like this in 2012.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2011Founded
- 2018Heineken buys in
Heineken UK takes a minority stake of about €40 million in 2018 — a deal that cost Beavertown its place at several independent beer festivals — and later acquired the remainder outright.
Today the chain tops out at Heineken N.V..
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Beavertown is controlled by Founder / family.
Heineken Holding N.V. Annual Report 2025 · Heineken Holding N.V. · 2026-04
PrimaryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Beavertown
- Who owns Beavertown?
- Beavertown is owned by Heineken N.V.. Beavertown is based in Tottenham, London, United Kingdom.
- Is Beavertown still independent?
- No. Beavertown is owned by Heineken N.V. and is no longer independent.
- When was Beavertown acquired?
- 2018. Heineken UK takes a minority stake of about €40 million in 2018 — a deal that cost Beavertown its place at several independent beer festivals — and later acquired the remainder outright.
- When was Beavertown founded?
- Beavertown was founded in 2011 in Tottenham, London, United Kingdom.
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