Smarter Than Spock
Monkish Brewing Co.

 

Opaque corn milk yellow, almost neon, under a short white head that quickly dies to a thinly curled ridge.

Big flavor, tropical fruits meet tangerine in a juicy midpalate, but the finish is characteristically cottonmouth dry.

On tap, pours a very hazy yellow-orange. Smell features tropical fruits, sharp green herbs and a bit of resinous dank. Taste follows. Soft, smooth feel. Another champ.

Look - nice yellow slight tan milk with a nice white rimming and lacing
Smell - so much mango tropical smell
Taste - Mango tropical like the smell, pretty easy going
Feel - nice creamy medium body with a slight carb
Overall - pretty tasty

 

 

 

 

This one pours a super hazy and bright orange color, with a small head and lots of lacing.

This smells like hop burn and mango mostly, with just a general tropical aroma.

This is more bitter than I expected from Monkish. It’s not really that pine bitterness I love - it’s that green lupulin hop burn, and it kinda ruins the beer for me. There’s some nice fruity notes, but this was clearly released too young.

This is light bodied and pretty creamy, with a lingering burn on the back end.

I expected more from a hoppy beer from these guys.

 

Good aromatics with whiffs of tropical hoppiness...it's there, but you have to search a little to find it. Overall, this is a good hazy IPA with good depth for a single. The finish and swallow are good, but this one lacks the tropical notes that I was looking for.