Five Points Brewing Taproom, London Fields, E8

Substantial brick-fronted building with an industrial extension easily seen from the adjacent elevated railway line, and the sizeable taproom and courtyard seating area are separated by a corridor through the brew house. Plain-looking modern furniture inside and canteen-style tables outdoors. Four 'brewery fresh' beers from the six tanks behind the bar, and cask Best (£5.50) from one of the four handpumps on the counter.

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Taproom as described by the previous two scribes, a couple of their cask on, Best and Dark Mild, on keg despite twenty taps, just five beers were on. The taproom is ok and functional but I was more impressed with their huge outside area on a sunny and warm day, which was extremely well attended and offering a few interesting food options. Certainly worth a revisit.

Situated on Mare Street roughly halfway between Cambridge Heath and London Fields Overground stations, the brewery looks like an office block from the road, apart from the large signage stating that it is the Five Points Brewing Co. Signage at the rear is even more visible from the railway line. You enter into an indoor bar area with a selection of the brewery's beers, mostly keg or "tank" as they refer to them. Cask ales on were XPA & Best Bitter. Tank beers were Pale, Jupa, XPA & At Wits End, with guests being Northern Monk Faith & Eternal & Hammerton A Passion For Pepo. I opted for the latter, which was a passion fruit sour. If you take a stroll through the brewery itself, you find yourself in an outdoor seating area, some of it covered. There are a couple more bars out here. Although the range seemed to be more limited. There are also a couple of food serveries. We sat a bit too close to them and found the many waiting staff to be a bit too efficient. All of them came to our table at one time or another to ask if we would like to order something to eat! A good version of a brewery taproom that seeks to cater for a typical Hackney crowd. I'll probably return someday.