This IPA has a slight acetone smell mixed with stale beer. The color is a medium to dark brown but very clear. The foam pours low and has some retention at that low state.There is a horrible flat, stale beer taste to this. There is carbonation so it is unlikely to be flat, but it tastes flat. There is a little grain flavor that is noticeable mixed with the stale beer taste. There is not a sour taste from an infected beer, and there is not a cardboard, foot taste of an over oxidized beer, or a skunk taste of a beer that got too much light, just a flat stale taste like a beer that was left out overnight. The finish is a lingering stale taste that do not seem to go away.
I don't know if this bottle is bad for some reason, but this beer is nasty. Only a few sips is all I can stand.
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S&N Imports (at the time, the Scottish and Newcastle-owned US importer) announced, in early 2006, they were no longer bringing in a number of beers- including McEwan's India Pale Ale. Sounds like you had an old beer.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_8_57/ai_n16103004
Try McEwan's Scotch Ale.
And if you haven't already, check out Bob's Liquor on Gravois and MacKenzie.
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