McEwans India Pale Ale

Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England

really not what we Americans would refer to as an ipa. semi sweet and malty/earthy. bitter and dry finish with a decent hop tingle. thinnish and stark. tastes dark but of what (could be many things).

Very middling. Ummmm, why is it called an IPA when it is very clearly (pun) a Bitter?

Pours a transparent dark copper amber with a small, clingy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of slightly aged toasty caramel malt but no noticable hops and a hint of tartness. Body starts semi-sweet and earthy with a hint of dark caramel and toasted malts, but with a thinner, more bitter and drier finish. Definitely nowhere near being an IPA, and even bland for a bitter.

Deep amber with off-white head. Malty aroma laced with toffee, caramel, bread. The flavor is mostly sweet with a slight sourness/bitterness in the finish. Thin body and watery texture. Very little carbonation. Bland, quite forgettable.

For an "IPA" there isnt much hop flavor to speak of, more malt flavor. amber colored pour and really not much bitter flavor. a disappointment.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a small white head. Rather sweet aroma with toffee & caramel. Taste is malty with some discreet hops. Quite low bitterness.

Bottle, really this is a bitter, hmm seems to fall short quite a bit, guess thats just the brewery. Watery taste, but a darker color. Little head , and no lacing. no hops to speak of. Pretty boring not very good.

A pretty basic unispired bitter that I can’t even describe since it is so plain. I am unispired to even writh anything about this.