Howling Hops: Beer Straight From the Tank
Howling Hops: Beer Straight From the Tank | A Hackney Wick brewery whose name howls with hops, and whose tank bar serves fresh, unfiltered beer straight from the vessel
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Funky Pub Review: No Rating At All, and That Is How Bow Ends
Funky Pub Review: No Rating At All, and That Is How Bow Ends | Fifty-seven articles on the Lea, and it finishes with a pub the system does not know exists
All My Friends Review: The Third Place Is the Idea and Almost Nobody Has One
All My Friends Review: The Third Place Is the Idea and Almost Nobody Has One | Not home, not work – and it is the thing every bar in this survey is actually selling
Jungle Electric Review: A 4.9, and Jungle Was Invented in Rooms Like This One
Jungle Electric Review: A 4.9, and Jungle Was Invented in Rooms Like This One | A genuinely British music, built on a sped-up drum break from a 1969 record, and it came out of East London
Two More Years Review: The Name Is a Lease and It Tells You Everything
Two More Years Review: The Name Is a Lease and It Tells You Everything | A bar that has named itself after the length of its own tenancy, which is the most honest sign in London
Lord Napier Review: It Was Derelict for Twenty Years and Covered in Graffiti
Lord Napier Review: It Was Derelict for Twenty Years and Covered in Graffiti | A boarded-up pub that became the most photographed building in Hackney Wick, and then it reopened
CRATE Review: Hackney Wick Was Cheap and That Is Why It Was Interesting
CRATE Review: Hackney Wick Was Cheap and That Is Why It Was Interesting | The highest concentration of artists in Europe, in warehouses nobody wanted, and then the Olympics arrived
Howling Hops Review: The Beer Comes Straight From the Tank and the Hop Was a Preservative
Howling Hops Review: The Beer Comes Straight From the Tank and the Hop Was a Preservative | No cask, no keg, no line – and hops were put in beer to stop it going off, not to make it taste of anything
Grow Review: The Meanwhile Use Is the Only Thing Keeping Anything Interesting
Grow Review: The Meanwhile Use Is the Only Thing Keeping Anything Interesting | A temporary lease on a site awaiting development, and it is how most of the good things in this district exist
Hackney Wick London: Warehouses, Canals And Creative Energy
Hackney Wick London: Warehouses, Canals And Creative Energy | Hackney wick london is the post-industrial east London district of converted warehouses, canalside bars and artists’ studios, gritty and creative.
Barge East Review: The Boat Is a Hundred-Year-Old Dutch Barge and It Sailed Here
Barge East Review: The Boat Is a Hundred-Year-Old Dutch Barge and It Sailed Here | A working cargo vessel from 1896, brought across the North Sea, and it is now a restaurant on the Lea