Mornington Peninsula The Continuous Daryl
Mornington Peninsula Brewery
- From:
- Mornington Peninsula Brewery
- Australia
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 2.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 05, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 29, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.8/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Continuing my conquest of Mornington Peninsula one beer at a time my next mêlée is The Continuous Daryl Imperial IPA, which has a picture representing the evolution of man on the can. Much like the Cro-Magnon man depicted on the can I will tinker with this beer (on my tongue) and craft tools - in the shape of a review (aka the tool you may use pro gratis to decide if you want to drink this Ale) and hopefully come to a conclusion (not unlike Cro-Magnon man)... which may or may not involve smashing things, or rock paintings... I haven’t decided yet.
Poured from a 330ml can into a nonic pint.
A: One of the cloudiest IIPAs I’ve ever seen with a caramel-tinged amber body and a 1 centimetre off-white cappuccino foam head that leaves some dense packed lace on the side of the glass. It’s impressively ominous and it’s not even a Russian Imperial Stout - that’s the most remarkable thing. 8/10.
S: Hops aplenty with that citrus/piney aroma you get from a good west coast IPA. Sharp tangs of orange rind and unripe mandarin round out a decidedly bold hop aroma with little in the way of malts detected, but they’ll be in there to balance out the hops or else it wouldn’t be much of a beer now would it? [rhetorical question in case it wasn’t obvious]. 8/10.
T: Hop flavour has dulled quite a bit here and I suspect that this has been sitting in the fridge a bit too long as I’ve experienced these flavours before in past-their-prime IPAs from the States. Flavours of: Caramel, butterscotch mix with orange rind and resiny pine characters - tis a west coast IIPA and unashamed of it! Hop and malt balance is slightly on the sweet side with a nice medium hop bitterness in the finish. 7/10.
M: Mid to heavy bodied with plenty of hop oils and a thin but dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Wish I had gotten to buying this sooner as it tastes like a real no-nonsense west coast Imperial IPA - and fresh this would have been brilliant. Damn & blast my winter obsession with Imperial Stouts when an IPA like this has been sitting on a shelf somewhere. Here’s hoping Mornington put the kettle on for this brew again (the wort kettle that is!). As far as Imperial IPAs go this is one that I imagine in its prime could wrestle on equal terms with that mighty Aussie IIPA stalwart: Pirate Life IIPA - which is reason enough to brew this again. 8/10.
Food match: SE Asia again for a cuisine match and IPAs + Bún thịt nướng = Nirvana.
Oct 05, 2016Poured from a 330ml can into a nonic pint.
A: One of the cloudiest IIPAs I’ve ever seen with a caramel-tinged amber body and a 1 centimetre off-white cappuccino foam head that leaves some dense packed lace on the side of the glass. It’s impressively ominous and it’s not even a Russian Imperial Stout - that’s the most remarkable thing. 8/10.
S: Hops aplenty with that citrus/piney aroma you get from a good west coast IPA. Sharp tangs of orange rind and unripe mandarin round out a decidedly bold hop aroma with little in the way of malts detected, but they’ll be in there to balance out the hops or else it wouldn’t be much of a beer now would it? [rhetorical question in case it wasn’t obvious]. 8/10.
T: Hop flavour has dulled quite a bit here and I suspect that this has been sitting in the fridge a bit too long as I’ve experienced these flavours before in past-their-prime IPAs from the States. Flavours of: Caramel, butterscotch mix with orange rind and resiny pine characters - tis a west coast IIPA and unashamed of it! Hop and malt balance is slightly on the sweet side with a nice medium hop bitterness in the finish. 7/10.
M: Mid to heavy bodied with plenty of hop oils and a thin but dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Wish I had gotten to buying this sooner as it tastes like a real no-nonsense west coast Imperial IPA - and fresh this would have been brilliant. Damn & blast my winter obsession with Imperial Stouts when an IPA like this has been sitting on a shelf somewhere. Here’s hoping Mornington put the kettle on for this brew again (the wort kettle that is!). As far as Imperial IPAs go this is one that I imagine in its prime could wrestle on equal terms with that mighty Aussie IIPA stalwart: Pirate Life IIPA - which is reason enough to brew this again. 8/10.
Food match: SE Asia again for a cuisine match and IPAs + Bún thịt nướng = Nirvana.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
4.01/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a worry - so many good IIPAs around now that instead of saying 'Oh Wow' and giving 5s across the board, you ponder....
Good looking, nice head but it fades.
Alcohol and apricots on nose, and that's the theme as it progresses, oily mouthfeel.
Good but not great and the hop bitterness is a little disconnected.
Tick
Sep 29, 2016Good looking, nice head but it fades.
Alcohol and apricots on nose, and that's the theme as it progresses, oily mouthfeel.
Good but not great and the hop bitterness is a little disconnected.
Tick
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