About Us
We're Hackney Brewery — a small, independent craft brewery from London who has been dedicated to producing the most progressive accessible styles of hop forward independent craft beer to high standards.
We’re passionate about producing high-quality beers which are not only flavourful and aesthetically pleasing but also suitable for anyone who is interested in trying good quality craft beer. We've spent years refining and progressing our recipes to keep up with people’s ever-changing taste.
We were founded in 2011 by Peter Hills and Jon Swain in a couple of railway arches in Haggerston, Hackney.
Craft beer in London was barely in double figures when Pete & Jon founded the brewery. Over the past 12 years of organic growth, the craft beer we make has evolved significantly from where it started.
Over the years we’ve invested in state-of-the-art lab equipment, new machinery and we strive to continuously improve our processes and work to get the best out of our ingredients.
Now with a focus on Keg and Can formats with modern and US hop forward styles, we provide a complete core range of crafted styles from Session-able table beers, hop forward pales and IPA’s, hazy juice bombs, a multi award winning peach and basil sour and crystal clear craft lager.
In 2021 we opened our new site on the Blackhorse Beer Mile, High Hill Taproom, home to Hackney Brewery. In our new facility our aim is to create a experience that you can immerse yourself in, our art, latest releases, beers from our friends around the world, events to celebrate our multicultural capital and food to compliment all we have to offer.
We hope you come and support our handcrafted brews in your local pub or bar, with us at High Hill Tap or at home via our webshop. We look forward to sharing our beers with you.
WE BELIEVE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LIMIT OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, SO WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGHOUT EACH STAGE OF BREWING.
All our electricity is sourced from renewable resources. We have various types of energy & water capture during the brewing process. All our spent grain is reused and supplied to a farm for animal feed. There is always more we can do to improve and as we grow our aim is to be carbon negative.
We are incredibly lucky to work with Pete Fowler as our illustrator and designer (Super Furry Animals, Seahawks, Monsterism) who creates our world around the beers we make.
Hackney Brewery is an accredited Living Wage Employer.