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Craft Beer Co. (Craft Beer Company)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Dancing Duck - Waddle it be? |  | 1 |
| Dark Star - Rockhead | | 1 |
| Fyne - Lemeringue | | 1 |
| Fyne - Lismore | | 1 |
| Fyne - Ragnarök | | 1 |
| Fyne - The Cardinal. | | 1 |
| Hawkshead - ITI (little NZPA) | | 1 |
| Partizan - X Ale | | 1 |
| Rooster's - Yardstick | | 1 |
| Salopian - Choir Porter | | 1 |
| Salopian - Kashmir | | 1 |
| Salopian - Spiral | | 1 |
| Saltaire - Hop #256 | | 1 |
| Tiny Rebel - Cwtch | | 1 |
| Tyne Bank - Simcoe Dollar | | 1 |
| Blackjack - Stout |  | 1 |
| Brewster's - Decadence | | 1 |
| Brewster's - Hop a Doodle Doo | | 1 |
| Fat Cat - Marmalade Cat | | 1 |
| Salopian - Propaganda | | 1 |
| Elgood's - Golden Newt |  | 1 |
| Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Thriller Rare Cappuccino Porter | | 1 |
| Neptune - Big Sur |  | 1 |
| Blackjack - Four of a Kind | Not Tried | 0 |
| Blackjack - The Pokies | Not Tried | 0 |
| Blackjack - The River | Not Tried | 0 |
| Boggart - Rum Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Dancing Duck - Amberillo | Not Tried | 0 |
| Dancing Duck - dcuk | Not Tried | 0 |
| Dark Star - Green Hopped IPA | Not Tried | 0 |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - CHA | Not Tried | 0 |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - HAL | Not Tried | 0 |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - HOP | Not Tried | 0 |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - SUP | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fyne - Hurricane Jack | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fyne - Piper's Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fyne - Richard Benson | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fyne - Vital Spark | Not Tried | 0 |
| Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Gun - Velo Dog | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Clerkenwell Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Craft Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Craft Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Craft Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Enigma | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marble - Chocolate Marble | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marble - Pint (was 3.9%) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Neptune - Equinox IPA | Not Tried | 0 |
| Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Hedge Monkey | Not Tried | 0 |
| Rooster's - Astro | Not Tried | 0 |
| Rooster's - Baby-Faced Assassin | Not Tried | 0 |
| Rooster's - Buckeye | Not Tried | 0 |
| Rooster's - Cream | Not Tried | 0 |
| Salopian - Golden Thread | Not Tried | 0 |
| Salopian - Polygraph | Not Tried | 0 |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Lord Marples | Not Tried | 0 |
Stephen Harris
Visits Details
16 Jul 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Early Monday evening and there is a limited cask beer range available as a nod to the hot weather. It should have been even more limited if my pint was anything to go on.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune - Big Sur | 4.50 | | A hazy, amber-coloured beer that, I assume, is an APA. I was so cross that my request for a top-up of a short measure had been ignored that I didn’t immediately notice what poor condition this was in. I didn’t finish the pint. |
| Kent - Clerkenwell Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Neptune - Equinox IPA | 5.20 | Not Tried |
10 Jan 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fyne - The Cardinal. | 4.50 | | Deep red in colour, bordering on brown. Burnt caramel malt base with tropical fruit-type hops on top. Long, bitter finish. |
| Fat Cat - Marmalade Cat | 5.50 | | A heavy, sticky, bitter, orangey beer. |
| Fyne - Vital Spark | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Clerkenwell Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Green Hopped IPA | 6.50 | Not Tried |
22 Nov 2016 (Stephen Harris)
A Euostar train got me into London just too late to be able to attend tonight’s Leyton Orient match. Normally I would consider this a disaster, but in present circumstances I should probably be pleased not to have been there. I holed up in here in the warm instead to follow the game on Twitter.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salopian - Choir Porter | 4.50 | | An excellent, rich, black, smooth Porter. |
| Salopian - Propaganda | 5.00 | | Golden. A strong Pale Ale with citrus hop flavours. |
| Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Thriller Rare Cappuccino Porter | 5.00 | | A black Porter, very heavily flavoured with coffee. Too heavily for me. |
| Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Hedge Monkey | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Pale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale Ale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Gun - Velo Dog | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Salopian - Polygraph | 7.40 | Not Tried |
01 Nov 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening and not crowded.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salopian - Kashmir | 5.50 | | Golden. A heavy and thick IPA with nice fruity hop flavours. |
| Salopian - Spiral | 4.00 | | A full-bodied Golden Ale with fruity and piney hop flavours. |
| Hawkshead - ITI (little NZPA) | 3.50 | | Exceptionally pale. Nice hop aroma and bags of hop flavours with a long, bitter finish. Decent body too for its strength. |
| Salopian - Golden Thread | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - SUP | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Salopian - Choir Porter | 4.50 | Not Tried |
