tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7595141483007094075..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Meantime Coffee PorterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-18162302369990356152008-08-13T20:19:00.000+01:002008-08-13T20:19:00.000+01:00When I had this beer three or four years ago, it w...When I had this beer three or four years ago, it was just pure coffee. More so even than beers like Founders Breakfast Stout.<BR/><BR/>I don't like coffee - I didn't like the Meantime beer.Mark Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862251527980938136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-56542630647256995212008-08-13T14:45:00.000+01:002008-08-13T14:45:00.000+01:00I agree - innovative marketing and packaging shoul...I agree - innovative marketing and packaging shouldn't be the exclusive preserve of crap industrial brewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43756601859414367382008-08-13T14:02:00.000+01:002008-08-13T14:02:00.000+01:00It's a shame the quality of Meantime's marketing i...It's a shame the quality of Meantime's marketing isn't always matched by the quality of the beers. That shouldn't lead us to criticise the excellent presentation, though - I wish there were more breweries with the same approach.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-18991189086276007162008-08-13T03:30:00.000+01:002008-08-13T03:30:00.000+01:00Not having heard of Meantime beers, I looked at th...Not having heard of Meantime beers, I looked at the website out of curiosity. I have never seen such a pretentious brewery website before, full of breathless corporate gobbledegook, 'missions' and 'visions', and trying to sound like a moral cause rather than the business venture it is. That website, along with Tandleman's lukewarm tasting notes, will ensure I don't seek out these beers in a hurry. I've no wish to waste my money on sour beer.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-42872903050546384562008-08-12T23:45:00.000+01:002008-08-12T23:45:00.000+01:00Interesting , I found the Coffee beer and Chocolat...Interesting , I found the Coffee beer and Chocolate beer to be the only Meantime beers I really rated at all. The sourness I got in the Coffee Porter was I thought the acidity of the coffee. Mine definitly had no yeast in the bottle though so perhaps there was something wronge with your sample.Kieran Haslett-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562970144894398803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-74057631476565842262008-08-12T23:20:00.000+01:002008-08-12T23:20:00.000+01:00My experiences of it are far more like Bailey's ea...My experiences of it are far more like Bailey's earlier encounter. I really liked it. Something's amiss.Dubbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035458276989843392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-38308079046672627652008-08-12T22:40:00.000+01:002008-08-12T22:40:00.000+01:00Infected?Maybe. It was sour enough.Infected?Maybe. It was sour enough.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-75880734177506301882008-08-12T21:33:00.000+01:002008-08-12T21:33:00.000+01:00I wonder if they've got an infection problem? What...I wonder if they've got an infection problem? What was the carbonation level like? I've seen a lot of bottled beers which present the symptoms of being very dry, a bit sour (or more than expected) and lacking in body and the conclusion is that there's some wild yeastie chewing his (or her) way through the remaining fermentables in the beer after bottling. Generally get a bit of fobbing with these too.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122623789276155279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-89706959909694024422008-08-12T21:09:00.000+01:002008-08-12T21:09:00.000+01:00The word porter seems to have popped up on the lab...The word porter seems to have popped up on the label recently. As it happens, I had one of these yesterday, and it was barely the same beer as when I last had one six months or so ago. It used to be pitch black, goopy and almost creamy. Now it seems to be transparent, albeit very dark brown; fairly thin bodied; and, as you say, a bit tart. I wasn't keen. They do muck around with the recipes at Meantime (which I like) so the beers rarely seem to stay the same for long. That worked well for their wheat beer, which improved dramatically a couple of years ago. But not in this case, evidently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com