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Meantime India Pale Ale

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

London, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4563.51/5.03.5/5.07.5%77.1Shaker, Tulip
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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 Allen (1339), Switzerland
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
May 11, 2009  
Bottled 75cl. It pours a pale light amber beer with a small head. A huge amount of hops, coconut, cinnamon, banana and coriander in the nose. Grassy. Very sweet taste. Low bitterness. A lot of crystalline sugar showing up. Notes of blackcurrant, coconut, crackers and orange. Nice lacework. Faintly metallic. Residual sugars in the finish. Atypical and dissapointing.


 The Etruscan (306), Tuscany, Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 25, 2009  
White foamy head. Amber colour. Aroma is moderately malty with hoppy and light fruits (prunes), vanilla and caramel notes. Flavor is moderately malty with caramel, nectarine and hoppy tones, ending in a bitter, slightly fruity and wooden finish. Medium bodied.


 mgermani (864), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Apr 24, 2009  
Pours a golden copper with a lasting thin layer of velvety foam and nice lacing. Very sweet malt aroma with strong notes of Goldings. Very agreeable taste - sweet malt with nice intrusive hops, ends on an almost tart note, vaguely sweet anglo-hop finish. Good carbonation, creamy body right down to the last sip. Very quaffable, odd tartness adds a unique twist.


joshschneider (6), Chicago, Illinois, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Great presentation with a unique bottle and name. Plenty of hops with a clean finish. I have some work to get done but in the "Meantime" I’m gonna have a beer.


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Cask at standing order (JDW) in ’Spoons Real Ale Festival, April ’09 ... hazy amber ... sweet pine hop ... bright hop .nose.. fruity ... little sweet pine resins ...


 berkshirejohn (1802), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 15, 2009  
750ml bottle from Sainsburys. Opened with a slight pop; poured bright amber with a rapidly dissipating off-white head. Aroma of leafy hops, caramel and some summer fruit. Rich and buttery in the mouth, with chewy malts, juicy fruit and a deep underlying bitterness. Slight burn to the finish, but otherwise an excellent, well-balanced beer.


 DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Nose has a fresh, leafy hops combined with a decent level of fine malt, hazy apricot, tiny off-white head, looks almost like a cask ale. Flavour is again a good amount of lovely malt, plenty of fresh hops doing their thing, some underlying orange here also. Very well balanced, medium bodied, lucious mouthfeel, abv un-noticed. Great!


 trapez (791), Hilleroed, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Bottle. <weak hops aroma. Golden amber colour with white head. Dry flavour with well balanced hops. Bitter aftertaste as expected.



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