Ever since we re-established Truman’s, we’ve been wanting to bring its production back to East London. As regular readers of the blog will know, we’ve even considered taking over part of the Olympic site once the games are over. Although a number of the potential developers have been interested in this idea, it’s become clear to us that we don’t want to wait until 2013 to get a spade in the ground.

We’ve been looking very hard for a new site over the last few months. And despite a few near misses, we’re still looking. But East London is a big place and not every potential site is currently on the market. As such, we thought it would be wise to tap into the local knowledge of our blog readers and ask you to help us find the perfect site for our new brewery.

We’re not asking you to work for nothing, however. A year’s supply of beer – 500 bottles of Truman’s Runner ale – is on offer to the person that sends us details of the site that eventually becomes the Truman’s brewery.  A 12-bottle case of Runner will be given to anyone that sends in details of a site of real interest and all of those that enter will be invited to the opening party at the new brewery.

Potential sites must meet the following criteria:

– In East London (boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forrest or Newham)

– Commercial premises

– Between 5,000-10,000 square feet (around two to four tennis courts)

– Good access

– Part of the site must be convertible to ‘double height’ (five metres and above)

Entries can be made by sending an email to brewery@trumansbeer.co.uk.  Please include the address of the site (including post code), current status (leased, vacant, derelict, etc.) and the contact number of the site owner (if known). The more details provided the more likely you are to win some beer. Entries must be in by March 1^st 2012.

Happy hunting.