Across the straits of Carquinez, from my home town of Benicia here in Solano County, is the tiny village of Port Costa. It's home to about 245 people, as well as one of the coolest old biker/dive/honky-tonk kinda bars around: The Warehouse café. There's a juke box, a pool table, tons of crap on the walls and ceiling and a taxidermied polar bear in a glass case. Oh, also they have a pretty awesome beer list.This trip out to the Warehouse, I tried a beer from England called Meantime IPA. I've tried the coffee porter from Meantime before and found it pretty terrific, so i was excited to give the IPA a try.
It's a Gold cloudy ale with a decent head. (although, The Warehouse offered only a mason jar to drink in out of, so the appearance of the beer may have been compromised)
The dry hop character definitely manifests itself in the bitterness, but the hop character is rather reserved in aroma and flavor. And the bitterness is well integrated.
Compared to my usual Pacific Coast IPAs, this one is extremely reserved. It's a delicious bitter ale, and is a terrific easy drinker. Nice.
8 out of 10
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