Humorous Ludicrous
Behemoth Brewing Company

So the plot thickens… into some sort of gelatinous blob it seems – as I learned (learnt? Can someone teach me the difference???) here’s the deal Behemoth Brewing is known as Behemoth brewing everywhere except Australia. Why? Well rumour has it (and it’s probably fact, I couldn’t be bothered looking it up) that KAIJU! Beer had already trademarked ‘Behemoth’ with their most delicious brew: Where Strides The Behemoth: Double India Black Ale. The irony, as it seems, is delicious as KAIJU! themselves were subject to their own trademark infringement when they were previously known as ‘Monster Mash’, in their own words: “A certain energy drink company didn't like us using that name, so we changed it”. In any case ‘Chur’ is a fitting name for a NZ brewer, chur brah!

Poured from a 500ml entire-top-pulls-off [ETPO I’m calling it] can into a Duvel tulip.

A: Tasty-looking NEIPA: Cloudy AF orange-sunrise body with a creamy off-white head that drops back to a thin blanket leaving a light amount of lattice-work lace on the side of the glass. Like I said: Tasty-looking NEIPA. 9/10.

S: Funky overripe rockmelon/honeydew/any other sweet melon you can think of – Humorous Ludicrous has melons for days mate. Aside from this the aroma is nothing out of this world, those melons though, if you like melons then mister: you’re in luck. Hints of floral character linger in the background. A bit more variety in the hops is my only real complaint here. 8/10.

T: Woah, bit on the sweet side, cloying even, with melon flavours as described above (mostly rockmelon and honeydew) touch of sweet orange makes an appearance to round out the hops. Malt-wise it’s a dextrose sugar hit, with a hint of dry cracker in the background. Finish is still sweet with a mild bitterness trying to level it out, but ultimately succumbing to the sugary onslaught. Look, it’s probably not quite as bad as I’m describing it, however it is too sweet and needs a bit of green character from the hops to counter it. Plus that melon character has a bit of funk to it – like biting into overripe fruit. 7/10.

M: Medium bodied with a dense/almost-flat carbonation, touch too flat. 7/10.

D: After the glory of Dump The Trump [a slogan beer I think we can all get behind] this beer goes too far in the opposite direction of the sweet/bitter dichotomy. I love a sweet beer from time to time [friends, Brisbanites, countrymen: lend me your Tripels!] but this brew cloyed too much for me, sorry Chur. 7/10.

Food match: Chicken and leek pie for some reason.