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Meantime India Pale Ale

Meantime India Pale Ale - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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 Percentile 
88
overall
Brewed by Meantime
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

London, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4553.51/5.03.5/5.07.5%76.8Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned. Alsos available on keg.
Meantime are Britain's only brewers of authentic India Pale Ale. Small batch production allows us to apply the attention to detail and care we require to produce an authentic IPA especially for you. Pound upon pound of Fuggles & Goldings hops are needed to enable us to achieve the dry hopping rates necessary to recreate this great beer style. Enjoy with hot foods and spicy friends, or vice versa.
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 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
May 4, 2008  
750ml bottle. Pours cloudy amber in color with thin white head. Aroma sweet, grapes and floral hops. Taste yeasty, malty and light citrus hops with bitter finish.


 renffisch (500), london, Greater London, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Apr 30, 2008  
75cl bottle at the brewery. The Daddy! as they called it at the meantime brewery. And yes it does live up to its name. clear gold in colour with a fine white head. this is a bottle of most excellent "hop wine"! Citric flowery, herby hop nose. Sweet start bitter finish in taste all from orange to marzipan x


 wingman333 (233), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Apr 29, 2008  
A cloudy IPA. Not extremely bitter like the American interpretations. The authentic character is appealing. The first two pours differed greatly from the last one, with the sediment and yeast. Fizzy. Alcohol nicely hidden. If you prefer the imperial IPAs this is a diversion.


 jefcon (997), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Pours a scintillating hazy golden orange color. Oranges, apricots, lemon, herbs and dry coffee waft up to the nose. Yeast on the nose and in the bitter greeting to the tongue. Good carbonation, smooth, creamy character. The best flavors are on the finish, where the cakey malts and savory hops finally all mellow in together. Really a great treatment of the IPA.


 albertane (376), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Apr 27, 2008  
This is one of the most enjoyable bottled British India Pale Ales on the market which is true to style. It’s full of citrus flavours with a some grass and a nice boozy kick in the very bitter finish. This goes very well with Asian food or just for sipping of an evening.


 yalnikim (776), Wellington, New Zealand
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Tasted 25/04/2008. 750ml bottle from Rumble’s, Wellington. Pale gold with a white head that fades and laces slightly. Huge floral nose, rose water, with a hint of spice, autumn fruit and earthiness. Very slight banana ester underneath, which appeals to me. A little minerality. Sweet pale malt up front, viscous, soflty carbonated. Very big oily hop flavour - more floral notes, with a little dose of stonefruit. Long hoppy finish, with the oily character, and a lick of spice, quite prominent for 30 seconds, perhaps longer, after I’ve swallowed. Sneaky alcohol begins creeping up on you after a few sips. A little sweeter than I would have liked but an excellent beer. Great hops!


 Lothore (276), California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 26, 2008  
A- Pours a clear, golden yellow with a massive, fizzy head which leaves tons of lacing as it slowly fades. S- Smell is very grapefruity, yeasty with some barnyard funk, almost saisonesque. T- Tastes is soft and citrusey up front which leads to a bitterness which creeps into the mouth more and more until its majestic peak. M- Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation. D- Very drinkable/sessionable. This one definitely hit me by suprise. I might have to seek it out again.


 steview (901), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Apr 25, 2008  
hazy golden copper ale, nice frothy head that likes to linger for awhile; floral, low acidity citrus aroma; somewhat chunky palate that doesn’t cloy, but knows it has a lot; the flavor is alright, with a dirty mineral water quality--not bad, actually quite good, but not what i want in my West Coast IPA :o)



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