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Meantime India Pale Ale 3.5 463

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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4633.51/5.03.5/5.07.5%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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 BückDich (4856), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 7, 2008  
Bottle (Gusher): Pours a hazy orange color with huge bubbly head. The nose is woody with a spicy orange and grassy noble hop forward character. The flavor is strong with carbonation with a light caramel and malt note. Subtle hop flavors, more about the twang than the thang. Not worth the price IMO.


 chriso (4852), London, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 28, 2006    Updated: Mar 14, 2006
On tap at the White Horse, Parsons Green. Clean, coppery colour with a scant off-white head. Dry and fairly hoppy. There’s lots of lemony citrus here but it also heads in the earthy, dusty UK hop direction (as one might expect from the ingredients), not the resinous US style. So I guess it must be an authentic British IPA. Rather smooth and not as assertive as a modern US IPA. Which is not a criticism, just an observation. But I think I would have preferred something a bit more aromatic. Still a classy beer and full marks to Meantime for accepting the challenge.


 Tmoney99 (4809), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/515/20
Nov 24, 2006  
Corked bottle from Whole Fodds, Sarasota, FL. Poured cloudy amber color with an average frothy white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate tart citrus aroma. Medium body. Medium bitter flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable beer.


 anders37 (4796), Malmö, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 18, 2005  
Hazy orange colour. Thick longlasting white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma and hints of pine. Bitter hoppy flavor. Some bitter resin finish. A nice IPA.


 maeib (4779), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jun 27, 2006  
Bottled. An orange coloured beer with a thin white head. The aroma is resiny hops with a little wood and a little soapiness. The taste is very good bittering hops. Tasty and a very long finish. Not really the best types of hop for this type of beer but a really good beeer and it’s an English brewer!!


 leaparsons (4759), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 18, 2006  
Bottle. Amber/gold with an off-white head. Aromas are lemon and tea with dry biscuit and lots of peppery, yet not so bitter, hops. Quite earthy. Flavours are dry biscuit and tea with vanilla and cream notes. Also has apple and pear fruitiness with citrus coming through towards the finish. Very hoppy but not especially bitter or aggressive, which is welcome to be honest. Hops are slightly sweet and earthy with lots of pepper. Prickly on the finish with a fairly long aftertaste. Very nice.


 ChristianScheffel (4689), Odense, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 12, 2009  
Cloudy golden ith a lasting white head. Aroma of grainy malt, with fruits, citrus and grassy hops. Dry and mostly grassy hop flavour, quite bitter


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Dec 13, 2005  
Bottle from Total Wine, Cary. Pours hazy gold with little head. Aroma of fruity, hopcitric, feety hops. The taste is bready malty hoppy, biscuity, with some fruit and more piney hops. Very hoppy, with a fruity piney element.



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