...Porter offers light roast malt on the nose and on the tongue a sweetish caramel gives way to a mouthful of smokey, dry maltiness, and an astringency on the finish that comes entirely from the brown, black and chocolate malts, rather than hops; and there are an awful lot of Fuggle hops in our Porter.


A big beer, Porter was a fuel of the Industrial Revolution. It was also the world’s first truly industrial product, that laid the foundations of the modern era of commerce, management and science. This was the beer that put the Great into Great Britain. This bottle conditioned beer will mature with age, as it contains a blend of fast and slow acting yeasts.

Along with Meantime India Pale Ale, Porter is pioneering Meantime’s export drive. In July 2005 no fewer than 30,000 bottles of beer crossed the Atlantic to the US. If George III had sent beer to Boston instead of tea, who knows, history may have been very different.

Founded in 2000 by visionary brewmaster Alastair Hook, Meantime has, in a short history, earned itself a reputation for innovation, passion and communication with the consumer. Alastair’s worldwide experience including the world famous Weihenstephan brewing school in Munich brings a knowledge and understanding of global beer styles that is unparalleled in the UK. Meantime stands in stark contrast to the mainstream brewing industry in Britain. Everything Meantime do is diercted towards the consumer.We are proud of our local heritage. London became the brewing capital of the world as a result of the willingness of its brewers to innovate.. Meantime are innovators in the true London tradition.
In 2004 Meantime became the first British brewery to win any medals at the World Beer Cup and are the only British brewery to have won medals at every World Beer Cup since. In 2005 Meantime became the first British brewery to produce a Fairtrade beer, with our Coffee Porter, which in 2006 became a World Champion beer. In 2007 and 2008 a Meantime had no fewer than 4 beers ranked in the World Top 50 by the judges of the International Beer Challenge.