Monkey's Uncle IPA
Straight To Ale
- From:
- Straight To Ale
- Alabama, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 7.75%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 13.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 26, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 04, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 21
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by owenlift from Kentucky
3.8/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This is good. Do not taste alcohol, but feeling it now!
Jul 30, 2017
Reviewed by Jadjunk from Georgia
3.42/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
No label information. Monkey's Uncle is brewed in the style of an Imperial India Pale Ale, available in 12 oz. canned 4 packs and on rotating draft.
Poured from a 12 oz. can to a tulip glass.
(Appearance) Pours a smooth foam head of a pastel white color over a very mildly hazy honey amber body with moderate carbonation and high clarity. Retention is very good and lacing is mild and patchy. 3.75
(Smell) Hop flavors of pine, pithy citrus and light floral tones with a moderate bitterness against a pale and biscuit malt body with a light sweetness. Fairly mild on the hop front overall. Potency is mild. 3.5
(Taste) Biscuit and caramel grain malt body with a light piney hop flavor and a mild bitterness. Decidedly light on hop flavor and bitterness, with little to keep interest in this beer otherwise. 3.25
(Mouthfeel) Texture is moderately oily, lightly residual, softly chewy, slick, medium dry. Carbonation is light, generating a mild frothiness and a mildly crisp finish. Body is shy of medium for the style, medium+ overall. Balance is slightly malty sweet and grainy over hoppy bitter. Alcohol presence is mild and there are no off characters. 3.5
(Overall) Not a particularly memorable Imperial IPA with little going for it in hop flavor and bitterness. There's much better stuff out there. 3.5
Straight To Ale's
Monkey's Uncle Imperial India Pale Ale
3.42/5.00
Aug 29, 2016Poured from a 12 oz. can to a tulip glass.
(Appearance) Pours a smooth foam head of a pastel white color over a very mildly hazy honey amber body with moderate carbonation and high clarity. Retention is very good and lacing is mild and patchy. 3.75
(Smell) Hop flavors of pine, pithy citrus and light floral tones with a moderate bitterness against a pale and biscuit malt body with a light sweetness. Fairly mild on the hop front overall. Potency is mild. 3.5
(Taste) Biscuit and caramel grain malt body with a light piney hop flavor and a mild bitterness. Decidedly light on hop flavor and bitterness, with little to keep interest in this beer otherwise. 3.25
(Mouthfeel) Texture is moderately oily, lightly residual, softly chewy, slick, medium dry. Carbonation is light, generating a mild frothiness and a mildly crisp finish. Body is shy of medium for the style, medium+ overall. Balance is slightly malty sweet and grainy over hoppy bitter. Alcohol presence is mild and there are no off characters. 3.5
(Overall) Not a particularly memorable Imperial IPA with little going for it in hop flavor and bitterness. There's much better stuff out there. 3.5
Straight To Ale's
Monkey's Uncle Imperial India Pale Ale
3.42/5.00
Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Color of burnished gold leading toward red, bright cap with very good lacing.
Aroma is surprisingly bright, the hops jump out in an earthy, spicy way and malt quickly follows. Very good first impression. Some floral, hint of conifer, solid without being heavy.
Taste on entry is solid malt with hop support. This is a bigger, bolder and stronger, true Imperial brew. The website says 8%, no mention I can find of IBUs, hops are there but not intrusive, certainly not the focal point, malt are the main actor and hops play a supporting role. Mid palate hops arrive and sing the way to the finish. Lots of hops but bitterness is noticeable only in the aftertaste where it lingers just slightly.
Texture is full with balancing carbonation.
Overall the initial impression is full hops, I mean when you open the can this one hits you with a hop aroma discernable three feet away, yet that's just part of the picture. As you pour then lift to sip you're thinking hops but no, what presents is rich malt with hops following. Bit of a surprise but a nice one. Full on malt with good hop counterpoint.
Jun 12, 2016Aroma is surprisingly bright, the hops jump out in an earthy, spicy way and malt quickly follows. Very good first impression. Some floral, hint of conifer, solid without being heavy.
Taste on entry is solid malt with hop support. This is a bigger, bolder and stronger, true Imperial brew. The website says 8%, no mention I can find of IBUs, hops are there but not intrusive, certainly not the focal point, malt are the main actor and hops play a supporting role. Mid palate hops arrive and sing the way to the finish. Lots of hops but bitterness is noticeable only in the aftertaste where it lingers just slightly.
Texture is full with balancing carbonation.
Overall the initial impression is full hops, I mean when you open the can this one hits you with a hop aroma discernable three feet away, yet that's just part of the picture. As you pour then lift to sip you're thinking hops but no, what presents is rich malt with hops following. Bit of a surprise but a nice one. Full on malt with good hop counterpoint.
Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia
4.4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass. The appearance is a great golden yellow with a medium white head. The aroma is mild hops. The taste is a unique creamy hop flavor. Really good.
May 08, 2016
Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati
3.43/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to RichJ1970 for including this in the box he sent as part of NBS BIF #3. 12oz can poured into 10oz goblet. Canned on date of 3/3/16. Poured a lightly hazy orange-gold color, with 1/3 inch of of off-white head that had good retention and lacing.
There was a lightly grainy malt base in the nose, topped up with a nice blast of brite citrusy hops. A very good taste hits the tongue; low grain base, some light floral tones in front, citrus in the middle, and some grapefruit on the finish.
The body was the typical medium of the style. Drinkability was fairly typical for the style, the beer went down easily enough, and was tasty in doing so. Overall, a very nice example of a standard American style. Certainly worth your time when you see it.
Apr 06, 2016There was a lightly grainy malt base in the nose, topped up with a nice blast of brite citrusy hops. A very good taste hits the tongue; low grain base, some light floral tones in front, citrus in the middle, and some grapefruit on the finish.
The body was the typical medium of the style. Drinkability was fairly typical for the style, the beer went down easily enough, and was tasty in doing so. Overall, a very nice example of a standard American style. Certainly worth your time when you see it.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.67/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has an orange/copper color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of tropical fruits, malts as well. Taste is the same. lots of tropical fruits, a good bit of malts, some sweetness, dry at the finish. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.
Feb 09, 2016
Rated by Georgedisrespectful from Alabama
4.75/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Even better and than Monkeynaut and with more kick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 11, 2015
Reviewed by HiWire from Florida
3/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours darker tint Amber that's very clear. 1 finger head that stays pretty long time with little lacing. Smells super hoppy and malty. Very bitter right off the bat, finishes earthy and bitter. Good carbonation. Not sure how I feel about this one after the 4 pack is done.
Nov 01, 2015
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