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Howling Hops Tank Bar (Brewery Tap)

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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Jantelagen		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Tropical Deluxe		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pale XX		3
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Hop Pale Ale Vic Secret		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - House IPA		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Batch Series: Berry Berliner Weiss		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Superlight Riding Ale		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Killing Clouds		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Dinner Ale		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Double Deluxe - Brew 500		3
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pico		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Dry-hopped Koolsch (Citra)		1
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Batch- dry-hopped Sour IPA		1

Picture 1. Howling Hops Tank Bar, Hackney, Greater London

Picture 2. Howling Hops Tank Bar, Hackney, Greater London

Picture 3. Howling Hops Tank Bar, Hackney, Greater London

Stephen Harris

Visits Details

17 Apr 2019 (Stephen Harris)

Mid-afternoon.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Jantelagen	7.10		Fresh and hoppy and gorgeous. I did not stray from this one.

09 Apr 2019 (Stephen Harris)

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Superlight Riding Ale	3.00		From the tank. Murky pale gold. Topaz, Columbus and Simcoe. Light body but full-on hop. Pine and pepper, with a touch of bitterness.

04 Mar 2019 (Stephen Harris)

A quiet Monday evening in here. Scrumptious brewing smells fill the air.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Double Deluxe - Brew 500	8.50		Double lush.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Hop Pale Ale Vic Secret	5.50		A very murky pale gold. Fresh. Tropical fruit hop flavours.

25 Feb 2019 (Stephen Harris)

Evening visit.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pale XX	5.10		Pale gold, high hop.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Double Deluxe - Brew 500	8.50		Hazy gold, strong, fruity and bitter. Superb.

30 Jan 2019 (Stephen Harris)

A bit chilly in here tonight and my hat and coat stayed on.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Tropical Deluxe	3.80		Fresh and juicy.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - House IPA	6.90		Fresh and juicy and twice the strength of my last one.

14 Jan 2019 (Stephen Harris)

Quiet in the early evening.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Double Deluxe - Brew 500	8.50		Perhaps the ultimate HH beer.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Dinner Ale	5.20

07 Jan 2019 (Stephen Harris)

Early evening visit.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pale XX	5.10		An old favourite.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Killing Clouds	6.90		A West Coast IPA (a style that seems to be coming back into favour. Assertive and bitter. Pale gold.

09 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Quiet in the early evening.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Dry-hopped Koolsch (Citra)	4.60		Pale gold and clear. Lagery, but with loads of lovely Citra hop.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Batch- dry-hopped Sour IPA	7.20		Complicated.

08 Oct 2018 (Stephen Harris)

A brief visit in the early evening to try their new beer. All ten tanks are supplying different beers tonight.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pico	6.50		In the NEIPA-style and it is a proper pea-souper of a London Murky. Brewed in collaboration with Basqueland and hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka and Wai-iti. You won’t hear me say this often, but I thought it was over-hopped.

20 Sep 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Early evening and rather quiet in here.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Pale XX	5.10		Hazy pale gold. Crisp, fruity and bitter.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Single Batch Series: Berry Berliner Weiss	3.10		This beer is an alarming purple-red sort of colour. Tart, fruit, dry and refreshing.

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About the Howling Hops Tank Bar

The pub sign. Howling Hops Tank Bar, Hackney, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

	Total
	7
	131
	23
	2
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Website.

The pub is found in Hackney, Greater London, E9 5EN.

The Howling Hops Brewery was established in July 2012 in the cellar of the Cock Tavern at Hackney Central. Very cramped conditions limited output and the varied range of beers could generally only be found in the pub. June 2015 saw the opening of a substantially larger brewery in Queens Yard, Hackney Wick and the associated, large Taproom. This occupies a former industrial premises, with the brewery itself at one end and a large space occupied by trestle tables at the other. Outside seating is also available and there is also a kitchen and a café-style counter. Uniquely in London at present, all the beers are poured directly from the conditioning tanks. Nearly as unusually, beers are only sold in two-third pint measures. The brewery stands almost next door to Crate Brewery.

We have visited this pub 75 times, seen 88 different beers and tried 86 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E9 5EN