brewing – Hackney Citizen

Goose Island Brewery in hunt for local beer talent as new Shoreditch brewpub given summer opening date

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 April 2018 at 14:38

Goose chase: the Chicago firm's new brewpub will open its doors in Shoreditch in late summer this year

The Chicago-based sud-slingers – who produce Barack Obama’s favourite pint – have some perks in store for their new brewmaster, who’ll work at their first East London haunt

Razor glass to The Cock Tavern and Clapton Craft: Hackney dominates Beard Friendly drinking awards

By Andrew Barnes | Monday 15 January 2018 at 14:14

Beards and beers: The Cock Tavern "bristles with beard friendliness"

In the same weekend that brewing returned to The Cock, the comfortingly traditional Hackney Central pub and nearby bottle shop both won in a hirsute landslide

Homebrewing: Forest Road brewer gives advice on how to make it WORK

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 August 2017 at 15:20

Got the bottle: Forest Road Brewing Co.'s Pete Brown chugs a couple of their pale ales, WORK.

The story of Forest Road Brewing Company’s pale ale WORK began in Pete Brown’s Dalston garden – we bring you his tips on creating your own batches of beautiful beer

Titbits – hipster brewing, Twitter pruning and the canine Tony Hawk

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 May 2016 at 11:13

Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough…