Monk's Blood
21st Amendment Brewery
- From:
- 21st Amendment Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Ranked #164 - ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #25,800 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 12.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 534
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 24, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2009
- Wants:
- 95
- Gots:
- 226
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Belgian Strong Dark ale brewed with cinnamon, on oak chips with figs.
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Rated by ivanbrew from California
5/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
He has a nice cherry, flavored to it with slight sweetness, sourness, and bitterness pretty cool definitely monks blood
Jul 19, 2024
Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reddish brown with a sizzling head and lace.
Aroma of fruits, malt and a hint of cherry.
Taste was sweet, fruity, cherries with a medium body and carbonation.
very good balance and a good beer.
Mar 08, 2024Aroma of fruits, malt and a hint of cherry.
Taste was sweet, fruity, cherries with a medium body and carbonation.
very good balance and a good beer.
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.84/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Garnet red color with nice clarity and a cream colored head.
S - Dark fruit, plums, and sweet caramel malt.
T - Sweet caramel malt, plumb, and dark fruit with light and delicate cinnamon.
M - Thick and full bodied with silky softness.
O - The cinnamon has definitely faded, but overall, a solid beer.
Sep 09, 2020S - Dark fruit, plums, and sweet caramel malt.
T - Sweet caramel malt, plumb, and dark fruit with light and delicate cinnamon.
M - Thick and full bodied with silky softness.
O - The cinnamon has definitely faded, but overall, a solid beer.
Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.32/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
April 5th, 2016 - This dark and fruity beer is a fun and interesting experience, and not easily replicated in other brews or breweries. In a shaker pint it looks just like a Coca Cola, and smells of craisins, chocolate covered cherries and cinnamon crusted almonds. With all these strong aromas I thought the flavor might be quite strong, but it's actually mild up front, and blossoms on the aftertastes, with gentle and light notes of cherry, and candy coated almonds, and somewhere in the back, a slight oakiness.
Jun 17, 2020
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Medium carbonation with about a medium body. Has slight slick oily feel that coats the tongue and carbonation is a little prickly
Aroma is yeast, yeasty doughy bread,dried fruit, fruit cake - I mean that in a good way. Slight cherry liqueur and brandy as well
Taste is yeasty malty bread, fruit cake, mildly sweet, some cherry juice as well
This is much better warmer than too cold. Much more flavorful and interesting as opposed to when I first poured it after taking it out of the fridge.
Apr 14, 2020Aroma is yeast, yeasty doughy bread,dried fruit, fruit cake - I mean that in a good way. Slight cherry liqueur and brandy as well
Taste is yeasty malty bread, fruit cake, mildly sweet, some cherry juice as well
This is much better warmer than too cold. Much more flavorful and interesting as opposed to when I first poured it after taking it out of the fridge.
Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
4.02/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: It pours brown with reddish hues. The head is light brown and head retention is good.
Smell: It has bread aromas with dark cherries and raisins. There are low levels of spice in the background.
Taste: It has raisin and dark cherry flavors balance with some bread. There is a moderate warming presence. There are some low spice elements in the background.
Feel: It has a medium full body with smooth alcohol warming.
Overall, plenty of bread, dark cherry, and raisin elements.
Mar 13, 2020Smell: It has bread aromas with dark cherries and raisins. There are low levels of spice in the background.
Taste: It has raisin and dark cherry flavors balance with some bread. There is a moderate warming presence. There are some low spice elements in the background.
Feel: It has a medium full body with smooth alcohol warming.
Overall, plenty of bread, dark cherry, and raisin elements.
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