India Pale Ale - Meantime Brewing Company Limited

kylehay2004

Florida

3.88/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: 1.5 finger head on a murky crimson with copper and golden hued body. decent lacing.

S: very sweet with pineapple, candied oranges, and slightly herbal/floral notes.

T: malt forward but not overdone. citrus sweetness from candied oranges, light pear and grapefruit. mild earthy hops and honey.

M: medium body and moderate carbonation.

Overall: not a bad IPA. Fairly simple and not too memorable but very drinkable with a well hidden alcohol level considering the ABV.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2012 01:25:17 | More by kylehay2004

francisweizen

Australia

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

the color of light orange peel with a small head of slightly off white foma. Aromas are citrus and hop with some nice fresh baked bread malts as well. This one is not that hoppy for an IPA but for a British IPA it is quite hoppy. Very refreshing, zesty, and drinkable due to the smooth mouthfeel and snappy hop spice flavor. A goodie.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2008 03:56:28 | More by francisweizen

bark

Sweden

4.33/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Yet another “historical brew” from Meantime: According to the label, this ale is supposed to taste like the IPAs of the early 19th century.

The beer is bottle conditioned. The liquid is clear; the colour is medium dark brass. The finger thick head is off white. Almost no lacing.

The smell is loaded with hops (Goldings and Fuggles according to the label). Some sour-bitter flavours, mixed dried fruits and a hint of toffee.

The taste starts off with some wooden matured notes. Fruit candy. Bananas. Apricot brandy. Not as (alpha) bitter as I had expected. Lots and lots of fruits, some sweetness. Marzipan. But where’s the alcohol? The aftertaste is bitter with notes of fruit salad and sour-bitter candy. Figs. Raisins.

The carbonation is strong; the liquid as smooth as one could expect. The beer gives an peculiar fat mouthfeel.

A highly interesting and different IPA. I suspect that it might be even better off after a few years in the cellar.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2007 22:47:37 | More by bark

nickfl

Florida

3.8/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - A big, rocky head of off-white foam on a hazy, copper colored body. The head has good retention and leaves a nice ring of lace.

S - Lots of musty, spicy English hops and yeast. Background aromas of red apples and licorice.

T - Surprisingly bright and intense hop flavor up front with some citrus and pine notes. Fades to a more musty, English character in the middle. The finish is a combination of lingering British hops, light caramel malt, and substantial hop bitterness that more than balances any malt. Some tobacco like hop notes linger of the palate.

M - High carbonation, medium body, and a slightly sweet finish.

D - This is an interesting English IPA with a lot of hop character. The Belgian level of bottle conditioned carbonation is an unusual twist for the style, but it helps lift the somewhat sweet finish. Not a bad example of the style, but I still greatly prefer American hop character in my IPAs.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2009 03:30:15 | More by nickfl

tpd975

Florida

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Popped this baby at kickoff of the NFL season.

A: Pours a nice golden color with a big bubbly head that dies down nicely. There is some lacing left behind as the contents disappear.

S: Very nice floral hop aroma with an underlying malty biscuity sweetness.

T: Nice IPA, different than our versions here in the US, but good nonetheless. Citrus hops with a hint of jasmine dominate. There is a nice sweet malty back bone in the background that pulls this one all together. Nice brew man.

M: Full bodied yet creamy.

D: I shared this one but could have consumed the whole thing myself.

Overall: First time I have ever seen this beer and let me tell you the bottle is beautiful. It pops open with a bang and pours with charm. The taste is nice. Much different than the US versions of this brew, but very nice in its own right. It's very balanced, hopheads may be disappointed, but you have to give credit to how they really brought out the malts to compliment this one. I really like it and will buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2007 00:28:34 | More by tpd975

LilBeerDoctor

New York

3.35/5  rDev -15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Tria. Pours a yellow-orange with a thick white head. Aroma of mild citrus and grassy hops. Flavor of sweet malt, not really hoppy at all. Chill, ok, with a smooth palate. Decent, but it was not what I was expecting for an IPA.
7/4/6/4/14 (3.5/5)

Serving type: on-tap

01-11-2009 02:25:16 | More by LilBeerDoctor

dgilks

Australia

3.83/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a slightly hazy palish gold. Nice 2 finger head. Okay head retention.

Intense aroma. Honey sweet and floral. Some nice mandarin notes too.

The flavour disappoints a little. It is good but I expected a slightly less malt focused IPA. Generally good citrus flavours from American hops. It's tasty enough but the heavy malt focus detracts a bit for me.

