Lager - Meantime Brewing Company Limited

dalecooper

3.5/5  rDev +11.8%

02-27-2012 14:51:40 | More by dalecooper

napetry

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev +3.8%

03-03-2013 01:09:13 | More by napetry

Dracook

United Kingdom (England)

3/5  rDev -4.2%

01-07-2013 17:18:50 | More by Dracook

bvlaminck

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -20.1%

10-10-2012 21:09:33 | More by bvlaminck

wl0307

United Kingdom (England)

3.38/5  rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This lager is brewed in accordance with the Bavarian Helles style, which I tasted on tap at the Greenwich Union pub, a brewery tap of the Meantime Brewery.

It pours a dark-golden hue, with a short-lived white beer head and medium-carbonated body, with very very fine bubbles detected. The smell is very very grainy, slightly sweet for me, with a slightly caramelised sugary note and very soft aromatic hop background. On the palate, there's a mouthful of slightly buttery or butterscotch-like malty flavour, combined with semi-sweet apple or Fuji apple-peel like aroma and just a touch of toffee in the mouth. Quite refreshing mouthfeel, if not too thin in terms of body, but a balance is retained rather than being overly malty.

Overall, this is a quality lager, though not as malty and fullsome as some German Helles products I've tried; but even if it was, the style is not so much my cup of tea anyway, hence the relatively modest rating here.

Serving type: on-tap

10-17-2005 15:46:50 | More by wl0307