Monsoon IPA
Tenaya Creek Brewery
- From:
- Tenaya Creek Brewery
- Nevada, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 9.62%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 13, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 04, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
You aren't seeing things. Yes, this is a dancer ridin' a white tiger through the flooded streets of Las Vegas. No this hasn't happened. Or has it? trust us, its Possible. Enjoy the Monsoon while it last. FYI, for all of you Hop-Heads out there: Hopped with Tim Etter’s home grown Mt. Hood and Cascade hops.
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Reviewed by Radome from Florida
4.17/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had on tap at the brewery taproom. Great appearance with a nice white head. Aromas are sweet and citrusy. Flavors very balanced between sweet malt and crisp citrus hops. Bracing hops bitterness and moderate alcohol presence. A very good DIPA.
Mar 14, 2020
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.11/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.11/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a mixture of yellow, gold and orange a shout out to the increasing usage of heavier crystal malt into the ibu rage days of double ipas. This one had a 1/4" white head on the top. Hop aroma was mild, I dunno if there was any dry hopping, you just got a generic Cascade hop feel from it giving off mostly grapefruit.
Taste hits you in the grapefruit C hop one dimensional grapefruit bitterness. Backed up by a solid dose of that crystal malt giving the beer its entry point into the field of orange color. Alcohol is noticeable. Its strong in almost every regard, it isn't underhopped, its just the hops aren't the flavorful kind beyond bitterness for the most part. You can look for some pine I guess. But its mostly a lot of caramel malt feels and grapefruit on the breakfast plate.
Back before Revision, this was actually one of the better hoppy beers made in Nevada (only bc back then it was a dearth of good hoppy beers out here).
May 22, 2018Taste hits you in the grapefruit C hop one dimensional grapefruit bitterness. Backed up by a solid dose of that crystal malt giving the beer its entry point into the field of orange color. Alcohol is noticeable. Its strong in almost every regard, it isn't underhopped, its just the hops aren't the flavorful kind beyond bitterness for the most part. You can look for some pine I guess. But its mostly a lot of caramel malt feels and grapefruit on the breakfast plate.
Back before Revision, this was actually one of the better hoppy beers made in Nevada (only bc back then it was a dearth of good hoppy beers out here).
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy orange amber with small creamy head. Hops prevail throughout, some floral notes as well, lingering bitter finish. Nice malt profile sits underneath.
Jan 14, 2016
Reviewed by mr-jj from Washington
3.02/5 rDev -17%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -17%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured into a pint glass from a bomber. Reviewed 3/20/14.
Color is amber, decent head. Smell is herbal hops and booze. Taste is bitter without much complexity. Boozy and bitter, that's the best description. Finish is piney bitterness. Body is medium, with some hop oils that coat the mouth.
Overall, it's an amazing label and an okay beer.
Nov 06, 2014Color is amber, decent head. Smell is herbal hops and booze. Taste is bitter without much complexity. Boozy and bitter, that's the best description. Finish is piney bitterness. Body is medium, with some hop oils that coat the mouth.
Overall, it's an amazing label and an okay beer.
Reviewed by dertyd from California
3.49/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The beer pours out a light hazy pale golden straw color, with 1 finger of white head------------ the aromas are of dank dank weed, tropical fruit, guava and citrus, this smells like liquid chronic----------- the flavors are of dank weed, resinous pine, tropical fruit and citrus, the beer has a medium mouthfeel with a very bitter finish------------ overall this beer was nice, it was really dank and bitter, very old school
Jul 01, 2014
Reviewed by TTAmod from Illinois
3.82/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
22 oz. bottle with pretty badass artwork. No bottling date visible. Poured into pint glass.
A: Clear, medium orange color. Large column of carbonation forms a pretty thick head which sticks around for awhile. Good lacing along the sides of the glass. Good looking beer.
S: Leafy hops on the nose along with a bit of alcohol. There's also a bit of citrus along the lines of orange zest and grapefruit rind. Can sense a bit of caramel melt, as well.