Medium body and moderate carbonation lend a really good, creamy mouthfeel to this IPA.

On the whole this is a good, drinkable IPA. Unfortunately, it lacks the X-factor that makes an IPA great.

Serving type: on-tap

01-11-2010 00:42:41 | More by dgilks

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

one of the odd examples of an English ipa that tastes more like an American ipa, usually its the other way around, but this one is hop heavy without all the caramel malt sweetness. the pour has a nice reddish color to it, fairly hazy, with a few fingers of lasting khaki foam. the nose is big bold woody oily American hops, centennial maybe, maybe something else high alpha, but this has a real hop forwardness to it. the malts aren't really sweet at all, just biscuity in a supporting role. the flavor agrees with the smell, hops all the way. there is a nice citrus element to it, orange peel and a lot of bitterness in the finish. the alcohol is well hidden in taste, but you can certainly feel a big bottle of this. the yeast imparts an almost Belgian brightness to the mouthfeel. its effervescently carbonated, which is nice in a big ipa for once, and the body is fuller than medium but not filling or weighty. overall this is an exemplary beer, a whole lot better than meantimes coffee porter, and one that's actually pretty fairly priced at under 13 bucks for a 750ml. its worth all of that, a real treat where I honestly least expected it.

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 16:09:13 | More by StonedTrippin

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.51/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

750ml corked and caged bottle poured into tulip 9/5/13

A looks a little murky in a "burnt orange" (wife's description) body, seems that the color darkens towards the center of the glass, the slow gushing bottle only puts out a short lived finger of foam that leaves zero lace

S apple juice, lemon, biscuit, bleached white paper, and a heap of caramel apple and musty basement

T more lemon and musty basement, less caramel apple and more apple juice and its almost sour, thistle perhaps? has a green leafy aspect that almost reminds me of grass

M medium-full, low carbonation, no booze, but has a strange sour apple mixed with wet bread thing going on for the aftertaste

O even for an English style IPA I'm a little board, the apple popping up everywhere seems out of place and It's decent for what it is but I wouldn't go out of your way to drink it

I find it hard to rate styles I find boring and this ones a boring example of a boring stye. I'm board now for sure, time to go fire off bottle rockets towards the seniors home across the street.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 03:56:21 | More by wordemupg

champ103

Texas

3.28/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

A: Pours a deep golden/orange color. A huge white rocky head forms and rises to over two fingers. Chunks of lace are left down the pint glass.
S: Grassy, floral, and herbal tea like hop aromas. A light malt sweetness in the nose.
T: This is much sweeter that the nose. Pretty much cloying in that manner. A light floral hop bitterness.
M/D: A medium body and carbonation. A good creaminess. The heavy sweetness takes a toll on the drinkability. Though the high ABV is well hidden, but a 750 ml bottle is a bit much in one sitting.

An interesting counterpart to the overly bitter American hop bombs. This takes the style in the other direction. A bit to sweet IMO. I expect English IPA's to have a great balance between malt sweetness and hop bitterness. This does not. Though, as the history goes this is probably closer to the original IPA's made in England during the 1700's than anything else I have had.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2009 01:29:49 | More by champ103

GClarkage

California

4.68/5  rDev +18.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

11/02/07- Purchased at Draeger's in San Mateo, CA.

Presentation- 750ml bottle both caged and corked. Didn't recall seeing any fresness codes. Poured into my Duvel tulip.

Appearance- Light orange, off amber coloring. Fluffy and frothy sparkling white 3/4 inch head. Settles at a decent ring of froth. Leaves nice trails and patches of lacing.

Smell- Lots of hoppy goodness with more citrus notes than of pine and/or grapefruit. Seems like and orange-lemon combination. Sweet caramel malts as well in the nose.

Taste- Mmmm, very very well balanced. Nice orange hoppy flavor added with a nice sweet roasted malt makes for a terrific taste. A bit of biscuit, might even be just a touch more malty than hoppy. Tastes very fresh, especially in the hop dept.

Mouthfeel- Very brisk and biting carbonation level. A bit too much for me. Duvel-like in texture. Only drawback for me at least. Good bitter fruity aftertaste.

Drinkability- Seems more like a well balanced American made IPA than one of English style. Either way it's a great beer that is tops for me in English and one of the better ones under American. I've past this beer by several times because of the $10 price tag, but I will be returning again to try. Excellent job.

