Tap East Tonic Ale

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Tap East, Stratford, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	10 Mar 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	03 Mar 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	25 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	19 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	18 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	10 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	06 Feb 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 Jan 2020
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	25 Oct 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Oct 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	07 Oct 2019
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	03 Oct 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	01 Oct 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Jun 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	22 May 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	18 May 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	12 May 2019
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Apr 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	07 Apr 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	19 Mar 2019
ChrisE	Not Tried	15 Mar 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 Feb 2019
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	01 Feb 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	23 Jan 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Jan 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	03 Jan 2019
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	10 Nov 2018
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	22 Sep 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 Sep 2018
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	18 Sep 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	17 Sep 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	28 Aug 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	23 Aug 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Aug 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	05 Aug 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	16 Jul 2018
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	15 Jun 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	10 Jun 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	02 Jun 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 May 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 May 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	07 May 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	30 Apr 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	25 Apr 2018
ChrisE	Not Tried	13 Apr 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	22 Mar 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Mar 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	12 Feb 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	07 Feb 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	31 Jan 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	08 Jan 2018
Stephen Harris		01 Jan 2018	I’m not sure what hops are going into this beer these days (it has a varying recipe), but whatever they are they are delicious.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 Dec 2017
Stephen Harris		23 Dec 2017	Enjoyable, light, hoppy pint.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 Dec 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Dec 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	18 Sep 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	06 Sep 2017
Stephen Harris		30 Aug 2017	The HBC431-hopped version of this beer. Very fresh.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 Aug 2017
Jack William	Not Tried	01 Aug 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	26 Jul 2017
ChrisE	Not Tried	13 Jul 2017
Stephen Harris		11 Jul 2017	I usually love this beer, but today I found the hops (HBC 431 in the current version of this beer) just a little bit harsh.
ChrisE	Not Tried	22 Jun 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 May 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	12 Apr 2017
Stephen Harris		03 Apr 2017	Very nice.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	31 Mar 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Mar 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	21 Feb 2017
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	19 Feb 2017
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	03 Feb 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	24 Dec 2016
Stephen Harris		19 Dec 2016	An always reliable, low-strength, hoppy Pale Ale.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	03 Nov 2016
Stephen Harris		30 Oct 2016	Fresh and hoppy and juicy.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	19 Sep 2016
Stephen Harris		13 Sep 2016	A special cask of this always-great beer that has been dry-hopped with experimental hop variety #431. Especially good.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Sep 2016
Philip Pirrip		01 Sep 2016
Stephen Harris		30 Aug 2016	Very fresh and juicy.
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	23 Aug 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Aug 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Jul 2016
Stephen Harris		09 Jul 2016	Cloudy, golden and hoppy.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Jun 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	29 May 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	25 May 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	21 May 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	02 May 2016
Stephen Harris		01 May 2016	Cloudy and golden and fruity and refreshing.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	09 Mar 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	08 Mar 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	18 Feb 2016
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Feb 2016
ChrisE	Not Tried	30 Jan 2016
Stephen Harris		13 Jan 2016	A good refresher to start with.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 Dec 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	18 Dec 2015
Stephen Harris		14 Dec 2015	Lemony/citrus refresher.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	26 Nov 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	06 Nov 2015
Stephen Harris		29 Oct 2015	Apparently the hops used in this beer vary from time to time and today I found the hop flavours more vegetal and less citrus than I recall.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	22 Oct 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	24 Aug 2015
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	21 Jul 2015
Stephen Harris		21 Jul 2015	Light, hop-filled and very tasty.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Jul 2015
ChrisE	Not Tried	08 Jun 2015
Stephen Harris		07 Jun 2015	Golden, low-strength, hop-filled.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	05 Jun 2015
Stephen Harris		17 May 2015	As lovely as ever.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	09 Apr 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	29 Mar 2015
Philip Pirrip		28 Mar 2015	So much flavour in a 3%er
Jack William	Not Tried	25 Mar 2015
Stephen Harris		16 Mar 2015	A delicious beer to start with, to sharpen my palate.
Stephen Harris		14 Mar 2015	Loveable beer.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	05 Feb 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	29 Jan 2015
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 Jan 2015
Stephen Harris		11 Jan 2015	First time I have drunk this for a while, and today it seemed just a little harsh and un-balanced.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	18 Dec 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	25 Nov 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	20 Oct 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	17 Oct 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	03 Oct 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	01 Oct 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	01 Oct 2014
Jack William		27 Jul 2014	The hoppy bite and body of this beer belies it's low ABV - very quaffable.
Stephen Harris		29 Jun 2014	Extra excellent Galaxy version of this beer.
thebrewingman		24 Jun 2014	This one was of the Galaxy variety, nice and hoppy.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Apr 2014
ChrisE	Not Tried	12 Mar 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	21 Feb 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	18 Feb 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Dec 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	24 Oct 2013
Stephen Harris		10 Oct 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	26 Sep 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	22 Sep 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	20 Sep 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	16 Sep 2013
ChrisE	Not Tried	14 Sep 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	29 Aug 2013
ChrisE	Not Tried	13 Aug 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	08 Aug 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	07 Aug 2013
Stephen Harris		25 Jul 2013	Low strength, high hop rate.
thebrewingman		17 Jun 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	15 Jun 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Jun 2013
Philip Pirrip		11 Jun 2013	Not so good a taste as on previous visit. Slight haze too
Philip Pirrip		06 Jun 2013	First rate. Amazing flavours from a low gravity job
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	24 May 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	26 Apr 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	12 Apr 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	06 Apr 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	01 Mar 2013
ChrisE	Not Tried	15 Feb 2013
Stephen Harris		14 Feb 2013	My current favourite of the Tap East range.
Stephen Harris		12 Feb 2013	This beer has an almost luminescent golden colour. Lovely hop taste.
Stephen Harris		18 Jan 2013	Pale, fresh and hoppy.
Stephen Harris		11 Jan 2013	I do like this one.
Stephen Harris		31 Dec 2012	Very good and hoppy. Everything yesterday’s pint of Hophead was not.
ChrisE	Not Tried	26 Dec 2012
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	26 Dec 2012
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	26 Dec 2012	A Russian lady tried this but her Lithuanian friend went for the 3 Shades without hesitation
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	17 Dec 2012
Stephen Harris		12 Dec 2012	Full-flavoured (as in very hoppy), low strength beer – yellow/gold in colour. This cask dry-hopped with Citra, so quite sharp.

Catford Constitutional Club, Catford, Greater London

The White Swan, Charlton, Greater London

The Parcel Yard, King's Cross / St Pancras, Central London

SIBA South East Beer Festival 2014, Tonbridge, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
oz11		12 Jul 2014

Red Lion, Leytonstone, Greater London

The Rake, Southwark, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Martin the Mildman		15 Jan 2013	Very pale light ale with a good fruity hop character and a fruity but bitter finish. My score 15/20.