Crate Brewery

Brewpub in Hackney Wick, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
White Buidling, 7 White Post Land, Unit 7, Queens Yard, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN, England
Description
CRATE was established in 2012 when the Olympics were in full swing just over the canal, and Hackney Wick was changing fast. CRATE thrives on creativity, free thinking, and working hard. The experimental brewhouse is where all the Limited Edition beers are created.

Latest news November 2020:
The situation is complex, but it seems that there were two separate companies, one for brewing and one for the bar business. Both hit financial trouble, and the brewing company went into administration. Truman's, needing a new site due to delays with their new brewery, are currently brewing in Crate's old brewing space. But the website is still online and Crate beers are still available...

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Canned. Hazy goldeny amber colour with a mediumsized white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, some citrus, mild biscuity and bready malts. Flavour is fruity, citrusy, some biscuity and mild toffeeish tones.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2023 at 11:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Pale yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is apple, yeast, mild green apple skins as well as some floral notes. Flavour is mainly sweet apple with some slight sweetish wooden notes. Apple tartness in the finish, but also some quite sweetish tones in there.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2023 at 18:02


6

Crisp, clean, floral

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2023 at 21:34


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 08 Aug 2023 at 09:45


6

Tried from Draft on 01 Jul 2023 at 22:21


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

Bottled. Hazy orange colour with a small white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is wheat, some toffee, tropical fruits and mild bready notes. Flavour is bready with some tropical fruits, mild floral and herbal notes as well. Mild floral bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2023 at 16:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Canned. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is lactose, some sourness, mild salts as well as some citrus and lemongrass. Flavour is lemongrass, some herbs, citrus and mild lactic and slight tart notes.

Tried from Can on 07 Jun 2023 at 16:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Canned. Hazy goldeny orange colour with a mediumsized white head. Aroma is citrus, some zest, pine as well as some herbal and toffee notes. Flavour is bready, some citrus, zest, mild toffee and some bready and a bit mash like sweetness.

Tried from Can on 07 Jun 2023 at 16:25


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Canned. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is berries, some tart wood and citrus. Flavour is somewhat dry wooden tones along with some tartish berries and mild citrus. Easy going, but nothing mindblowing.

Tried from Can on 06 Jun 2023 at 11:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Canned. Ambery brown colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is sweet malts,some toffee, nuts, mild roasted and chocolaty notes. Flavour is roasted, some caramel, toffee and mild nutty and toffeeish notes with some mild sweetness to it. Mild spices in the finish.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2023 at 12:46