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The Cock Tavern (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Pale Ale (Batch No. 1) |  | 2 |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Kipling | | 1 |
| Williams Brothers - Harvest Sun | | 1 |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Roundabout | | 1 |
| Marble - Summer Marble | | 1 |
| Marble - Little Evelyn | | 1 |
| Magic Rock - High Wire | | 1 |
| London Fields - Galaxy IPA | | 1 |
| Binghams - Hot Dog Chilli Stout |  | 1 |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - IPA (Brew No. 1) | | 2 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - London Fields Pale Ale | | 1 |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Gold (Batch No. 1) | | 1 |
| Pitfield's - Hewitt's Red Menis |  | 1 |
| Titanic - Stout | Not Tried | 0 |
| Dark Star - Summer Meltdown | Not Tried | 0 |
| Redemption - Big Chief | Not Tried | 0 |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marble - Dobber | Not Tried | 0 |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout | Not Tried | 0 |
| Green Jack - Excelsior | Not Tried | 0 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Citra | Not Tried | 0 |
| Redemption - Trinity | Not Tried | 0 |
| East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | Not Tried | 0 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Red Dawn Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
| Otley - O-Garden | Not Tried | 0 |
| Magic Rock - Rapture | Not Tried | 0 |
| RedWillow - Directionless | Not Tried | 0 |
Stephen Harris
Visits Details
06 Sep 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Our pub crawl numbers are swelled a little here in what would otherwise have been a quiet pub. The only London Fields Brewery beer we see all evening is here, although some are a bit squeamish about ordering a ‘keg’ beer.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Pale Ale (Batch No. 1) | 3.80 | | Very sharp, grapefuity, pale, hoppy pint. The hop mix is Nugget, Pacific Gem, galena and Columbus, as the brewers continue to experiment with the recipe. |
| London Fields - Galaxy IPA | 8.00 | | A different beer from two earlier and lower-strength ‘galaxy’ beers from this brewery. On ‘key keg’ dispense, so un-carbonated. Looks to be unfiltered as well. Pale, strong and intensely hopped. |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Marble - Dobber | 5.90 | Not Tried | |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout | 6.20 | Not Tried | |
| Green Jack - Excelsior | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Citra | 3.10 | Not Tried | |
| Magic Rock - Rapture | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | 4.50 | Not Tried |
29 Aug 2012 (Stephen Harris)
A steady early evening trade in here. Unfortunately the pub had run out of its own brew as it struggles to keep up with demand.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Kipling | 5.20 | | Fragrantly hoppy strong bitter. |
| Williams Brothers - Harvest Sun | 3.90 | | Golden beer with nicely balanced malt and hops. Citrusy and bitter. |
| Marble - Little Evelyn | 7.00 | | Golden coloured, with a wonderfully smooth, dry-ish, fruity US hop taste. Strong. A collaboration brew with Hawkshead Brewery. |
| Titanic - Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Summer Meltdown | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Magic Rock - Rapture | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Redemption - Big Chief | 5.50 | Not Tried |
17 Aug 2012 (Stephen Harris)
This pub has settled down in its new guise and brewing is now fully underway. For now, all beers are labelled ‘Brew No. 1’ or ‘Batch No. 1’ to reflect the fact that recipes have not fully settled down.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Pale Ale (Batch No. 1) | 3.80 | | Golden. Very heavily hopped. Mixture of, mostly bitter, hop tastes. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - London Fields Pale Ale | 4.00 | | Usually a fabulous pint, but tastes a bit dulled here from a pint not in perfect condition. |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - IPA (Brew No. 1) | 5.70 | | Heavily hopped in US style, to give a tasty, fruity, hoppy, pale pint. |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Gold (Batch No. 1) | 5.00 | | Pale gold in colour, and a bit hazy. Slight suspended yeast taste. Smooth, fruity hop taste. |
| Otley - O-Garden | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Magic Rock - Rapture | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| RedWillow - Directionless | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Roundabout | 3.90 | Not Tried |
19 Jul 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Another week and another Hackney brewery opens. Well not quite – this pub re-opened last night, just hours after being granted a licence, and strictly-speaking the beers brewed in the cellar will not be available for a few more days.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble - Summer Marble | 4.50 | | Excellent, pale hoppiness. |
| Magic Rock - High Wire | 5.50 | | Ever-popular, fruity, extreme US hop beer. |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Roundabout | 3.90 | | Brewed in partnership with the Roundabout youth charity. A pale beer, with US fruity hop flavours of apricot and mango. |
| Binghams - Hot Dog Chilli Stout | 5.00 | | A black, roasted stout with a spicy edge. |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - IPA (Brew No. 1) | 5.70 | | This should be the first Howling Hops beer to go on sale. Preview tasters available tonight which were a bit cloudy and a bit sweet from the fermentation tank. Heavy hopping with Green Bullet, Hallertau and Challenger give a nice ‘tropical fruit' flavour. |
| Pitfield's - Hewitt's Red Menis | 3.80 | | Low hop, sweetish, red ale. |
| Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | Not Tried | |
| East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Red Dawn Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Pale Ale (Batch No. 1) | 3.80 | Not Tried | 'Coming Soon' |
About The Cock Tavern
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | 15 |
| 187 |
| 90 |
| 28 |
 | 1 |
The pub is found in Hackney, Greater London, E8 1EJ.
There was a pub called the Cock in Hackney village as early as the 1650s, and in 1661 it was the venue for ‘Popish Conspirators’, plotting an unsuccessful assassination attempt on King Charles II. Nobody is quite sure if this was the predecessor of today’s pub – but the present pub was certainly around by the 1830s and was rebuilt in its present form by Truman’s Brewery in around 1930. Very much a down-market, high street, strictly ‘no real ale’ sort of place, it closed in early 2012 for refurbishment, and re-opened on 18 July 2012 as a real ale champion, complete with in-house ‘Howling Hops’ micro-brewery (subsequently relocated to larger premises). This pub is sister pub to the Southampton Arms in Kentish Town.
We have visited this pub 124 times, seen 426 different beers and tried 269 of them.
Postcode: E8 1EJ