Tonbridge India Pale Ale
| The Chapel | Broadstairs, Kent | 04 Apr 2026 |
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| The Door Hinge | Welling, Greater London | 06 Mar 2026 |
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| The Long Pond | Eltham, Greater London | 29 Nov 2025 |
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| The River Ale House | East Greenwich, Greater London | 17 Jun 2025 |
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| The Furze Wren | Bexleyheath, Greater London | 27 Jan 2025 |
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| Ale House in the Middle of our Street (formerly NauticAles) | Ramsgate, Kent | 04 Aug 2024 |
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| Larkins' Alehouse | Cranbrook, Kent | 23 Nov 2019 |
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| The Lanes | Dover, Kent | 12 Jan 2019 |
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| The Real Ale Way | Hayes (SE London), Greater London | 01 Aug 2018 |
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| Bake & Alehouse | Westgate-on-Sea, Kent | 26 Jul 2017 |
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| Furlongs Ale House | Faversham, Kent | 20 Jul 2017 |
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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.
The Chapel, Broadstairs, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Hogan Sampling |  | 04 Apr 2026 | Very good head and lacing and lasting all the way on this golden IPA from Kent’s East Peckham, north-east of Tonbridge and directly north of Paddock Wood. A dry fruited first hit with fruit, herb and spice all clamouring over my taste buds. A hoppy fruitiness rising from its Kent-grown Target and Epic hops with citrus and hard fruits in the flavours. A biscuity maltiness winning over with hints of caramel. A dry hoppy fruitiness sailing out from being dry-hopped with English Cascade for added potency and all aided by its live yeast originating from the historic Barclay Perkins brewery in Southwark*. Served in very good nick. *The Barclay Perkins Brewery, also known as the Anchor Brewery, in Southwark, London, was once the largest brewery in the world as located over a massive 12-acre site between Southwark Bridge and London Bridge. By 1809, it produced over 260,000 barrels each year. In 1955 the brewery merged with Courage, production ceased in the 1970s and most of its buildings were demolished in 1981. But its yeast lives on as does this former the brewery's tap dating from the early 1800s, and now called the Anchor and owned by Greene King and located at Bankside, neighbouring the replica of Shakespeare's Globe. |
| Hogan Sampling | Not Tried | 02 Aug 2025 | |
| Hogan Sampling | Not Tried | 12 Jul 2025 | |
The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
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| Philip Pirrip |  | 06 Mar 2026 | First rate condition |
The Long Pond, Eltham, Greater London
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| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 29 Nov 2025 | Badged today for some reason as Long Pond Special! |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 25 Sep 2025 | |
| Philip Pirrip | | 02 Aug 2025 | Foaming head, great lacing and flavour |
| Philip Pirrip | | 01 Feb 2025 | Full of flavour |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 05 Nov 2024 | |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 02 Aug 2024 | |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 08 Feb 2022 | |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 31 May 2019 | |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 27 Apr 2019 | |
| Philip Pirrip | | 05 Aug 2017 | Lovely full bodied ale, best of this version I have had to date. Punching above its abv |
| Philip Pirrip |  | 02 Nov 2016 | Rather sour bitterness and needed more condition |
The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London
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| Hogan Sampling | | 17 Jun 2025 | Third night on for this India Pale Ale from East Peckham, north-east of Tonbridge, and not now holding its head and lacing and so needed a decant or two from the start but this little helped. A moreishly dry oily first hit. A pleasant fruity hoppiness rising up and a hoppy dryness lasting. |
| Philip Pirrip | | 16 Jun 2025 | Served with a good head |
| Philip Pirrip | | 15 Jun 2025 | Best of the evening by far. Good condition |
| Philip Pirrip | | 29 Apr 2025 | On a few days and all condition now lost |
| Hogan Sampling | | 29 Apr 2025 | Reasonable head and lacing to start with on this Tonbridge IPA from East Peckham in Kent and now on its fourth day. A dry oily first hit. A hoppy kick in the mouthfeel from those fruit-based infusions in the hops and a dryness living on. |
| Hogan Sampling | Not Tried | 27 Apr 2025 | |
| Philip Pirrip | | 27 Apr 2025 | One of the best Tonbridge pints I have had in a long time |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 12 Sep 2024 | |
| Hogan Sampling | | 12 Sep 2024 | Good head. Hits you on first sip with applely crispness and leaves you with a lingering dry bitterness. |
| Philip Pirrip | | 09 Dec 2019 | Cask fresh on today |
| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 24 Dec 2018 | |
| Philip Pirrip | | 23 Dec 2018 | |
The Furze Wren, Bexleyheath, Greater London
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| Philip Pirrip | | 27 Jan 2025 | Fobbed intensely on pulling. Crystal clear |
Ale House in the Middle of our Street (formerly NauticAles), Ramsgate, Kent
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| Dosser | | 04 Aug 2024 | |
Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent
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| Wittenden | | 23 Nov 2019 | Oat straw.Hoppy aroma,herbal,spicy.Bitter.Perhaps a strong Bitter. |
The Lanes, Dover, Kent
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| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 12 Jan 2019 | |
| Jack William | | 09 Jan 2019 | Superb beer in top condition. |
The Real Ale Way, Hayes (SE London), Greater London
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| Philip Pirrip | Not Tried | 01 Aug 2018 | |
Bake & Alehouse, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
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| Dosser | | 26 Jul 2017 | Quite cold but perfectly acceptable. Flattish. Not my sort of beer.
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Furlongs Ale House, Faversham, Kent
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| Philip Pirrip | | 20 Jul 2017 | Good full bodied with a bite |
4.80% ABV.
We have tried this beer 21 times.
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