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Clapham Tap (formerly Craft Beer Co.) (Ei Group (formerly Enterprise Inns))

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Beavertown - Bloody 'ellExceptional1
Brixton - Sorrel EffraExcellent2
Cromarty - Hop your CherryExcellent1
Salamander - Resistance is FutileExcellent1
By The Horns - Gift of the GabExcellent1
Blackjack - Small SaisonExcellent1
Dark Star - Craft StarExcellent1
Redemption - Mango Pale AleExcellent2
Kent - Simcoe CascadeExcellent1
Five Towns - Day at the RacesExcellent1
Atom - BunsenExcellent1
Atom - Blending Room Series:01Excellent1
Three Friends - Dry Hopped MotuekaExcellent1
Weird Beard - Boring Brown BeerExcellent1
Saltaire - Smoked PorterExcellent1
Brew By Numbers - 11/02 Session IPA: Motueka & CentennialExcellent1
Tiny Rebel - One Inch PunchExcellent1
Anspach & Hobday - The Smoked BrownExcellent1
Anspach & Hobday - The PorterNot Tried0
Partizan - Metric PorterNot Tried0
Kernel (The Kernel) - Brown AleNot Tried0

Visits Details

03 Apr 2014 (thebrewingman)
Craft 100 beer festival with 100 beers, cask and keg. £3 a glass (non refundable) but most cask beers reasonably priced (for London). Glasses were oversized and available in halves or pints. Comfortable on Thursday afternoon. I have only listed those I had.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Anspach & Hobday - The Smoked Brown6.00Excellent
Salamander - Resistance is Futile4.00Excellent
Brixton - Sorrel Effra4.50Excellent
Redemption - Mango Pale Ale3.50Excellent
Dark Star - Craft Star4.00ExcellentSpecially brewed for the Craft Festival.
Five Towns - Day at the Races3.90Excellent
Three Friends - Dry Hopped Motueka3.90Excellent
Tiny Rebel - One Inch Punch3.90Excellent
Cromarty - Hop your Cherry4.00Excellent
Blackjack - Small Saison4.50Excellent
Kent - Simcoe Cascade4.50Excellent
Atom - Blending Room Series:014.20Excellent
Saltaire - Smoked Porter6.00Excellent
03 Apr 2014 (Stephen Harris)
First day of the Craft 100 Beer Festival, with all 100 beers available either on the bar or from a large stillage in the rear yard. 90%-plus are in cask-conditioned format. The beer list is outstanding; I’m struggling to remember a better list for a pub festival, and I’ve been to a few. Three of Bermondsey’s breweries (Anspach & Hobday, Brew by Numbers, Partizan) have beers here in cask format for the first time. I list just those beers I drank, plus a couple of additional London cask beers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Beavertown - Bloody 'ell7.20ExceptionalThe bottled version of this blood orange-infused IPA was probably my favourite beer of 2013. Fabulous to find a cask version it here.
Brew By Numbers - 11/02 Session IPA: Motueka & Centennial4.30ExcellentCloudy orange/amber in colour. The BBN style works well in cask format. Massively hoppy.
Brixton - Sorrel Effra4.50ExcellentA special edition of the Effra Ale, with a substantial amount of sorrel, giving a very fruity and herbal pint.
By The Horns - Gift of the Gab5.90ExcellentA black, “nourishing” milk stout with a sweetish edge.
Redemption - Mango Pale Ale3.50ExcellentMore than just a hint of mango in this delightfully fruity beer.
Atom - Bunsen5.00ExcellentIn the American Brown Ale style, with plenty of hop flavours.
Weird Beard - Boring Brown Beer8.20ExcellentAt this strength, anything but boring.
Anspach & Hobday - The Smoked Brown6.00Not Tried
Anspach & Hobday - The Porter6.70Not Tried
Partizan - Metric Porter11.30Not TriedAt £7 for a half, I gave this one a miss.
Kernel (The Kernel) - Brown Ale6.00Not Tried

About the Clapham Tap (formerly Craft Beer Co.)

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent19
Good-
Acceptable-
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Website.

The pub is found in Clapham, Greater London, SW4 6ED.

In Clapham Manor Street, originally the Manor Arms, this addition to the Craft Beer Co. chain opened in early 2014. Effectively split into two bars, right and left of the bar counter. It has a small front garden and a larger rear yard. Closed by Craft Beer Co. then relaunched under new name The Clapham Tap and opened in August 2017. Six handpumps.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 21 different beers and tried 18 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SW4 6ED