Meantime Brewing Co Ltd

Helles gives a new twist to one of Germany’s all-time classic lagers.

Tasting Notes: They tweaked a 19th century recipe to let the flavours really shine through: big, juicy Hallertau Blanc hops paired with Spalt Select hops for a crisp, bitter finish. The end product is light, hoppy and slightly sweet, with plenty of malt body, a subtle bitterness and hints of pine.

The original India Pale Ales left for their long sea journeys to the British Raj from Greenwich docks.

Tasting Notes: Original IPA recipes call for twice the hops compared to domestic beers. They’ve taken our IPA back to its hopped-up roots, with plenty of Kent Fuggles and Goldings.

A London brew with country roots, it’s a straightforward, clean, long-matured, unpasteurised lager that bursts with the classic flavours of East Anglian malt and Kentish hops.

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150 years ago, London brewers had to import Californian hops to meet demand for the popular Pale Ale beer style.

Tasting Notes: We happily continue this tradition and every year our Brewmaster travels to America’s Yakima Valley to hand-select some of the world’s finest hops, to make sure our London Pale Ale tastes just as it should do, year in, year out. We blend buckets full of American Cascade and Centennial hops with Kentish Goldings from just up the road to give our London Pale Ale the crisply refreshing, perfectly bitter finish that you’d expect from a quality pale ale. The American hops give aromas and flavours of citrus fruit, balanced by the ‘hopsack’ aromas from the Kentish hops.

Meantime London Stout is derived from the original Stout Porters of the early 19th century. Made without the roast barley used in their Irish descendents; dark malts and London water work closely together to give a beer of great complexity

Tasting Notes: Soft mocha coffee and vanilla notes on the nose hint at the lingering vanilla notes on the tongue. A velvet mouthfeel holds a rich and complex palate of caramel, molasses, and nut roast, which gives way to a gentle malt-bitter dryness.

Based on a pale, lightly hopped wheat beer, the refreshingly crisp fruitiness, aroma and rich colour come from the addition of fresh raspberry puree during maturation.

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Yakima Red is 4.1% ABV and delivers all the flavour and character you come to expect from Meantime's variety of craft beer styles.

Tasting Notes: Not surprising when you experience their unparalleled aromas and flavours, packed full of citrus and tropical fruits, from mango to clementine. We hand-select five varieties of these hops for our American-style red ale – they pack it full of bags of character with spectacular tropical fruit and grapefruit flavours and give it a subtle and satisfying bitterness. Our Yakima Red gets its unforgettable deep ruby colour from a combination of British and German malts, which also combine to give this crowd-pleaser its medium to full body. Something you wouldn’t always expect from a 4.1% ABV beer.