Muriqui
Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 12.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Muriqui is our first attempt at a double digit San Diego Pale Ale. It is a true kitchen sink beer. We used 9 different hops and the layers of flavor created are wonderful. Citrus driven with mild bitterness, this beer starts off with a hint of body and fruit and finishes dry but not astringent. The beer will evolve throughout the next few batches but we are very happy with this deceptive ale.
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.29/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
October 15th, 2015 - For a titanic triple IPA this brew starts off quite hard to smell. Drinking a bit off the top and making room for the smell to build up in the glass, I can still only glean a bit of grapefruit, but little else. The flavor has more to say, however, with a soapy lead and a foamy body, and even a little sourness. The burn on the back of the throat brings some heavier hops into play, but there's not much else happening in this brew.
Dec 07, 2019
Reviewed by HopHead84 from California
2/5 rDev -47.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -47.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
12/17/2014
Tap at Monkey Paw. Yellow and murky as a shitswamp. Aroma is bread, caramel, alcohol, pine, hint of citrus. Flavor is alcohol, orange, alcohol, pine. Not aggressive in the bitterness department. Midpalate and finish are sweet bread and caramel, finishing with orange and booze. I'd rather this style didn't exist if it is going to be like this.
Dec 18, 2014Tap at Monkey Paw. Yellow and murky as a shitswamp. Aroma is bread, caramel, alcohol, pine, hint of citrus. Flavor is alcohol, orange, alcohol, pine. Not aggressive in the bitterness department. Midpalate and finish are sweet bread and caramel, finishing with orange and booze. I'd rather this style didn't exist if it is going to be like this.
Reviewed by rand from California
4.05/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a Monkey Paw tap to 10 oz cylindrical glass (we should expand the suggested glassware for IPA, this is a standard vesicle big, west coast IPAs)
A: Orange-tan in color, a small but persistent head completely covers the glass in lacing.
S: Citrus rind, fresh pine and honey-sweet bread make the bouquet. Plenty of alcohol as well, pretty straight up for the style.
T: Rind-y, vinous notes right up front, and more bitter than expected. Ample malt-backbone produces a honey/toffee sweetness. The bitter hops turn a little salty as alcohols warms. Finishes long and bitter sweet, with plenty of citrus rind notes lingering.
M: Medium-full bodied, appropriate complexion. Was served a little too cold, was hard to parse the flavors at first.
I'm a little underwhelmed with this one...was waiting in line for the Younger and people were raving about this. The bartender that served it said it was better...well, not quite. But putting my expectations aside, this is yet another tasty, imperial West Coast-style IPA. I wouldn't pass it up, but I would wait in line for it either.
Feb 21, 2014A: Orange-tan in color, a small but persistent head completely covers the glass in lacing.
S: Citrus rind, fresh pine and honey-sweet bread make the bouquet. Plenty of alcohol as well, pretty straight up for the style.
T: Rind-y, vinous notes right up front, and more bitter than expected. Ample malt-backbone produces a honey/toffee sweetness. The bitter hops turn a little salty as alcohols warms. Finishes long and bitter sweet, with plenty of citrus rind notes lingering.
M: Medium-full bodied, appropriate complexion. Was served a little too cold, was hard to parse the flavors at first.
I'm a little underwhelmed with this one...was waiting in line for the Younger and people were raving about this. The bartender that served it said it was better...well, not quite. But putting my expectations aside, this is yet another tasty, imperial West Coast-style IPA. I wouldn't pass it up, but I would wait in line for it either.
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