Beer Name : Meantime – London Porter
Manufacturer : Meantime Brewing Company Limited
Origin : United Kingdom
Company founded in : 2000.
Beer Type : Porter
SRM : 35
Alc : 6.50%
IBU : 25
History
Meantime have built a solid reputation for producing high quality craft beers and a flair for truly authentic traditional British style. In other words, they are the perfect brewery to brew this Porter. This Beer has also won World’s Best Standard Porter in 2009.
Porter was A great London beer style of the 18th and 19th centuries, when the city was revered as both the brewing capital and trading hub of the world. Named after the legions of porters in her docks, streets and markets who drank this powerful beer to slake their thirst, Meantime London Porter is a classic interpretation of this complex dark beer style.
About the Beer
Well first of all it has to be said that this is a great looking bottle of beer, it’s a bloody work of art just like Meantime’s Indian PALE Ale. It was perfectly carbonated, smooth and rich with flavours of chocolate, light smoke, coffee and herbal hops. The beer pours with a small bubbly head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring that leaves a small amount of lacing but never quite disappears. There’s a strong roasted malt smell when you first give it a sniff, along with a very faint whiff of hops. The beer starts very similar to the smell, with a big roasted malt flavour upfront. But then a big hop bitterness comes in and completely lifts the beer before it turns slightly sweet with chocolate and malt, then becomes slightly dry and smoky in the finish. It IS very complex and IS one of those beers which has a very clearly defined BIGENNING middle and end.
My Own Rating:
Aroma : 8/10
Appearance : 8/10
Taste : 8/10
Palate : 7/10
Overall : 8/10
PS: Special thanks to John Triddon for getting this amazing beer for me from London.
