Among The Pines
Monument City Brewing Company
- From:
- Monument City Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #551 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,876 - Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 8.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 03, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 10, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
This West Coast-style double IPA is a perfect balance of malts and hops. Brewed with spruce tips, Simcoe and Amarillo hops give it piney resin and citrus flavors.
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Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
4.37/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a can. An opaque gold pour with an abundant head and lacing.
Sweet malt forward profile. This settles into a vanilla and pine, mild tropical orange and tangerine fruitiness.
The 9% ABV is well masked by the abundant flavor.
Hops bitterness is mild to say the least.
Jan 03, 2026Sweet malt forward profile. This settles into a vanilla and pine, mild tropical orange and tangerine fruitiness.
The 9% ABV is well masked by the abundant flavor.
Hops bitterness is mild to say the least.
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4.4/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours an amber color with a generous head and lacing
Aroma has pleasant citrus and tropical hints
Taste has a pleasant and well balanced citrus and tropical flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good IIPA
Oct 25, 2024Aroma has pleasant citrus and tropical hints
Taste has a pleasant and well balanced citrus and tropical flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good IIPA
Reviewed by Hudson818
4.6/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.6/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Dry, bitter, resinous, slightly citrusy, subtle malt.
This is basically what I want in a double IPA, strong hops upfront then I get a little bit of citrus as the malt comes forward and brings it all together. I really like this beer.
Dec 13, 2021This is basically what I want in a double IPA, strong hops upfront then I get a little bit of citrus as the malt comes forward and brings it all together. I really like this beer.
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
3.97/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A beauty to look at; clear, deep amber appearance with a large off white head and very good lacing. Some citrus snuck in among all the pine in the aroma. Taste dominated by the resinous, piney hops. Malts squeeze in some sweetness but not enough to add significant balance to the sharpness of the hop profile. Aftertaste is a bit acidic. Still, like the way it settles on the taste buds.
Apr 14, 2021Rated by chrisfy from Delaware
4.5/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nice mellow IPA without the bitterness. Worth trying
Nov 17, 2020Rated by ghselkirk
4.4/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Needs a it more gusto in the flavor, but otherwise very well balanced.
Dec 27, 2019
Reviewed by Kendo from New York
3.54/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Canned on 12/17/18; consumed on 12/29/18. Gift from brother-in-law.
A: Poured from the can into a Piraat tulip-snifter-type glass. Body is coppery orange with a small whitish head.
S: Not much of a nose at all, which seems odd. Maybe it's too cold from sitting out in the fridge in my garage? As it warms I get a faint hint of pine and some malty sweetness, but I really have to stick my nose in the glass.
T: Good amount of sweet malt foundation here - primarily of the caramel malt variety, with a touch of brown sugar as well. Finishes with a decent amount of pine and spruce. But too much lingering sweetness for me to give this a better score. Spicy burps.
M: Pretty thick and slick in heft and feel. Syrupy.
O: Not impressed with this one. Too sweet.
Dec 30, 2018A: Poured from the can into a Piraat tulip-snifter-type glass. Body is coppery orange with a small whitish head.
S: Not much of a nose at all, which seems odd. Maybe it's too cold from sitting out in the fridge in my garage? As it warms I get a faint hint of pine and some malty sweetness, but I really have to stick my nose in the glass.
T: Good amount of sweet malt foundation here - primarily of the caramel malt variety, with a touch of brown sugar as well. Finishes with a decent amount of pine and spruce. But too much lingering sweetness for me to give this a better score. Spicy burps.
M: Pretty thick and slick in heft and feel. Syrupy.
O: Not impressed with this one. Too sweet.
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