Patrons Project 3.02 Tropical Death Party
Northern Monk Brew Co.

 

Nice pina colada imperial black ale. Some pineapple, some coconut and some booze. You've got it all. Bit it's not all that, you also have some chocolate, a lot of it and big hops with citrus mainly. Nice.

 

CAN
Chocolate black with a pile of lump sepia foam. 4.25
Big dank kronik nose with some charred pineapple. 4
Ash, treacle, rum barrel, sticky herbal greenness, musty grapefruit peel, Ricola, and tropical fruit comeback (mostly dried papaya.) 4.25
A slick nutty-sweet coconut meat finish that goes into lingering burn + bitterness.
Medium+, oily, some warm. 4

Sorachi Ace, Vic Secret, Mosaic, Citra

Pina Colada Black IPA - I wouldn’t expect the Black to be the biggest component, and yet it’s leading with a ton of char. The N Monk blog talks about cold steeping Carafa III but the effect seems quite the opposite. Of the hops, Vic Secret comes through the most - that mint oil effect that the 8 Degrees single hop BIPA had - but there’s some Sorachi rotting lemon, too. Not sure I’d catch the fruit additions if I wasn’t looking for them. The 10% works like 8%, but that ABV also bring expectations. While there’s a bunch going on, much of it is esoteric or doesn’t fit together. Almost like a Fruit IPA-Coconut Porter hybrid, but a failure as one.

A hot mess. 4