Comments on: Tasting Notes: Meantime London Stout

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:05:44 +0000

Hi Tom – Your first stout? Congrats! Stout is one of my very favourite beer styles and there are some absolutely marvellous stouts out there – anything by BrewDog or Mikkeller is usually pretty damn amazing for starters and if you’re anywhere near north Manchester, Bury in particular, keep an eye out for Outstanding Stout, it really lives up to its name.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:09:50 +0000

I had some of this as while back and couldn’t find it again. Turns out only some sainsburys sell it.

But for my 1st ever stout it was AMAZING.

By: Ed Ashby

Ed Ashby — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:02:06 +0000

Okay, on Darren’s advice I decided to try another bottle of this. The overly acidic sourness I got first time round wasn’t there so it may well have been a bad bottle. But to be honest, I still found it nothing special, give me their porters anytime.

By: Ed Ashby

Ed Ashby — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:21:55 +0000

I have to admit to being disappointed with this one. There was an unpleasantly sour bitter tang to the flavour which I felt stopped it being as smooth as it could have been, and it was too fizzy. Maybe it just doesn’t travel well.

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:58:49 +0000

Absolutely! Although it’s worth keeping a couple of the other Meantime porters on hand for special occasions as well… but I’ll be getting to those before too long, with any luck.

By: Joe Gordon

Joe Gordon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:44 +0000

Hmmm, you’ve got me sold. I tend to find as winter months roll in my desire for a few pints of a decent stout tends to increase – this sounds like a nice beer to sip by the fireside of a winter’s evening.