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McEwans India Pale Ale

Percentile
19
overall
Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Bitter

Tadcaster, England

bottling
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4092.63/5.02.63/5.04.7%8.9English pint
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottle for export to America.
Production moved from Fountain to John Smiths in Dec 2004.
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 ehhdayton (1113), USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 13, 2006  
The pour is amber with a small off white head. The aroma of hops is little and there is a slight smokiness. The flavor has almost no hops to be detected but there is a malty flavor and a touch of smoke at the finish.


 Metalhead (571), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 30, 2006    Updated: Oct 14, 2006
Amber pour,mild head.Watery malt aroma and taste with a hint of hops and faint grass. I thought IPA’s were supposed to be a bit higher in ABV?! This is easy to drink but nothin special. May explain why it was at the BB date and on sale for $7 a six.


 Saarlander (1579), Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 30, 2006  
A sweet flavor dominates this one, but its still ok with me, as its not sicky sweet, slight hops on the aftertaste,Caramel, about what I was expecting, ok drink, nothing great.


 Arayaga2 (973), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/53/102/58/20
Sep 23, 2006  
Nice looking beer. Deep brown with big white head and largish bubbles. Aroma is grassy, and common, and rather like an IPA.Taste is crap, and not readily identifiable as anything like an IPA, but I guess that serves me right for trying an IPA from Scotland of all places. A disaster at $1.80/12oz


 Delirium (499), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 17, 2006    Updated: Nov 10, 2006
Bottle. Pours dark clear brown with a light white head. Aroma is sweet grainy malt, plus an odd sour note. Flavor is less sweet but still grainy malt, noticeable carbonation-induced bitterness, and a light bit of bittering hops. Definitely not an IPA despite the label; ratebeer’s categorization as a Bitter seems reasonable to me. A pretty decent Bitter, if you weren’t expecting an IPA, and cheap at $6/sixpack here (Atlanta). This beer is kind of odd, really---I "know" it isn’t really good, but there’s something slightly unusual I like about it for a cheap/session sort of beer.


 IrishBoy (2716), Bakersfield, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Sep 10, 2006  
Bottle at Brews in the Village; nose ewas graing with little hops, brown with a small beige head, flavor grainy with some caramel and a tiny bitter hop finish.


 Sammy (4013), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 9, 2006  
A lighter bodied IPA with above average carbonation to make up for it. But still drinkable and passable for the style. There is bitterness there and some malt, but also on the watery side. Bit of acidity there. Fine at the end of a summer day.Moderate aroma of hops.


 SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 7, 2006  
Dark brown almost black with creamy light brown head. Sour wheaty like smell. Sweet caramel flavor ending with a rich malt.



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