Breweries take to delivering craft beer in lockdown | Hampstead Highgate Express
Rob and Sam Laub run the Gorgeous Brewery on North Hill, Highgate. - Credit: Paul Torode With pubs closed once more and beer festivals a distant dream, independent breweries in North London have transformed into online retailers, offering click-and-collect and delivery services to bring beer directly to customers. The past year has been “a shock to everyone’s system”, said Sam Laub, who runs Gorgeous Brewery behind The Bull pub, in North Hill, with her brother Rob. When lockdowns descended, the Highgate community rallied around: local shops, cafés and customers were “lovely and order...