ltd official logo for london fields brewery trading name london fields brewery type private industry manufacture of beer uk sic classification 2007 predecessor london fields brewery ltd founded 13 july 2011 2011 07 13 in london uk 1 founders julian de vere whiteway wilkinson known as jules whiteway ian burges key people rosemary spence secretary and director 2 website londonfieldsbrewery.co.uk london fields brewery is a brewery in the london fields area of hackney east london in the united kingdom . it was the first commercial brewery to open in hackney since the 19th century . as of december 2014 the company has fallen into trouble following the arrest of co founder julian de vere whiteway wilkinson on suspicion of tax evasion . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the tap room bar of the london fields brewery the brewery was founded by julian de vere whiteway wilkinson known as jules whiteway and ian burges around the time of the 2011 london riots with approximately 10 000 of capital . 3 prior to founding the brewery whiteway had been jailed for 12 years for his part in a cocaine smuggling organisations . when founding the company whiteway still owed the crown 3.2 million including 1.2 million in interest . 4 5 despite much legal manoeuvring this would continue to heavily impact the ability of the company to operate . the court granted whiteway permission to create the company as a way to repay the courts whilst rehabilitating into a legitimate career however he was ordered to pay back 500 a month throughout this time . whiteway s lawyer argued that a stay in repayments would allow his client to grow his capital more quickly and asked the court to allow the company to fulfil export orders to 14 countries . as of december 2014 neither of these requests had been granted . 4 the brewery opened on 27 august 2011 at 374 helmsley place . 6 it was the first commercial brewery to open in hackney since the 19th century . 6 7 five beers were produced named hackney hopster london fields bitter london fields session ale london fields gold and love not war . 6 love not war received especially favourable press due to its significance in relation to the london riots . 8 it was promoted as first brewed barricaded in the brewery during the london riots . 9 alongside a wide and highly successful distribution of its products throughout london the brewery itself worked alongside numerous entertainment companies and helped produce events in london . 10 these included background cinema elsewhere festival and festifeel . 11 12 13 most recently on 3 december 2014 whiteway was arrested on suspicion of cheating hmrc in respect of vat . on the same day the brewery was searched and a forklift truck was used by hmrc to remove equipment and stock . 14 15 according to whiteway by 2014 both he and his wife were joint shareholders in the company but presiding district judge elizabeth roscoe was not convinced of this asking to see evidence of ownership and set up as promises of future payment were often not fulfilled . 4 see also edit list of microbreweries references edit london fields brewery limited 07703510 . hmrc s companies house . retrieved december 7 2014 . london fields craft products ltd . the open database of the corporate world . december 2 2014 . retrieved december 7 2014 . slavinsky amanda 14 may 2014 . love not war brewery s message to hackney . east london lines . retrieved 6 december 2014 . a b c bentham martin 10 november 2014 . mr big gets more time to repay cocaine profits ... so he can make money from his new brewery . london evening standard . retrieved 6 december 2014 . cocaine gang jailed for 36 years . bbc news . 9 july 2004 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . a b c london fields brewery opens in hackney with a party for all . time out . august 26 2011 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . pint of hackney hopstar please . the evening standard . london . august 26 2011 . godwin richard february 27 2013 . raise a glass to the riots . the evening standard . london . p. 15 . coleman jasmine . london fields brewery opens as first commercial brewery in hackney for 20 years . hackney gazette . retrieved 6 december 2014 . taylor vicky july 14 2012 . my olympic london or what to do when stranded by the rain or tube blog . the new york times blogs . iht rendezvous . retrieved december 6 2014 . cohen sarah august 8 2013 . open air cinema in london this summer ; over the last few summers outdoor movies have become as common in london as open air concerts . catch a classic film under the stars at one of these alfresco cinema events . the evening standard . london . mike skinner and actress to appear at new london festival elsewhere . new musical express . march 19 2014 . spreading boob love at festifeel . the sun . london . june 24 2014 . p. 7 . bentham martin 5 december 2014 . cocaine smuggling boss of london fields brewery held in vat raid . london evening standard . retrieved 6 december 2014 . london fields brewery raided by hmrc . imbibe.com . 5 december 2014 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . external links edit london fields brewery at opencorporates beer portal london portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title london fields brewery & oldid 743407526 categories brewing in londoncompanies established in 2011breweries in englandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 14 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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