Monkish Brewing (August 2017)

Planning on visiting Monkish for the first time tomorrow. Does the tasting room usually get pretty crowded on Saturdays? Any other tips for the visit?

 

Thanks for the advice! I know the fight starts at 6pm so I will keep that in mind. Any nearby food recommendations?

 

Wow... Got a group text earlier that the fight was postponed due to an injury. After reading your post, I decided to click the link in my group text. Turns out it was just a picture of hands down the largest black penis I had ever seen. I blame you for this.

 

They usually have food trucks. If you want a greasy burger, Fantastic Cafe is right there

 

Mitsuwa food court is a 5 minute drive. Big fan of Santouka's ramen and Hannosuke's tempura. There are a bunch of other great Japanese spots in Torrance.

 

Hey homie, if you're going 2b in Torrance again, there are other worthy breweries in the area. Phantom Carriage is close & funky. Smog City is close & good. Yorkshire Square specializes in English cask ales.

 

Kappo Irifune is really fucking good.

I was at Monkish on Saturday night. I recommend going there when there's a fight. Was absolutely dead

 

A friend of mine wanted to know what can releases at Monkish were like, so I made him a starter pack:

 

Couldn't make this one but glad to see something other than galaxy hops. Seems like every single release(cans and fills) has been galaxy galaxy galaxy

 

is that a bad thing? The beers they've done with galaxy have been awesome and have had the best shelf life in terms of how good they are long past when you expect a canned IPA to last

 

I feel like the kid in the back of the stroller really got the short end of that stick.

 

.....and most of the bar got to see some of the fight anyway.

Missed the release yesterday. Or, more like, I haven't gone to a release in a couple of months. Friends usually hook it up with a can, but it's been a slog getting from OC from work to Torrance and back down to Long Beach.

 

...so we're not talking about the new Pre-presale bottle release?

 

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|| FUTURE STARTED YESTERDAY || A rustic wilde ale barrel aged with guava and peach. 6.5% ABV (750ml corked & caged champagne-style bottles). 450 bottles. Limit 1 bottle per person.

PURCHASING DETAILS:
Future Started Yesterday = $20 + Eventbrite fee per 750ml bottle (sales tax & CRV included), 1 bottle limit per person.
This PRE-Presale starts now and will end Thursday 8/31 at 10am. The general public presale will then start Thursday 8/31 at 12pm. So buy BEFORE THURSDAY 8/31 at 10am.

PICKUP DETAILS:
Purchased bottles will be available at Monkish's Tasting Room starting this Saturday, September 2nd, at 12pm. Purchased bottles must be picked up within 4 weeks by Sunday, October 1st at 8pm. In order to pick up your bottles, you will need to show your valid photo ID and Eventbrite ticket; it must be your ID and the name must match that listed on the ticket. Duplicate orders will not be accepted. We reserve the right to cancel and refund any order we deem in violation of this policy.

*** Bottles not picked up by Sunday, October 1st at 8pm will be considered forfeited to the brewery.
*** Please note that we will not issue refunds, exchanges, or returns. All sales are final.
PLEASE plan accordingly to the schedule above to pick up your bottles because we need to move beer around by the set dates above.




Apparently this one was at Modern Times' Festival of Dankness as a preview. I didn't see it on the list of offerings so might have had to ask for it.

 

It's not necessarily bad, but I'm glad they finally changed it up... I love galaxy hops but my palate needed a change that's all

 

The last like, 9 can releases have been some combination of mosaic, citra and either galaxy, amarillo, or nelson. Is one of you seriously going to argue that the galaxy makes so much more difference than amarillo, nelson, or whatever obvious-hop-of-choice they've snuck in?