Howling Hops

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

Established in 2011

Contact
Unit 9A Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, London, E9 5EN, England
+44 (0)203 583 8262
info@howlinghops.co.uk
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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Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
Pale Ale from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft @ Cock Tavern, Hackney E8. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2012 at 02:54
Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
American Amber from Howling Hops
13 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft @ Cock Tavern, Hackney E8. Pours a hazy slightly reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney flavor. has a fruity malty hoppy piney finish.
Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2012 at 02:51
Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
Old London (6.5%) from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Cock Tavern, Hackney E8. Pours a black color with a small tan head. has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty bitter chocolate finish.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2012 at 02:33
Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
Mild Ale from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Cock Tavern, Hackney E8. Pours a slightly hazy brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2012 at 02:31
Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
Ruby Red from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Pembury Tavern, Hackney E8. Pours a slightly hazy ruby amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2012 at 02:25
Leighton
Leighton (35391) reviewed
Stock Ale from Howling Hops
13 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours clear, rich gold with a fine, creamy head. Aroma holds some floral grass and ripe citrus. Light sweet flavor, quite fruity, with modest grassy bitterness, orange, dry lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild grassy hop finish with light sweat, orange, papaya, pine, touches of earth. Lightly resinous. Great condition. I think this is excellent. Great balance and depth. Superb session beer.
Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2012 at 11:23
Leighton
Leighton (35391) reviewed
Old London (6.5%) from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours deep brown with a creamy, beige foam head. Lactic chocolate nose, some roasted coffee, too. Light to medium sweet flavor with moderate roast, light char, ash, mellow dirt and earth bitterness, light baking cocoa, some raisins. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild dry finish with good roasted malts, ash, burnt sugars, faint alcohol. So so, but I think you could easily do more at this ABV.
Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2012 at 14:18
Leighton
Leighton (35391) reviewed
Pale Ale from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a light, white foam head. Straw nose some perfume, floral notes. Light sweet flavor with lots of strong perfume quality (which seem slightly out of place), flowers, grass, grapefruit. Light bodied with soft, fine carbonation. Faintly sticky finish with light, dry pine, grass, hay, lemon and other citrus. Aside from that perfume edge, this is pretty nice beer.
Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2012 at 14:14
Leighton
Leighton (35391) reviewed
Ruby Red from Howling Hops
13 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a fine, off-white foam head. Light ripe citrus and berry aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor with toasty sugars, light bread, light pine, faint tangy fruits, berries especially. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Fairly sweet to finish with berry fruits, plum, mellow pine. OK beer in general.
Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2012 at 14:10
Leighton
Leighton (35391) reviewed
Mild Ale from Howling Hops
13 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours brown with a bubbly, beige foam head. Earth toast and dirty, sticky pine in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with lots of juicy pine, dirt, toasted malts, faint cocoa. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sticky, resinous finish with rich pine and grass, some grapefruit, dirt, toasted bread. Nice beer.
Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2012 at 14:01