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  • London – Tower Hamlets (Borough of) – Hackney Wick – Crate Brewery (II)

    London – Tower Hamlets (Borough of) – Hackney Wick – Crate Brewery (II)

    As with the neighbouring Howling Hops, I’ve visited Crate before, and just wanted to note my visits today as a reminder to myself of the big day of pubs fully reopening. What a time to be alive…..

    I don’t really entirely understand the set-up with Crate as the upstairs restaurant Silo seems to dominate some of the signage and I’m also never entirely sure what Crate brew themselves as they don’t give their beers decadent names and don’t seem to experiment much. And, rather ridiculously given that I can now sit inside pubs, I found myself sitting outside. But the weather allowed it and there were no bees, wasps or other random animals or insects waiting to attack me. And there were some nice views of the nearby river.

    There was a beer from Brew By Numbers which meant choosing a beer was easy as I like them and this was a peach melba fruited gose. I can’t remember who got me into those, but I’ve developed quite a taste for that beer style, and this was a perfectly good example of it. Lots of peach flavour, ideal for a refreshing lunchtime drink. And, Brew By Numbers toasted my check-in on Untappd so I like them even more now, as I’m easily bought by such things.

    The staff member was helpful, so this was another easy visit, which I coupled with popping into Howling Hops briefly. All really rather lovely. Normality is a wonderful thing.

  • London – Tower Hamlets (Borough of) – Hackney Wick – Crate Brewery

    London – Tower Hamlets (Borough of) – Hackney Wick – Crate Brewery

    This probably isn’t the best view of Crate’s exterior, but it’s the only one I took, so that’s that decided. This is a craft beer bar and they also sell pizza, located next door to Howling Hops.

    The interior wasn’t particularly busy, although there were a few people sitting outside overlooking the canal.

    The beer is their own, with the stout being pleasant and slightly sweeter than I had expected. Crate also produce some other stouts such as imperial coffee stout, toffee milk stout, imperial pecan stout, chocolate orange stout, bourbon barrel aged stout and sticky toffee stout to name just a few, although unfortunately none of these were available. They did have a few beers of varying different styles, so it felt like a well-balanced selection.

    Apparently this bar can get very busy at weekends and I can understand why, it feels like a place which would make for a good Saturday afternoon out….

    All told, I liked this bar, with the staff being friendly and helpful. It’s in an old factory setting which gives it some atmosphere, although the toilets probably need to be cleaner given the times in which we’re currently living. The reviews are mostly positive, although there are some ridiculous negative ones that the bar has responded to politely and with some considerable patience.

    The bar also does tours of their on-site brewery with tastings, and a food option, so when things return to some form of normality, that might make a rather lovely day out. Anyway, I’m sure I’ll come back here again, I liked the atmosphere.