McEwans India Pale Ale

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

Bottled. Pours a medium amber/brown color. Malty aroma, some caramel. Slight cardboard aroma. Slightly bitter malty aroma.For some reason this beer really reminds me of potato chips. Definite English hop flavor. A little watery for my taste, but still a drinkable brew.

Tried on tap. Pretty nice dark brown-red color, with a thin white head. Decent mild hoppy aroma. Unfortunately, the flavor was not too pleasing, not bitter or hoppy like I would have expected. OK body and texture, with little carbonation. Overall, I didn’t think this was too impressive; I’ve had better IPAs.

An ENGLISH IPA. Don’t expect the hops to jump up and bite you here! Spicy hop aromas. Grassy. Full-bodied. Sweet maltiness balanced, barely, with English hops.

Not an IPA. Amber coulo w/ nice head. LIght spice and vegtable aroma. The body is just fine. The malts are sweet and abundant. Where are the hops? A decent beer. Not a bad choice for a session.

Rather bland beer. Not much of its white head and low carbonation. Great ruby-red colour. Scent is slightly chemical but mostly hoppy. Taste is mild (wuite watery) with a dryness to it and a quite malty taste for an IPA.

I had this at a beer tasting and it tasted better as the night went later and later. I wouldn’t classify this as an IPA. It had a lot more malt taste than hops. Still it had a smooth taste and went down easily. I will try it again to see if it was the quality or quantity that I liked.

More of a slightly hoppier scottish ale rather than an IPA, was a light brown color, slightly roasted nose, malty and dry rather than sweet and hoppy as other IPA’s, but I’m not complaining.

OK for a bitter but certainly no IPA, this is fruity and pleasant, pours a clear medium gold, and smells more fruity than hoppy. Slight hoppiness in the flavor but more orchard fruits and cookies with a little grapefruit.