25 Oct 2016 (Stephen Harris)
A nice, relaxed feeling in here tonight; too early in the week for much City excess.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltaire - Hop #256 | 5.00 | | A golden beer featuring a new hop variety that does not yet have a name. It delivers a big, bitter hop hit that is both citrusy and quite earthy. |
| Dancing Duck - Waddle it be? | 4.50 | | Very pale. Hop-filled. Dry and bitter. |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Lord Marples | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Enigma | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - HOP | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Dancing Duck - dcuk | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - HAL | 4.80 | Not Tried |
31 May 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Ground floor bar busy after work, but tables available in the pleasant cellar bar.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fyne - Lismore | 5.10 | | A golden, hoppy beer. Somewhere between a Blonde and an IPA in style. |
| Partizan - X Ale | 5.70 | | Very pleased to find this beer here on cask. It is a red/brown coloured Bitter based upon a 1915 Courage Brewery recipe and dry-hopped with Cluster. As good a Best Bitter as you will find. |
| Fyne - Piper's Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Blackjack - The River | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Blackjack - The Pokies | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Blackjack - Four of a Kind | 6.20 | Not Tried |
09 Mar 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Mid to late evening, busy throughout. Some sort of Roosters Brewery thing going on it seems.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Rebel - Cwtch | 4.60 | | I couldn’t resist this great beer. It’s not often that my taste buds are in tune with those of the GBBF Champion Beer of Britain judges, but this year they are. Great fresh hop tastes cutting through sweet sticky malt. Could have stuck with this all evening. |
| Rooster's - Yardstick | 3.70 | | Golden in colour. A very nice, hop-forward Pale Ale, or Session IPA or whatever these type of beers are called this week. |
| Blackjack - Stout | 5.00 | | A rich, dark, dry, roasty Stout. |
| Rooster's - Cream | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Rooster's - Astro | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Rooster's - Buckeye | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
| Rooster's - Baby-Faced Assassin | 6.10 | Not Tried |
02 Dec 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening visit, sat in the downstairs area with Robert S – meanwhile the ground floor bar became very busy indeed.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Star - Rockhead | 6.00 | | Dark Star don’t do things by halves and this is a really good, strong, flavourful American Brown Ale. |
| Brewster's - Hop a Doodle Doo | 4.30 | | A very-nice, copper-coloured, full-bodied Bitter with significant hop content. |
| Brewster's - Decadence | 4.40 | | Golden, dry-ish and hoppy. A bit hazy, giving a slight yeasty edge to the taste. |
| Boggart - Rum Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Marble - Chocolate Marble | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Craft Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Dancing Duck - Amberillo | 4.50 | Not Tried | Ran out. |
| Fyne - Richard Benson | 5.00 | Not Tried |
25 Nov 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Re-opened for around three weeks now, this pub brings the ‘Craft’ concept into the City of London. Very much a City Boy clientele tonight (for whom you can charge pretty much any price you like for the beer – they don’t care) but they are not over-powering. Two more beers were available, but it was difficult to read the pumpclips in the dim light.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyne Bank - Simcoe Dollar | 5.00 | | Just what the doctor ordered. A crisp, amber-coloured pint with strong, bitter hop flavours. |
| Fyne - Lemeringue | 4.20 | | Described as a ‘Lemon Meringue Golden Stout’. It is, um, chocolaty, pale and, er, lemony, and tastes a bit of meringue. Either the brewers at Fyne are completely bonkers or they are geniuses. |
| Fyne - Ragnarök | 7.40 | | A very strong, souped-up version of the Fyne Brewery’s excellent Jarl IPA. |
| Marble - Pint (was 3.9%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Fyne - Hurricane Jack | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| First Chop Brewing Arm - CHA | 5.00 | Not Tried |
09 Jul 2013 (Stephen Harris)
I knew nothing of this place until it appeared as the venue for tonight’s CAMRA Branch meeting, which took place in the downstairs room. Unfortunately there had been some sort of mix up and they were not expecting us – so just one firkin of beer to split between 20 thirsty members.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgood's - Golden Newt | 4.10 | | Refreshing enough but served a little green, with the full flavour not really developed. |
About the Craft Beer Co.
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 15 |
| 5 |
| 2 |
| 1 |
The pub is found in Aldgate, Central London, EC3A 5BZ.
Established in the 1980s, initially as a ‘Gentleman’s Club’, this small pub is tucked away in a side street Mitre Street, close to Aldgate pump. It traded until 2015 as the Trident Bar & Restaurant, with one or two real ales sold on gravity dispense. Re-opened in November 2015 as the latest addition to the Craft Beer Co. chain. Has a small ground floor room with a public bar feel and a more-comfortable downstairs Lounge. Nice breweriana adorns the walls.
We have visited this pub 10 times, seen 55 different beers and tried 23 of them.
Postcode: EC3A 5BZ