Pungent pint-sized Brit brewed with condensed, eye squinting apricot juice tartness fortified by syrupy malt sweetness, stewed peach moderation, and dulcet lambic tartness. Almost like a Fruit Roll Up, but a tad more sour. Perfect for dessert.
MEANTIME LONDON PORTER
Chameleon-like burgundy-hued ruby-sidled light-bodied English porter pampers roasted barleymalt heave with fickle burnt wood continuance, buttery biscuit-y spell, and constricted prune-raisin delve. Creamy iced coffee waver and minimized smoked peat savor nestled deep inside easygoing Brit.
MEANTIME COFFEE PORTER
Marvelous full-bodied ruby brown dessert beer comes in squat 12-ounce teardrop-shaped bottle and retains delicious Hershey’s chocolate sweetness. Beautiful lactic porter gains complexity as creamy vanilla, burnt caramel, and roasted mocha nicely recede, allowing dry coffee bean roast to become prominent. After initial brown chocolate luster levels off, milky cappuccino bittering strengthens.
MEANTIME INDIA PALE ALE
Resplendently well-balanced white-laced amber-hazed IPA brings lively floral fruited cornucopia and creamy candi-sugared vanilla malting to dry wood chip-burnt Fuggle hop bittering. Tangy apricot-mango-tangerine frontage surges above friendly piney grapefruit reminder and boozy brandy warmth, finishing with sweet candied apple glaze.
MC SORLEY’S WINTERTIME ALE
Eye catching winter scene on label is ale’s most appealing characteristic. Watery hop-teased light body begs for better nutmeg spicing, richer dried fruiting and improved distinction.
MC SORLEY’S DOUBLE DARK ALE
Deep mahogany hue and Scotch-like aroma hit the senses before sturdy roasted coffee bitterness and creamy caramel nougat richness stabilize. But unobtrusive finish lacks full-bodied inertia.
MC SORLEY’S BLACK & TAN
Sullen dark chocolate presence weak compared to bolder stouts while grain resilience lacks crispness of golden lagers. Incomplete soured fruit esters interrupt moderately creamy mocha sweetness and bitter coffee usurpation. Infrequent raisin-licorice illusions surface as lukewarm nuttiness diminishes flat burnt-toast finish.
MC SORLEY’S ALE
Supposedly brewed with ‘Irish spirit,’ moderate-bodied copper-hued ale lacks rich Irish distinction. Muted orange bitterness furnishes mild barley sweetness for easygoing, if unassuming, opening. But fizzy-hopped sweet cream essence inundated by pungent sourdough skunking at dulled out finish.
MC NEILL’S TARTAN EXPORT ALE
Mildly sweet Scotch malt-dominated nickel-hued 80 Shilling Ale with billowing fleshy head integrates rustic smooth-watered mineral grained sharpness with rising fig-date overture. Approaching grape-nut parch and dry rye tease befit herbal honey tea finish. Needs thicker texture to subjugate tinny flow.
MC NEILL’S RUBY RED ALE
Expressive pine-spruced maple malt insistence expands through lively sharp-fruited spiced hop surge. Grapefruit-soured berry suggestion turns to lingered nut bitterness as floral clove entices earthy wet leaf axis.
MC NEILL’S PULLMAN’S PORTER
Spice-hopped lactose-aided hazy brown port integrates dry roasted coffee souring with oncoming mouth-puckering grape tannic bitterness and oak-aged cherry acridity. Black licorice, charcoal, and dehydrated raisin contrast looming nutty creaminess.
MC NEILL’S PAY DAY SEASONAL UNFILTERED LAGER
Bland bottle conditioned ruddy-hazed Vienna lager lacks advertised seasonal spicing, settling for off-dry musty orange listlessness. Flat tea-like midst enjoins mildewed cellar dankness.