About
The company was founded by Alastair Hook in 1999. He started the brewery in a small lock-up on an industrial estate, before moving to the Greenwich Brewery, and then to a site on nearby Blackwall Lane in 2010. It was purchased by SABMiller in May 2015. As part of the agreements made with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller in 2016, Meantime was sold to Asahi Breweries of Japan in October 2016. Brewing moved to Fuller's in May 2024.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malt, caramel, bread, citrus, rich dried fruits, some hops. Flavour is moderate sweet with a moderate to medium biter finish. Nice full body. Not a refreshing hopbomb, this is definitely a malty English IPA.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aroma of malt, dark chocolate, cocoa, some coffee. Flavour is medium sweet with a moderate bittersweet finish. Okay chocolate Porter, could be a bit thicker and more aromatic though.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malt, caramel, biscuit, raisins, red fruity notes, hops. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Pleasantly hopped Amber, as expected a bit thin but a nicely easy beer to drink.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from a local supermarket. Aroma is grassy hops with light biscuity malt, floral notes, and a soft touch of fruits. Flavour is light sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is light and fairly watery. Bland but chuggable with a decent bitter flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear golden/amber pour with a small white head. Malt/bread, some citrus.
Adding some herbs for a decent bitter finish --- Beer aliased from original tick of London Pale Ale on 24 Mar 2023 at 23:28 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Clear, slightly darker golden pour with a decent white head; Aromas of malt/bread, pine, pineapple, some sweet citrus; tastes of malt/bread, pineapple, citrus for decent bitter finish - not bad ofr the ABV
Adding some herbs for a decent bitter finish --- Beer aliased from original tick of London Pale Ale on 24 Mar 2023 at 23:28 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Clear, slightly darker golden pour with a decent white head; Aromas of malt/bread, pine, pineapple, some sweet citrus; tastes of malt/bread, pineapple, citrus for decent bitter finish - not bad ofr the ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2025
at 13:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Аромат, немного сладкий к удивлению, немного странные горькие нотки, легкая пластмасса, что ли. Цвет обычный, слишком светлый и газы по началу не природные. Вкус средний, снова странные сладкие карамельные нотки от солода. В послевкусие хмеля почти нет, разве на несколько секунд после глотка, затем снова большая солодовая составляющая. В целом даже ниже среднего.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - 330ml bottle at Wagamama, Gatwick. Pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of passion fruit, biscuit, grain & malt. Moderate body. Sweet mild bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2025
at 15:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Spitting Feathers La Plagne Bellecote. Golden coloured, small white head, light malty nose. Malty, bready, light piney and bit fruity with some bitterness in the finish. --- Beer aliased from original tick of London Pale Ale on 03 Feb 2014 at 16:55 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Bottled 330ml. -from www.beershop.hr. Orange/golden coloured, small to medium sized off-white head, mild hoppy fruity nose with hint of honey. Sweet malty, caramel and peachy fruity hoppy taste with dryish bitter finish. Not bad but had better.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2025
at 01:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear reddish brown, brief fizzy beige head, thin retention. Aroma of caramel and bread, grass, grain, stone fruits. Quite fruity with a nice malt flavour. Light but flavoursome session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml can 2 months past BBE. Cloudy straw colour with small hit head which dissipates quickly. Grainy aroma with a light floral and citrus hop. Taste is quite peachy and floral with a pale malt background, sweet, with a touch of spice. Nice fine carbonation running through. Better than I was expecting.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:24