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2007 01:07:06 | More by GClarkage

drpimento

Wisconsin

4.28/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Wow! Great beer! Got this 750 ml cork finished bottle in Miami Beach a couple months ago. Poured with a big foamy frothy head and some lace. Hazy medium amber color. Nose was grassy, citrusy, a bit hoppy and malty. Nice and bitter on the tongue in the mouth that perfectly goes with the champagne carbonation. Great mouthfeel. Excellent beer. Nice change of pace from the amped American IPAs. A bit boozy warmth there. Good burps too. Finish leaves me smiling. Wot a beer. Wish I had more.

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2008 03:38:38 | More by drpimento

merlin48

Kentucky

4.18/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Very attractive, corked and caged, 750 ml bottle. Thanks to mntlover for bringing this one to our tasting on 11-05-2005.
Pours a mostly clear, orange marmalade body with a billowing, three finger offwhite head. The head becomes pitted and rocky, and immense lacing is spongy and clinging. Very impressive to behold.

Aroma features English hops that are really kicked up a few notches. Earthy and herbal, with some citrusy orange notes. Toffee and fresh baked bread lend a pleasant balance.

Mouthfeel is smooth and satiny, with a medium body and moderate carbonation.

Taste is a definite departure from most English IPAs, with plenty of toffee tasting maltiness, some citrusy lime and orange, and signature earthy and herbal Fuggles and Goldings hops. Bready and doughy most of the way through with a body full of toffee and molasses notes. Hop bitterness adds a crisp and bitter balance. No hint of the 7.5% abv.

Very likeable IPA that seems to be brewed for the hopped up American market. I will be looking for this one again.

Serving type: bottle

11-07-2005 12:00:16 | More by merlin48

Mebuzzard

Colorado

3.88/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a slightly hazy off orange, amber body with a good fluffy head. This thing kept growing. Became chunky in the middle and laced around the edge.
Smell of dry malt, some sugary biscuit and stale apples. the yeast seems to be more present than usual.
Taste: Nice bitter nose with some orange peel, raisin and light glazed donut. The hops are the nice English bitter types, not much citrus. Some hints of nut.
The bite I like in IPAs isn't there as much as I'd like. Almost a bit too creamy, and too sweet.
As it warmed it became harder to drink. Maybe I should have drank faster.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2006 18:43:29 | More by Mebuzzard

mynie

Indiana

3.9/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Big, excellently packaged champagne bottle replete with one of those little wire cage things around the cork.

I've only had a handful of British IPA's (which I guess are the proper IPA's, right, since they invented them? At the very least they're the traditional ones). So, although I might not know to what standards, exactly, I should review this beer, I will nonetheless try not to judge it against its American cousins.

Really pretty pour. Notching on the bottle says it's best before January 1st 2010, and whenever you get a boast like that it's always hard to tell how old a beer really is. Still, it's by no means overcarbonated, and it sits in my chalice like a very finely crafted belgian--amber IPA coloring with a thick, rocky white head that will not die.

Smells of pungent citrus hops, downright Americanish, along with lighter nodes of spicy European hops and a very distinct, very syrupy malt that is more like one you'd find in an American double IPA than an American single.

Tastes--ahh, I'm going to have to punish this beer a bit for the hubris of its Best Before date, because it tastes a little aged (and not in a good way). The hops are an interesting blend of citrus and spice, but they're far more subdued in the flavor than they are in the smell. A fruity, lightly stale malt (not fresh but not unpleasant by any means) backs them up pretty well, but the effect is far from the brilliance that the aroma suggested this beer had to offer at one point.

Good. If I ever get to sample a fresher batch I will re-review.

Serving type: bottle

05-26-2008 04:31:07 | More by mynie

Durge

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Found this on tap at M'Coul's in Greensboro, NC sporting a dark hazy amber color with a whispy white cap and very little lace. The aroma offers firmly malty pine hops, with the accent on caramel malt. Nice. The taste brings much of the same with sweet malt and tangy pine hops. There's a malt liquor subtlety and root beer touch with a hint of dry clove. It's medium bodied with a bright clean somewhat aqueous feel with minimal carbonation. Toffee and nut noted in a very drinkable Enlish IPA. Not bad.

Serving type: on-tap

07-04-2010 05:43:39 | More by Durge

GCBrewingCo

North Carolina

4.4/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

The beer poured into the glass clear pale golden amber with an off-white and frothy head which rose tall and fell slowly to lace the glass.

The aroma was lightly earthy with a nice caramel impression and a slight citrusy floral fruitiness. Also present was a mineral aromatic with the earthiness.

