Triple Indian Pale Ale, 10.3% ABV
Triple IPA with Citra and Simcoe
The beer is pale yellow color, very hazy/opaque. The foam is coarse and medium rich, lacing on glass. The beer smells tropical, showing POG, vanilla milk shake, orange juice, lemon peel, mango purée, pineapple, Piña Colada, coconut liquor noses. The beer is medium sweet, not bitter, bold, high viscosity, full bodied. It tastes jammy, subtle salty, not sticky, but thick. This is a mellow one. It shows a jammy marmalade aroma at the base level, showing fluffy orange popsicle, big ripe orange, there’s orange peel oil but not a lot, not lemony, mango and pineapple juice, passion fruit juice, orange liquor aromas. There’s a big bold orange, dried orange slice aromas in this beer. The aftertaste is warm, cypress, hemp, leafy, grassy. It’s delicious though, although it’s not the most complex hops choices. But this beer gives you a consistent “big in orange” flavor and aromas from beginning to the end. The cypress and leafy hops aroma is nice, adding a layer of airy forest floral aroma on top of the big orange profile. The aftertaste is easter heavy liquor, orange liquor, pineapple, hemp dankness, lemon zest aromas.
You won’t get wrong with Monkish’s hazy. This one is no exception. For a TIPA, this is bold and thick, but it’s not over-sweet. I like the added softness (salty mineral) in this beer, and there’s absolutely no hops burn. It’s just hops partridge, very comfortable and soothing. The aftertaste is actually super leafy, cypress, newly mowed lawn alike, probably that’s eclipsed by the big flavor of Citra, but the Simecoe flavor does show a dank west coast evergreen forest airy vibe. This is also not a super dank beer, but dank enough to make it feel adult-friendly. Dank aroma add a bit of funk to the super fruity tropical flavor, and then the early herbs dankness paint the beer from golden to green. I don’ know if that’s the intention of the beer label design. But it’s a bold one, probably that’s what the vinyl is referring to. But in overall the simple hops selection is brave, and the result is still a high quality hazy TIPA. There’re no punishment from bitterness or hops burn, it’s just a smooth, mellow flavor bomb.