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The Pembury Tavern (Five Points Brewery)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Five Points - Railway PorterExcellent7
Five Points - Hook Island RedExcellent1
Five Points - Green Hop ErnestExcellent1
Duration - Strong Opinions, Held LightlyExcellent1
Five Points - Best Goldings HopsExcellent1
Five Points - South Pacific BitterGood1
Pomona Island - APA Ekuanot/ChinookGood1
Five Points - London SmokeGood1
Five Points - Micro PaleGood1
Little Earth Project (formerly Mill Green) - Green Hop Grisette 2019 (First Gold)Good1
East London (ELB) - Walthamstow Beer - Green Hopped Table BeerGood1
Redemption - Little ChiefGood1
East London (ELB) - East End Lager Unfiltered PilsnerGood1
Round Corner - BrewjolaisGood1
Pig & Porter - Percy Percy Green Hop DubbelGood1
Five Points - Green Hop BullionAcceptable1
Little Earth Project (formerly Mill Green) - Green Hop Grisette 2019 (Northdown)Acceptable1
Milton - SpartaAcceptable1
Hackney - Bears!Acceptable1
Five Points - Best Fuggles HopsNot Tried0
East London (ELB) - Foundation BitterNot Tried0
Five Points - Five Points PaleNot Tried0
Harvey's - Sussex Best BitterNot Tried0
Five Points - Brick Field BrownNot Tried0
Five Points - London SmokeNot Tried0
Timothy Taylor - LandlordNot Tried0
Wild Beer Co. - BibbleNot Tried0
Five Points - Green Hop FugglesNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Pembury Tavern, Hackney, Greater London
Picture 2. The Pembury Tavern, Hackney, Greater London

Visits Details

30 Dec 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Last visit of the year.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80Excellent
Milton - Sparta4.30Not Tried
Five Points - Hook Island Red6.00Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
23 Dec 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Regular Monday night pizza call.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80Excellent
Milton - Sparta4.30AcceptableNice to see this old friend on the bar. Whilst it is pleasantly dry and crisp it is also tainted unfortunately with a green apple taste.
Five Points - Hook Island Red6.00Not Tried
Five Points - Five Points Pale4.40Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
16 Dec 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Unusually busy for a Monday night, Christmas must be approaching.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80ExcellentMy regular tipple here.
Duration - Strong Opinions, Held Lightly6.20ExcellentFrom keg. Hazy gold. Bitter, dry and piney.
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter4.00Not Tried
Five Points - Five Points Pale4.40Not Tried
Five Points - London Smoke7.80Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
10 Dec 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Tonight is a fundraising event for the Hackney Winter Night Shelter and the pub is very busy in the early evening. Hackney folk are always very generous in their support for such charities.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Hook Island Red6.00ExcellentStrong, hoppy and sticky.
Five Points - London Smoke9.00GoodA especially strong version of this occasional beer. Chocolate and liquorice and smoke.
Five Points - Five Points Pale4.40Not Tried
Five Points - Brick Field Brown5.40Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
06 Dec 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Here with a friend after leaving the Pig's Ear Beer Festival. Lots of others doing the same and the pub is rammed.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Little Chief4.20GoodSlipped down very easily.
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80GoodPerhaps not quite firing on all cylinders tonight.
East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter4.20Not Tried
Five Points - Five Points Pale4.40Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
26 Nov 2019 (Stephen Harris)
I've been away from London for a few weeks, so was always going to visit a favourite pub tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80ExcellentBliss.
East London (ELB) - East End Lager Unfiltered Pilsner5.00GoodFrom some kind of keg. Crisp and at the same time a bit buttery.
Hackney - Bears!4.40AcceptableFrom a keg. A good, chocolatey Porter, compromised by excessive carbonation.
East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter4.20Not Tried
Redemption - Little Chief4.20Not Tried
Five Points - Five Points Pale4.40Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
24 Oct 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Evening visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80ExcellentA rich, smooth, chocolatey Porter.
Five Points - South Pacific Bitter5.50GoodKegged. An aromatic, carbonated Bitter with NZ hops. John Smith's Smooth this ain't.
Five Points - Micro Pale3.30GoodFrom keg dispense. A lightweight Pale with plentiful hops.
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter4.00Not Tried
Five Points - Brick Field Brown5.40Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Percy Percy Green Hop Dubbel6.00Not Tried
14 Oct 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Back to see if there are any Green Hop beers left.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pig & Porter - Percy Percy Green Hop Dubbel6.00GoodOdd. Quite pleasant though.
Pomona Island - APA Ekuanot/Chinook5.30GoodClear, pale gold. Bitter fruit hop flavours.
Little Earth Project (formerly Mill Green) - Green Hop Grisette 2019 (First Gold)3.90GoodFrom key-keg, although typically for Little Earth it has zero carbonation. Crisp and tart.
Little Earth Project (formerly Mill Green) - Green Hop Grisette 2019 (Northdown)3.90AcceptableFrom key-keg. This one has a significant brett flavour that is stretching my tolerance.
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80Not Tried
Five Points - Green Hop Bullion3.70Not Tried
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10Not Tried
10 Oct 2019 (Stephen Harris)
First night of this year's Green Hop beer festival and the pub is rammed.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80ExcellentA couple of these to balance the green stuff.
Five Points - Green Hop Ernest3.70ExcellentThis is brilliant. Fresh and pungent.
East London (ELB) - Walthamstow Beer - Green Hopped Table Beer3.50GoodThis one has more of a wild hop character.
Round Corner - Brewjolais4.70GoodKegged Green Hop beer.
Five Points - Green Hop Bullion3.70Acceptable2019 version very sharp. Perhaps it will mellow a bit.
Five Points - Green Hop Fuggles3.70Not Tried
03 Oct 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Best Goldings Hops4.10ExcellentMuch the rarer of Five Points' two Best Bitters. And it's on great form, the Goldings hops in such profusion that the beer has a bit of a marmalade flavour.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord4.30Not Tried
Five Points - Railway Porter4.80Not Tried
Wild Beer Co. - Bibble4.20Not Tried

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About The Pembury Tavern

The pub sign. The Pembury Tavern, Hackney, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional9
Excellent90
Good66
Acceptable34
Poor11

Website.

The pub is found in Hackney, Greater London, E8 1JH.

This pub was built in around 1866 and for many years was a Truman’s house. By the 1970s it was best known as a live music venue. The pub was refurbished in 1983 and by 1986 had been acquired by Banks & Taylor Brewery. Closed for five and a half years from 1998, it re-opened but led a precipitous existence until acquired by Milton Brewery in 2006. In May 2018 the keys passed to the nearby Five Points Brewery. It is a large, stone and brick building on a busy junction near Hackney Downs and Central railway stations. The long wooden bar has 6 handpumps (down from 16 in Milton’s time). There is a bar billiards table, a pizza kitchen and a small outside seating area beside the road junction.

We have visited this pub 85 times, seen 231 different beers and tried 163 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E8 1JH