Tap East (Utobeer)
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Chris Excell
Visits Details
18 Feb 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Farewell drinks before setting off on a little holiday.
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 |  | Tasted very clean after the previous beer. | 
| Tapstone - Kush Kingdom | 5.00 |  | Unfiltered and unfined to the point that it is a bit thick and yeasty.  Golden and in a fruity IPA style. | 
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - JPB (Jonny Park Bitter) | 4.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Dark Star - Antares | 4.20 | Not Tried |  | 
15 Feb 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Post-shopping visit and rather quiet in here tonight.  I seem to have failed to write up a couple of recent visits.
| Northern Monk - Faith | 5.10 |  | I thought this was really good and stuck with it.  A golden beer, probably in the style of a US Pale Ale.  Not sharp at all, but smooth and fruity with peach and apricot tastes. | 
| Tap East - Coffee in the Morning (has been 5.7% too) | 5.60 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - IPA | 6.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Vocation - Heart & Soul | 4.40 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tapstone - Sea Monster | 4.20 | Not Tried |  | 
05 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening quick pint before launching off into Kent.
| Tap East - IPA | 6.00 |  | A tad hazy | 
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Northern Monk - True North | 3.70 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - JPB (Jonny Park Bitter) | 4.00 | Not Tried |  | 
03 Feb 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Mid-evening.  Wednesday is LP night here and I’m just in time to listen to Wishbone Ash’s classic ‘Argus’ album.
| Tap East - IPA | 6.00 |  | Still a favourite of mine. | 
| Vocation - Pride & Joy | 5.30 |  | A ‘limited edition’ special version of this beer, single-hopped with Mozaic.  Sharply-fruity hop tastes.  No wonder there has been a shortage of Mozaic hops – they are all in here. | 
| Oakham - Bird Brain | 4.10 |  | Another deliciously pale and hoppy beer. | 
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - JPB (Jonny Park Bitter) | 4.00 | Not Tried |  | 
30 Jan 2016 (ChrisE)
Saturday evening and busy, and ideal waiting room for Stratford International Station.
| Tap East - A.P.A. (American Pale Ale) | 4.30 |  |  | 
| Orkney (Sinclair) - Dark Island | 4.60 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Oakham - Mompesson's Gold | 5.20 | Not Tried |  | 
13 Jan 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Early to mid-evening and not too crowded.
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 |  | A good refresher to start with. | 
| Wild Beer Co. - Millionaire | 4.70 |  | A serious beer to savour slowly.  Salted caramel tastes. | 
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried |  | 
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Coffee in the Morning (has been 5.7% too) | 5.60 | Not Tried |  | 
06 Jan 2016 (ChrisE)
Just time for a pint before catching a train home, I chatted with a customer at the bar about the Conqueror at Ramsgate.
| Tap East - East End Mild | 3.50 |  |  | 
| Oakham - Inferno | 4.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Oakham - Attila | 7.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tri-State | 5.80 | Not Tried |  | 
| Vocation - Cloak & Dagger | 5.90 | Not Tried |  | 
31 Dec 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening visit, the bar well-populated at this time.
| Tap East - Tri-State | 5.80 |  | A generously-hopped red/brown beer. | 
| Budvar - B: Dark Cherry | 4.50 |  | On keg dispense.  My last beer of the year and one I’d been eyeing up over several visits.  Very dark brown with a reddish tinge.  Very strongly cherry flavoured on a solid malt background.  Morello-type cherries.  Nice. | 
| Ghost - Kylo | 4.40 |  | An Earl Grey and vanilla flavoured Porter.  Black, with a tan head.  The expected tastes are there, but I found it dominated by a very bitter finish and a bit lacking in body. | 
| Tap East - Coffee in the Morning (has been 5.7% too) | 5.60 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - A.P.A. (American Pale Ale) | 4.30 | Not Tried |  | 
| Burning Sky - Aurora | 5.60 | Not Tried |  | 
| Vocation - Pride & Joy | 5.30 | Not Tried |  | 
27 Dec 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Late afternoon.  There is a frantic frenzy of post-Christmas panic-shopping going on just inches away, but it is relative calm in here.  Chance meeting with Dave from Peterborough who passes through briefly.
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 |  | Yummy, and rather more balanced that the Brodies Citra I drank yesterday. | 
| Tap East - IPA | 6.00 |  | I’m quite a fan of this beer. | 
| Titanic - Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Coffee in the Morning (has been 5.7% too) | 5.60 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Burning Sky - Porter | 4.80 | Not Tried |  | 
18 Dec 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Busy Friday evening session.
| London Brewing Co. - Salmiaki Shotgun | 4.90 |  | Just the sort of thing the craft beer movement is all about.  An experimental collaboration beer with Mad Hatter Brewing.  It is described as a Salted Liquorice Stout.  Black and thick, salty, caramel-flavours, liquorice and roast barley. | 
| Tap East - Cherry Porter | 6.00 |  |  | 
| London Brewing Co. - Extra! Extra! | 4.10 |  | Very pleasant, sharp and crisp Pale Ale. | 
| Vocation - Pride & Joy | 5.30 |  | Pale.  Bitter, lemon-peel flavours. | 
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tonic Ale | 3.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - IPA | 6.00 | Not Tried |  | 
| Tap East - Tri-State | 5.80 | Not Tried |  | 
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