La Schmoove
Monkish Brewing Co.

On tap at Monkish in Anaheim, CA.

When I was 21, I wrote a screenplay called “Green Grass.” Coming-of-age story and shit. And what do you know? Later on I decided to shoot the damn thing. No idea what I was doing (it shows). I also quit on it once - but the second time was the charm. Took two years, a few cases of beer, a lot of friends, and even some random folk from Craigslist to finish. But from beginning to end, the story is there (you don’t know what you have until you lost it kind of stuff). All said, I guess what I am trying to say is that there is nothing green or fresh about this beer. It’s got that dead grass essence/flavor to it for dayyyyys. And sometimes I’m into that. But not today, I guess. Not today. I can tell it’s a perfectly crafted beer - it has more balance to
it than a seal with a ball on its nose. I’m coming around… Yeah, I could see how some peeps would like it. And I’m almost there. I’m almost there like Marlon Brando could have been a contender, but unfortunately he fell just short. Oh, how in life sometimes we just all fall too short…

Lauren: “I took my first semester off and traveled around Europe.”
Dayton: “I hear Europe is overrated.”
Lauren: “Everything is overrated until you try it yourself. Haven’t you realized that?”


Green Grass/La Schmoove

 

Once again, this was a beer that I traded for a while ago as the date on the bottom of the can read 7/26/17 with MONK FU written underneath that. Even though I haven't rated many of their offerings on here, this was on par with what else I've had from Monkish as it was incredibly smooth, juicy, and easy to quaff. At the end of the day, isn't that what we're looking from the beers that we drink?

This had a solid pour to it as the liquid was muted, gold, and topped off with plenty of soft head. Most of the lacing left behind was concentrated along the top third of my pint glass with a few scattered splotches below that. Loads of citrus and tropical juice in the nose with peach and apricot underneath that. The taste was just as smooth without any overt hop bitterness and only an underlying dankness that meshed in well with everything else that was going on. Basic, doughy malt made this full-bodied but short of being heavy. Ripe rind and a subtle slickness emerged fully before I finished this off...

There was enough booze in this but this was so nicely crafted that you'd hardly notice it. Not weak nor strong, this was on the money and so enjoyable from the first sip. A lovely IPA that was only imperial by category, as this left me wanting another can on hand!

Canned 11/29/16; drank 12/10/16 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque dull orange/yellow appearance.

A rough pour yielded a huge, noisy eggshell head; thick, frothy lace.

Melon, orange peel & fresh cut grass notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Melon & mild banana flavors up front; orange peel & dry grass notes on the finish. No booze heat.

A balanced, juicy DIPA that lands a bit too far on the dry side for me. Still above average & enjoyable, though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Monkish usual, a smooth creamy pour. Hazy yellow, no lace, half inch of foamy head.

Awesome tropical pineapple , hints of mango, so pure and hardly any bitterness or presence of pine.

Again, tropical and great, but with more of a light hop presence. The flavors die off a bit quicker, leaving me wanting just a little more in the finish.

Creamy smooth, a tad thinner than most Monkish I’ve had but not in a bad way. Still great.

A DIPA from Monkish I’ve really been looking forward to. Awesome as usual but I’ve had better from them.