James Kellow
James has been working in London beer since 2013 across retail, events, and sales. A member of the Guild of Beer Sommeliers and the Guild of British Beer Writers, he regularly hosts public and private tastings, talks and tours in and around the capital.
Formerly the events and brewery tours manager for Crate Brewery in Hackney Wick, East London James moved on to hosting public and private tours of his favourite beer trails across different parts of London, judging beer and also founded The London Craft Beer Cruise.
With in person beer activities now viable again James now offers a range of live and recorded experiences through this website and a number of partners - please get in touch for more details.
Founded in 2018, the London Craft Beer Cruise is a floating beer festival showcasing beer curated from the best independent breweries in London and further afield. The cruises feature sommelier-led tutored tastings and producer-led sampling from independent brands. Following booked programme throughout 2019 and post lockdown 2021 there is an expanded calendar of cruises for 2022 with dates from May 14th onwards including gin and cider cruises too for the first time..
Sarah Hyde
Sarah has worked as a beer educator for over eight years and gained her Institute of Brewing & Distilling Beer Sommelier accreditation in 2018 and is a regular panel member in national beer competitions.
Sarah began her career in beer in London at London Fields Brewery and went on to enjoy a longer spell at Meantime Brewery in London where she successfully led the brewery tour team for nearly five years. While in this role Sarah was also involved in the brewery’s sales team training program.
After leaving Meantime Sarah moved north to Manchester. Continuing to share her beer knowledge she set up as a freelance beer expert and establishing and expanding the UK Brewery Tours franchise into Manchester & Liverpool.
More recently Sarah joined with Jo Llewellyn-Jones to form The Rambling Beer Co. and moved her beer tastings into the virtual world of Zoom.
During the summer months, Sarah can be found on the Thames operating the London Craft Beer Cruise with fellow beer sommelier, James Kellow.