Monkish Brewing Company Rara Avis

Rara Avis

 

Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.43
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 13
A blended rye & spelt saison with brettanomyces & lactobacillus, and gently dry hopped with Galaxy & Amarillo hops. Slight tartness, earthy funkiness, tropical fruit juiciness. Brewed for the Rare Beer Club.
 

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Tried on 26 Jan 2019 at 13:36


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Modern Times Festival of Dankness, San Diego, CA

Pours hazy yellowish with a smooth head. Aroma of funky bretta notes, farmyard earthiness, hops and yeast. Taste is crisp, funky and yeasty with some bretta, hops and fruits. Finish is crisp, hoppy and funky with some yeast and tart earthy notes. Interesting.

Tried on 22 Aug 2015 at 19:08


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by GenDV138 at the WWWW Mid Atlantic Summer Beer Tasting. Hazy yellow, thin fizzy off-white head, decent retention. Aroma of citrus and herbal hops, yeast, brett, mild lacto. The taste is citrus, yeast, pale malt, brett, strawberry, stone fruits, pepper. Medium bodied, high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2015 at 23:22


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

From a 22 oz bottle at the WWWW RB tasting it is the color of unfiltered applejuice with no head >The aroma is pineapple and the taste is shoepolish that finisjes with a lemon flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2015 at 16:18


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Caged & corked 750 ml bottle shared at the RateBeer WWWW Tasting, from Rare Beer Club. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral, citrus. Tastes of citrus, floral, funk, hay. Medium body with a dry finish. Nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 21:39


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From a 22 oz bottle at the WWWW RB tasting. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Aroma of pineapple. Flavors lemon and wheat toast.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 17:06


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Very nice monk shit. Perps took off the hood for this one. Hazy golden pour with OK head. Good bretta infusion. Some citrus. Nice package and very drinkable. Bottle thanks to Gendv137.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 15:49


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Hazy pale yellow color. Nice aroma of vinous summer fruit and white wine. Taste is softly sour peppery straw. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 15:44


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle, pours a cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma brings out lots of funky brett, with a complex funk that pervades. Flavour is super funky, with wonderful brett notes and a nice bitter astringency on the finish. Highly complex from the brett. Excellent beer.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2015 at 00:47


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle pours out a cloudy straw topped with a white head. Nose is yeast grassy hops grain and some funk. Taste is more of the nose with a nice belg yeast spice pepper.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2015 at 19:44