The flavor was surprisingly light for a 7.5%ABV beer. The bittering was restrained, earthy, grassy and citrusy. The malt contained a caramel aspect but was not overdone in terms of caramel malt. The malt and hop balance was well orchestrated, but on the lower end. The hops were certainly in charge but at no time took center stage. The flavor was lightly fruity and contained a nice mineral aspect.

The finish was dry with a lasting grassy and slightly citrusy bittering pleasantly into the afteraste. The body was just above medium and the carbonation gave a nice creaminess to the mouthfeel. This was a really good English IPA, probably the best example of it in years brewed in the UK. It was not earth shattering and the style is not earth shattering either. A very well crafted beer, but a bit overpriced.

750 ml corked and bailed bottle. $12 at Sam's in Durham, NC. This beer has it's own website at http://www.india-pale-ale.com/

I liked the saying on top of the bail:
"Remove cork, hold glass open end up, pour, taste, swallow."

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2005 22:21:54 | More by GCBrewingCo

lordofthewiens

Maine

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I have enjoyed all the beers I'v tried from this brewery (this, the porter, and the Scottish ale). Poured into a pint glass, the beer was an orange color with a thick, white, sticky head. Aroma of malt and hops, fruity and floral. Sweet malt taste up front, with an intensifying hops presence. Still, the beer was subtle and not at all a hop bomb. Very nice, would be a good session beer.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2008 13:25:56 | More by lordofthewiens

Metalmonk

North Carolina

4.13/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

When I saw this, I didn't even bother looking at the price tag...it's a classy label; green bottle and cage/cork lending further airs of sophistication. I don't think beer labels necessarily need to be classy, and I've seen plenty of ultra-tacky wine labels, but this seems like the sort of thing that could make the snobbiest wine snob re-consider the world of beer. Onward...

There's nothing utterly spectacular about how this looks, but nothing at all wrong either. Just something really nice about it. It sits there looking seductive, with its slightly hazed, dark burnt-yellow body and rocky cap making wild lace patterns as it drops. If judging on looks alone, it's hard to find much fault. Just shy of perfect.

Aroma is sweet doughy malt with a crisp apple zing and a gentle fruity caress from the hops (Fuggles and Goldings, says the brewery). A musty element enters as it warms, seemingly the yeast looking for a little attention.

Taste-wise, the hops are a little rough, not in a Triple Gonzo IPA way, but in their very earthy bitterness. I think of the smell of fresh topsoil as I drink this. Hard to absolutely love, but very easy to appreciate. Toasted malt comes into play, as does a variety of zingy, tangy fruits. Belgian pale ale elements arrive in the more unrefined aspects of the flavor--probably the yeast talking. Finishes with a green-apple pucker, pleasantly dry and a little on the crisp side.

This has a frustratingly elusive quality, but it's also clearly damn good. Maybe it's one of those beers that tastes wildly different went stored and drank at different temperatures. Maybe it has the kind of complexity that takes awhile to unravel. There's just one bottle here (granted, a nice big bottle), so I can't claim any kind of trusted experience on it. I do know it's an easy-to-enjoy IPA...one that hides it's 7.5% very well...one that clearly differs from its American counterparts. Would love to try their Porter.

Serving type: bottle

11-30-2007 23:46:24 | More by Metalmonk

KarlHungus

Minnesota

4.4/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

This beer pours a hazy red color with bright orange hues. The head is mammoth, billowy, and white. The aroma is floral with a hint of citrus, and a slight, pleasant metalic notes at the end. The taste is like the aroma with a moderate bitterness in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is a bit lighter than medium bodied. Carbonation is adequate. Overall, this is a very refreshing IPA with a subtle and complex flavor profile. I will certainly drink this again.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2007 03:24:14 | More by KarlHungus

brewdlyhooked13

Ohio

3.45/5  rDev -12.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance - a hazed lemony amber. An inch of eggshell foam fills the top of the glass and slides down without much of a fight or much lace for that matter. The long-lived cover does manage some decent 'progress lines'.

Aroma - an initial hint of citrus, but this sets up rather grainy and uninspiring.

Taste - a good caramel malt presence on the opening sip. The sweet malts give way to piny, grapefruity hops and even some light toastiness. Far better hop presence than the nose lets on, and an impressive balance as it warms up. Spicy hop flavor without the medicinals, always a plus in my book.

Mouthfeel - plenty crisp, with a sturdy but not overweight body. A light hop oiliness complements well.

