Tap East

Brewpub in Stratford, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Tap East

Established in 2011

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7 International Square, Westfield Stratford City, Montfichet Road, Olympic Park, Stratford, E20 1EE, England
Description
Tap East opened its doors for the first time in 2011 several years before the explosion of breweries across the UK that would happen later in the decade. Having run a successful wholesale business, along side the Rake in Borough market for a number of years, Mike Hill and Richard Dinwoodie were approached by Westfield about the possibility of opening a brewpub in their new site next to the Olympic park in Stratford which they accepted and after several months, lots of building work, and a brewery being shipped down from Cumbria , Tap East was born.

Today the bar offers a welcome respite from the mono-culture of chain stores that populate much of the rest of the centre, while beers produced on site have won a number of awards over the years.

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Ealing beer festival 2019. A clouded yellow straw coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is doughy wheat, spicy citrus, lemon rind, pineapple, soft, wheat. Pineapple, little smoke little coconut.. Palate is semi sweet grainy, tangy apple, low carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2019 at 17:59


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Rake, 16/04/19. Clear golden blonde with a white head. Nose is tangerine, light pine, melon, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises soft breads, apricot, juicy citric peel, melon, light pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness. Decent session gear.

Tried on 16 Jun 2019 at 16:46


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Rake, 16/04/19. Very lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is tangerine, grass, toasted malts, melon. Taste comprises mixed tropical fruits, papaya, orange peel, melon, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness. Decent enough IPA … reckon I've ignored this a few times presuming I'd had it !

Tried on 16 Jun 2019 at 16:43


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Tap East, Stratford. Golden colour, white foam head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of citrus hop. Taste is malt, biscuity with citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry light bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2019 at 11:23


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Tried on 16 Apr 2019 at 19:49


6

Sweet, smoked, decent

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2019 at 17:04


6

Grainy, watery, herbal

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2019 at 16:14


6

Caramel, mild hops, malty

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2019 at 16:04


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Gallows Bird Real Ale Festival 2019) The beer poured amber and lightly hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had citricness and lemon. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, citricness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A pleasant hoppy brew.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2019 at 15:44


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask @ Gallows bird, brextival 2019. Poured deep golden in color. Citrusy, zesty, grapefruity, tad of sweetness. Nice hops, nice bitterness. Grapefruity, zesty with a bite.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2019 at 14:59