Monkey Chased The Weasel
Carton Brewing Company

Monkey Chased The WeaselMonkey Chased The Weasel
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From:
Carton Brewing Company
 
New Jersey, United States
Style:
Berliner Weisse
Ranked #101
ABV:
3.9%
Score:
89
Ranked #12,573
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 10.35%
Reviews:
47
Ratings:
342
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 19, 2023
Added:
Jun 15, 2012
Wants:
  49
Gots:
  23
MONKEY CHASED THE WEASEL
Sour Ale
ABV: 3.9% | IBU: Sour | SRM: Ojo de Gallo

The backyard of our brewery has a mulberry tree that drops its fruit in the first days of summer. We moved into our building during early summer 2011, tracking a bright purple path through our new home with every laden step. It was then we decided: if mulberry was going to get that deep into the brewery, it probably should get into a beer as well. Stealing a process from Berliners, we let the lactics in a wheated mash sour up to a green apple/lemon level, accentuating the bright side of the mulberry profile. Meant for quaffing when there is no reason to avoid direct sunlight on balmy summer days, drink Monkey Chased The Weasel because there is more sun than moon at the top.

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Ratings by laituegonflable:
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia

3.46/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Finished off a very enjoyable tasting session at Tørst with this one.

Cloudy pale orange. Head is white, small bubbles with thin rim left behind. Bit dark, actually, for the style. But nice.

Smells very funky. Tart, vinegary, to the point of smokiness actually, which is a little bizarre. Hugely organic. Bit yeasty. Not bad.

Taste is tart, gets more tart and also funky and organic. Big apple cider note with cider vinegar edge. Gets a little bready and almost like a bread pudding with raisiny sweetness. Tart overall, a bit dry. Barnyardy. Mulchy at times too. Tastes nice, but has a few very odd moments through the palate.

Bit of body, gets a bit of a pull but not very puckering.

Decent Berliner weisse, very much in the organic school of beers.
Aug 02, 2013
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Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey

4.2/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
(16 oz can, journey began 06/02/23; purchased cold single at Clayton Liquors... poured into an Allagash classic chalice)

L: rather clear, brassy-hued liquid; foam fleetingly fizzles off, a second glass cleaning fixed that and revealed it slowly settling... nothing out of the ordinary or extraordinary

S: berry butter cookie, berry getting more expressive after the foam subsides; faint nutty yeast accent, with subtle lactic funk... relatively wheaty with moderate overall intensity, and not one off-aroma

T: berry-drenched small wheat ale, tartness touching sweet-tart puckering, just without the underlying sugars; tartness lasting long through the aftertaste, lemon-pithy... has that (butter) cookie doughiness as detected on the nose... another reviewer mentioned hibiscus, and I totally get that as well

F: bit of a slow silky slide in the finish... mildly fizzy... lip-smacky all day, front of palate tween the inner lips and teeth get stickier as it goes... very dynamic

O: I needed something like this right now... berry flavor is just enough to be showcased... excellent concept and execution (2237)
Oct 19, 2023
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Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut

3.89/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Very light with slight pink hue on the pour settling into a mostly transparent apple juice in the glass. An inch of fizzy short lived head. Aroma has a pleasant funk accentuated by what I can only assume is the mulberry. Taste is really interesting. In the first second or two I don't pick up much, but mid palate the earthy funk with an almost hibiscus type flavor really shows up. Nice long finish. Not a ton of carbonation. Easy drinking and quite tasty.
Oct 18, 2021
 
Rated: 3.5 by NonicPanic from Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2020
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Reviewed by dsa7783 from New Jersey

4.41/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Single, 16 ounce can copped from Route 22 in Union. Pours a lucid, golden hue with moderate frothing. Asserting aroma and mouthfeel redolent of hibiscus and ginger. Good stuff.
Jun 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4.48 by Vylo from New Jersey

May 28, 2020
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Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey

3.79/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear light straw color with a slight purple hue, minimal head. Aroma is citrusy, slight funk and sourness. Flavor is light lemon zest, some grape must, sour cherry, light grapefruit. Light bodied and effervescent, has a lingering sourness that is a little like wet cardboard on the finish.
Overall a very light bodied beer, fairly enjoyable, love the low abv, might buy again...

5/13/20
16 oz can dated 5/12/20
3.76 rating
May 13, 2020
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

4.18/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Glad to see this back, now reviewed in my missing lineup from my hometown brewer: Carton.
My partner Victoria loved this as most sours, but this scored and soured higher.
a) Clear pale yellow body, small white head, short last, little lace.
s) Lemony, bright sour nose.
t) Super packed with complex, berry, grape, lemon, yeast, grass, cider, and white wine like flavors.
f) Bright effervescent, clean delightful. Great summer sour - like champagne.
Jun 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by MakeBeerGreatAgain from North Carolina

Sep 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.9 by Moestavern from New Jersey

Jul 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by Jps715 from New Jersey

Jul 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by KingforaDay from New Jersey

Jul 18, 2018
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Reviewed by SmashAdams from New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
After drinking through about a case of this I have really come to love it. The flavors are subtle, nuanced, and perfectly balanced. I can't say mulberry is an identifiable flavor but I had mulberries in my yard as a kid and the smell of this beer just makes me think of summer. Great refreshing and super drinkable beer. This is the best of the highlander series that I have tried. yb
Jul 09, 2018
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Reviewed by AZBeerDude72 from Arizona

4.14/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A:Gold with light head and no lacing.
N: Sour apples with champagne.
T: Sour notes up front with a very bubbly feel overall.
M: Light
O: Very refreshing beer, sour but not over the top. Very clean and good for summer.
Jun 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey

May 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by MTKATL from Georgia

Dec 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by jtk21351 from California

Sep 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by jgunther71 from Illinois

Jul 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by krome from Illinois

Jul 01, 2017
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Reviewed by MacMalt from New Jersey

3.88/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 16 oz. can into Carton teku glass. It pours a slightly hazy, golden straw color with a frothy, milk-white head and lacing that clung to the glass through the pour. It has an interesting smell of sour wheat and some funky spice. I'm not familiar with the smell of mulberry but I guess that was present, as well. The taste was also truly unique: like combining chardonnay with a marzen: it is both fruity and sour, and malty in an earthy way. It's quite difficult to describe. There is also a funky spiciness that reminded me of a Belgian Pale Ale. It is light and crisp, with lively carbonation, and at only 3.9% ABV it is extremely drinkable. This may be the strangest review I've written on BA. This is an unusual beer but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
Jun 24, 2017
Monkey Chased The Weasel from Carton Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 342 ratings