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
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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours clear brown with a fine, tan cream head. Ashy roast aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor, more ash, char, baking cocoa, a bit of soil. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately dry to finish with light minerals, chalk, baking cocoa, mellow roasted malts. Decent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2012
at 13:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours cloudy, light gold with a fine, creamy head. Big pine hop nose. Medium sweet flavor with lots more piney bitterness, light toasted malts, toasty grass. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately resinous to finish, sticky, with more pine and dirty grass, some bready malts. Nice beer.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2012
at 13:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 30th October 2012. Gold with a white thin head. Rich hoppy aroma. Thickly grassy in-mouth with fine grapefruit. Exquisite bitter grapefruity finish. Zingy mouthfeel. Great stuff!
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2012
at 15:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. Pours clear gold with a faint, white foam head. Big bready nose, some diacetyl and caramel. Mdium sweet flavor with dark, toasty grass bitterness, some dirt, ripe orange, light pine. Medium in body with soft, fine carbonation. Mildly sticky finish with some more dirt and pine, hints of alcohol, ripe citrus fruits, some toasty dough, toasty sugars. Could use a bit of tweaking, but OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2012
at 01:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cadk handpull at Cock Tavern Hackney. Black beer no head. Diacetyl butter caramel. some roasted malt. some liquorice. Ok
Tried
on 18 Sep 2012
at 10:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cadk handpull at Cock Tavern Hackney. Hazy gold thin white head. Bit cat pee bit thin. Too cat pee for me. Lots of bitterness. eeek
Tried
on 18 Sep 2012
at 10:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cadk handpull at Cock Tavern Hackney. Clear gold. bit of rubber. ok.just. very hoopy mind
Tried
on 18 Sep 2012
at 10:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cadk handpull at Cock Tavern Hackney. Gold clear thin white head. cat pee. Decent. ok. bit too cat pee for me. good hop and biyterness on finish
Tried
on 18 Sep 2012
at 10:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@The Cock Tavern, London. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready, fruity, mildly eggy notes (we were warned, it might still be a bit off in the aroma, so the eggyness is not counted into score given for aroma). Flavour is fruity, floral, quite hoppy and rather citrusy. Also has some bready and crisp maltyness to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2012
at 20:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is buttery, grassy, mild eggy notes with also some vegetably notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and mildly vegetably. 4 2 5 3 9.
Cask@The Cock Tavern, London. Small sampler. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, grassy, floral and has a nice bready and crisp maltyness to it. Flavour is very similar. 7 3 6 3 13.
Cask@The Cock Tavern, London. Small sampler. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, grassy, floral and has a nice bready and crisp maltyness to it. Flavour is very similar. 7 3 6 3 13.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2012
at 21:04