Drinkability - not the best value at $9 for a 750ml, but certainly glad to see Meantime locally. I'd have it again but no as an everyday IPA.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2010 03:59:44 | More by brewdlyhooked13

bobsy

Ontario (Canada)

4.3/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazy light orange with a massively active carbonation that rapidly throws up a massive crown of bubbles in the fashion of a Icelandic volcano spewing clouds of volcanic ash. The creamy head is the texture of stiffly beaten egg whites, and is tinged with a hint of yellow. The retention is amongst the best I've ever seen, and even as I get to the bottom of my pint glass there's still a finger of foam remaining. Lacing is prodigious.

The aroma contains elements of pineapple, orange, pepper and lemon, with a sweet malt backing. At first it's a little muted, but really comes into its own as the beer gets closer to room temperature.

My first and only gripe with this beer is its carbonation, which is far too effervescent and completely distracts from the flavour. Its interesting, because after a vigorous agitation of the glass to tone it down, you actually get one of the most pleasing mouthfeels I've come across in a long time. The body is medium, smooth, with a billowing and creamy carbonation. Its too bad the brewers overshot this sweet spot when they bottled the beer, but I'll know for next time to give her a good swirl before taking the first sip.

Once the carbonation is remedied the flavour impresses, and does so with increasing intensity as the beer reaches room temperature. This is definitely one to serve just slightly chilled so you can appreciate the growing fullness of its flavour profile. Marmalade dominates, with big orange and candied peel notes, but its more than capably backed up by cookie dough. It certainly has a nice dose of sweetness for an IPA, but this is perfectly balanced by a moderate bitterness. Speaking of which, the bitterness is certainly not at the same level as an American IPA, but is par for the English style, and helps to contribute to an enormous drinkability. I'd actually go so far as to say I would session this beer, but the completely hidden alcohol would make a fool of me after a few glasses.

At a little over $10 a bottle, a strong argument could be made that better value can be found elsewhere, though I'm not sure that many better examples of this style can be found at any price. Every aspect of the flavour is expertly balanced, its one of the prettiest beers I've seen in a long time, and the flaws of its carbonation are easily fixed to reveal a decadent body. Serve slightly below room temperature and enjoy. There's no doubting this is a benchmark for the style.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2010 13:57:15 | More by bobsy

superspak

Michigan

4.23/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 7/1/2013. Pours very hazy orange copper color with a nice 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of orange, grape, pear, caramel, biscuit, herbal, floral, honey, toast, and earth. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity. Taste of orange zest, grapefruit, pear, caramel, grape, herbal, floral, biscuit, toast, honey, and light earthiness. Light amount of earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, light fruit, caramel, herbal, floral, biscuit, toast, and light earthy spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic flavor balance and complexity; with a great bitterness/sweetness balance as well. No cloying sweetness at all after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy, lightly slick, and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent English IPA! Extremely well balanced with good complexity; very smooth to drink. Highly enjoyable stuff.

Serving type: bottle

10-15-2012 02:50:39 | More by superspak

dsa7783

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750 ML bottle copped caged and corked from Super Saver in Somerville...
Recently sampled Meantime's Coffee Porter, which was really good, so I was eager to see what their IPA would be all about...
A very impressive appearance to start off with - Pours a hazy and cloudy, bright-amber, straw-colord appearance with rising carbonation visible and a giant foamy head that left a copious amount of lacing around the edge of the glass...
Smell was very sweet and piney for an IPA... a lot of sugar evident, along with citrus and lemon nuances...
Taste strongly complemented the aroma, with a nice suggestion of bittersweet grapefruit, slight, sweet hops, canteloupe, fresh florals, sugars, and yeast...
A nice, well-rounded, slightly carbonated mouthfeel led to a good level of drinkablity... No alcohol detected here at all...
Good stuff...
Recommended...

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2008 19:50:48 | More by dsa7783

cjgator3

Florida

3/5  rDev -24.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Very attractive looking corked and caged 750ml bottle. Pours a very attractive golden orange color with a nice creamy off-white head. The aroma is sweet malt and citrusy hops, a lot fainter than what I expected from an IPA. The taste has to be one of the sweetest IPAs I have tasted, almost a honey like sweetness with some hops in the finish. I am not a huge fan of this beer because of the high amount of sweetness. If it was a little less sweet, I think it would be a great brew, I think the hop profile is pretty solid.

Serving type: bottle

07-19-2008 06:11:10 | More by cjgator3