Howling Hops

Microbrewery in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2011

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Unit 9A Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, Hackney, E9 5EN, England
Description
In 2011 we Howling Hops reopened the Cock tavern on Mare street as Hackney’s first brewpub. The brewery expanded a few times but still couldn’t really keep up with the demand. So in 2015 the brewery moved to the current address in the heart of Hackney Wick.

Howling Hops brew bold, modern, uncompromised, flavoursome, generously hopped beers. All our beers are unfiltered, unpasteurised and suitable for vegans. We still stick to our early philosophy of ‘make some interesting beer’, although not every one is different these days. We have a core of 4 beers that we brew regularly, a couple of beers we brew seasonally and every 3 or 4 weeks we brew a different single batch beer.

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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

1/3 pint @ Anspach taproom, London.
Couleur pâle, col crémeux tenace blanc-cassé.
Arôme sur un généreux bouquet houblonné - floral, UK avec des éléments proches d'une ESB - caractère malté perce en rétro-nasal avec une belle balance.
Palais reste sur une belle base anglaise - nitro goodness, malté, avec un léger support de fruits rouges - effet un peu yaourt mais sans tomber dans l'infection - note de fruit de la passion avec un support malté qui revient en fin de bouche - finement chocolaté.

Tried from Draft at Anspach & Hobday - The Arch House on 07 Nov 2025 at 16:24

gave a cheers!

7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Beer Shop Folkestone. Clear red orange colour. Lasting beige head. Tasty red amber beer. Some rye malt spicy. Some bitterness on the finish. Decent enough. OK malts. OK bitterness

Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2025 at 15:07


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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Ribs of Beef, Norwich. Nose is peach, mango, papaya, sweet citrus. Lots of tropical fruits & citrus in the taste. Sweet citrusy aftertaste.

Tried from Cask at Ribs Of Beef on 25 Oct 2025 at 13:32


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 14th October 2025. Deep ruby brown with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Malty aroma. Rich and nutty maltiness in-mouth and a bitter finish. Medium to full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Very quaffable.

Tried from Cask at Southampton Arms on 14 Oct 2025 at 18:57

gave a cheers!

7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and roast aroma. Chocolate and caramel flavor with light roast. Medium bodied. Chocolate and caramel linger with light roast.

Tried on 07 Oct 2025 at 15:53


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Waterloo Tap, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Deep chestnut brown topped with a lasting beige cap ... lacing ensues.
Nose is dark malts, nutty tones, toffee, stewed fruits, biscuit.
Taste comprises brown bread, toffee, dark malts, cocoa powder, earthy fruits, faint liquorice.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Solid flavoursome mild.

Tried on 20 Sep 2025 at 15:08

gave a cheers!

7

Tried from Cask on 19 Sep 2025 at 17:50


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pint at Kill the Cats. Clear gold, finger of frothy white head. Nose has some spicy, peppery rye notes. Flavors follow with malt and grist and pepper and hop. Medium bodied and dry.

Tried from Draft on 16 Sep 2025 at 21:28


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Hazy golden beer with a whitish head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger with light malt.

Tried on 11 Sep 2025 at 16:41


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at The Pullman Folkestone Tap Takeover. Hazy pale gold colour lasting white head. Some new England inflection some citrus fruits. It is a mixed pale ale. Which is good
. 5 really good beers from Howling Hops some citrus cutting lime and lemon. Its quite interesting.

Tried from Draft on 07 Sep 2025 at 13:21