T: Taste is better than the smell. This is a good bitter DIPA as far as the taste goes. Resinous pine hops, pure hop flower, and spicy, earthy hops are all present. Crackery, but not too sweet malt is layered underneath the hops. Bitterness and alcohol on the back end. Very tasty.
M: Nice, soft, medium body. Carbonation isn't as abrasive as it looks. Alcohol presence makes drinkability a slight factor, but that's the only issue with the mouthfeel.
O: Overall, this is my style of IPA...bitter, not too sweet, but still a nice hop presence. It could be better at hiding the alcohol, but it is an 8.5% beer. Wish I could get this out here. Thanks, Amy!
Jan 04, 2014A: Clear, medium orange color. Large column of carbonation forms a pretty thick head which sticks around for awhile. Good lacing along the sides of the glass. Good looking beer.
S: Leafy hops on the nose along with a bit of alcohol. There's also a bit of citrus along the lines of orange zest and grapefruit rind. Can sense a bit of caramel melt, as well.
T: Taste is better than the smell. This is a good bitter DIPA as far as the taste goes. Resinous pine hops, pure hop flower, and spicy, earthy hops are all present. Crackery, but not too sweet malt is layered underneath the hops. Bitterness and alcohol on the back end. Very tasty.
M: Nice, soft, medium body. Carbonation isn't as abrasive as it looks. Alcohol presence makes drinkability a slight factor, but that's the only issue with the mouthfeel.
O: Overall, this is my style of IPA...bitter, not too sweet, but still a nice hop presence. It could be better at hiding the alcohol, but it is an 8.5% beer. Wish I could get this out here. Thanks, Amy!
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22oz bottle. They are right - the label couldn't be more ridiculously Las Vegas if it tried (even harder).
This beer pours a hazy medium golden amber hue, with two fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat bubbly off-white head, which leaves some rather pleasant honeycomb lace around the glass as it evenly settles.
It smells of crackery, bready pale and caramel malt, a touch of hot breakfast cereal, orange, grapefruit, and pineapple fruit rind, a mild gritty flintiness, warm lemon, and floral perfumed hops. The taste is more somewhat acrid citrus pith (orange, lime, and underripe pineapple), grainy caramel malt, a soft leafy pine astringency, lemon oil, and spicy, floral booze.
The bubbles are nicely low-key and pleasantly frothy, the body a decent medium weight, and equitably smooth, with a small tint of creaminess, all amongst a strangely disengaged hoppiness. It finishes with a sharp twin barrel of dryly bitter citrus, and warming alcohol.
A sort of middle-ground between a standard IPA and a DIPA, with only the ABV brought to bear - the malt and hops are steadfastly squared in the former's paradigm. A little too hot and edgy for repeat and/or extended consumption, but I'm certainly OK with this one, as Christmas festivities finally fade to a near null.
Dec 27, 2013This beer pours a hazy medium golden amber hue, with two fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat bubbly off-white head, which leaves some rather pleasant honeycomb lace around the glass as it evenly settles.
It smells of crackery, bready pale and caramel malt, a touch of hot breakfast cereal, orange, grapefruit, and pineapple fruit rind, a mild gritty flintiness, warm lemon, and floral perfumed hops. The taste is more somewhat acrid citrus pith (orange, lime, and underripe pineapple), grainy caramel malt, a soft leafy pine astringency, lemon oil, and spicy, floral booze.
The bubbles are nicely low-key and pleasantly frothy, the body a decent medium weight, and equitably smooth, with a small tint of creaminess, all amongst a strangely disengaged hoppiness. It finishes with a sharp twin barrel of dryly bitter citrus, and warming alcohol.
A sort of middle-ground between a standard IPA and a DIPA, with only the ABV brought to bear - the malt and hops are steadfastly squared in the former's paradigm. A little too hot and edgy for repeat and/or extended consumption, but I'm certainly OK with this one, as Christmas festivities finally fade to a near null.
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