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The Best Of East London’s Craft Breweries
East London has had a rich history in the brewing industry and over the last few years the area has seen a resurgence in craft breweries. Best of all you can grab a tour to find out just how they brew and maybe even get a few little samples. Here’s some of the best to get you started….
London Fields Brewery – 365-366 Warburton Street, E8 3RR (credit: Food Crafters)
If you fancy tasting the ‘Hackney Hopster’, then London Fields Brewery is the place to visit, where you can enjoy the fresh flavours of grapefruit, lemon zest and gooseberry served up in the Hopster. Under the railway arches of Hackney, London Fields Brewery has created a modern brewery, complete with the Taproom which is open until midnight 7 days a week, serving their amazing beer which is brewed on site. You can also take pleasure in a great food menu.
Opened in August by Jules Whiteway and Ian Burgess of Climpson and Sons, London Fields Brewery has put Hackney on the map as a destination for great beer. Brewery tours are available to book and always finish with an extensive tasting session in the bar! When you find something you like you can visit the shop and take a little bit of Hackney home.
If you fancy trying a spot of homebrewing, you’ll find everything you need in the Homebrew shop and can event attend a homebrewing master class to get the know how.
Crate Brewery – 7, The White Building, Queen’s Yard, E9 5EN (credit: Crate Brewery)
Beer and pizza – life doesn’t get much better than that! Sit back and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere at Crate Brewery. This one of a kind up-cycled venue boasts a bar and pizzeria all located next to the canal with a bunch of boats moored up for summer sun-drenched floating fun. The microbrewery aptly named ‘The Brew Shed’ is where you can see how it’s all done with a tour costing just £15 at Queens Yard in Hackney Wick.
If you head down on a Friday or Saturday night they also have DJ so you can kick back while you watch the world go by and enjoy the made to order hand rolled pizzas cooked in a stone bake oven – all you have to do is just choose your favourite topping.
Five Points Brewing Co. – 3 Institute Place, E8 1JE (credit: @fivepointsbrew)
This small independent microbrewery, based in the heart of Hackney, East London are proud to brew beer that is unfiltered, unpasteurised and full of flavour. Their flagship Five Points Pale is one of their core range of four beers; Five Points Pale, Hook Island Red, Railway Porter and Five Points IPA.
Passionate about beer and the local East London community, they source their energy from 100% renewable sources and commit 5% of their profits into local charities and community projects.
The Five Points Brewing Co holds monthly brewery tours on the second Saturday of each month, with each tour starting at 12 noon and lasting for approximately an hour and a half so you can see exactly how the brewing process works plus you get to taste each of their beers.
Truman’s – The Eyrie, 2-3 Stour Road, E3 2NT (credit: @TRUMANSBEER)
Truman’s East London brewery was established in 1666 and has had a proud tradition of brewing in the infamous Brick Lane Brewery. As one of the greatest names in British brewing and after 350 years in the business Truman’s closed in 1989. Today they are back, after re-establishing the business in 2010 and opening The Eyrie in 2013 they have returned and are back in the beer business.
Truman’s believe great beer should be complex, full of flavour and utterly delicious and all of their beers are brewed with 100% malted grain, using only the very best quality hops and no cheap adjuncts or fillers.
In addition to their regular brewery tours, you can also head down on the first Friday of every month for some beer, food, games and the occasional beat. It’s well worth a visit, they really can organise a p**s up in a brewery!
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