Foggiest Window
Monkish Brewing Co.

 

Pours a dense yellow colour.

Smell is rather standard grapefruit citrus.

Taste is the same. Some sweetness and bitterness make themselves apparent.

Feel is smooth, could be richer.

Monkish seem a little disappointing, maybe the first ones I had were just particularly good, or my tastes have changed.

 

Oh my !! Hazy grapefruit juice. Big citrusy hop aroma and flavor with light white wine and nice dank character; juicy and smooth ! Great balance with light bitterness. Medium bodied with a dry juicy hop finish. Smooth !

Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: New England Double / Imperial IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. snifter elemental (earth) glass
Price: n/a
From: Dave H.
Purchased: n/a; Received Oct. 21, 2022
Consumed: Oct. 27, 2022
Misc.: Canned on Oct. 12, 2022 at 2:24 p.m. PT

Thanks, Dave!

Was lucky enough to get this beer and a few others on a recent work trip to Reno. Had this a few days earlier while golfing and gave part of a can a 4.25. Untappd description was “Triple Dry Hopped (TDH) Double IPA with Citra, Nelson Sauvin, and Galaxy hops.”

Poured a bright golden hazy color with two fingers of frothy white head. Could see plenty of bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass at fast speeds. Excellent spotty foamy lacing. Excellent retention. (Sight - 4.50)

Smelled pretty damn good. In order got Nelson, tangerine, peach, apricot, Galaxy, passion fruit, pineapple, Citra, papaya, guava and pine. A little better out of the can. (Smell - 4.25)

Taste was just behind the smell. In order got Nelson, tangerine peel, peach, apricot, caramel, Galaxy, passion fruit, Citra, papaya, guava, pine and floral. (Taste - 4.25)

Medium body. Creamy texture. Lively carbonation. Long, astringent finish. Actually got better as it warmed. (Feel - 4.25)

Another great beer from Monkish. (Overall - 4.50)

4.32 | 96 | A

 

Worthy of the hype.

 

 

 

 

 

Canned on 10/12/22; consumed on 11/15/22

Pours a turbid, milky straw-gold body capped with a finger of fluffy, white foam; decent head retention leaves a vague, paper-thin layer of cap, slight, frothy collar, and a modest spattering of webby/spotty lacing dotting down the walls of the glass.

Aromas of dank peach rife with springtime perfume open to distant spearmint, while creamed mango sees an underlying decadence through musty guava and a more citric grapefruit focus over time.

Taste shows white grape accompanied by tones of moss and guiding to stiff resins underlying as mango sherbet peaks over the mid-palate into grapefruit and orange on the back end.

Mouthfeel brings a body on the fuller end of medium and a subdued, moderate carbonation, easing a taut prickle via slick resins over the mid-palate as a wispy creaminess lingers and a juicy burst finishes.

Simultaneously boggy, bright, and juicy, elements marry from start to finish among an expansive dry-hopping; the quintessential skill in comprehensive haze profile expected for top-tier Monkish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Batch 4 reviewed