Patrons Project 20.06 // Mark Newton // West Coast Routes // Gross // Crosby Hops // West Coast DIPA
Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: GrossIPA - Imperial / Double Series
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Score
7.47
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Mark Newton is back with the next chapter of his journey down the California coast, and he’s in great company for this, the second of our Hop City collabs. This may well be the biggest, dankest IPA we’ve made ever, certainly in the series!
Our good friends at Crosby Hops have kindly let us be one of the first to brew with one of their new developmental varieties – CH3. Expect a waft of dank cannabis, overlayed and softened by white grapefruit and peach rings. Paired CH3 with two more Crosby varieties; Columbus and their excellent estate-grown Comet, an incredibly underrated hop that we’ve been using for years in Eternal. Aside from a pronounced peppery dankness, expect notes of cantaloupe melon, lemon zest and bubblegum. All of this is over a clean pilsner malt base for a softly resinous body with light bready notes which lets the hops shine before a long, pithy finish. FFO (that’s ‘For Fans Of’) Pliny the Elder and Heady Topper
We’ve also timed up with an expert exponent of the style, Gross Brewery, a small brewery located in the Basque Country. Blending hop-forward ales with German and Czech style their beer is a blend modern craft and well brewed tradition. Initially founded in 2013 as a contract brewery they opened their own brewery in 2017 and have been thriving ever since.
Our good friends at Crosby Hops have kindly let us be one of the first to brew with one of their new developmental varieties – CH3. Expect a waft of dank cannabis, overlayed and softened by white grapefruit and peach rings. Paired CH3 with two more Crosby varieties; Columbus and their excellent estate-grown Comet, an incredibly underrated hop that we’ve been using for years in Eternal. Aside from a pronounced peppery dankness, expect notes of cantaloupe melon, lemon zest and bubblegum. All of this is over a clean pilsner malt base for a softly resinous body with light bready notes which lets the hops shine before a long, pithy finish. FFO (that’s ‘For Fans Of’) Pliny the Elder and Heady Topper
We’ve also timed up with an expert exponent of the style, Gross Brewery, a small brewery located in the Basque Country. Blending hop-forward ales with German and Czech style their beer is a blend modern craft and well brewed tradition. Initially founded in 2013 as a contract brewery they opened their own brewery in 2017 and have been thriving ever since.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy pale yellow color, medium-sized head. The aroma is fairly neutral, with a little white-wine-like fruitiness and fresh hop florals. Light to medium-bodied, rather thin for the ABV. Grapefruit, pale malt, a touch of alcohol, and piney notes at first. A well-made West Coast IPA (without caramel malt).
Tried
from Can
from
Hoptimaal
on 14 Sep 2026
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
My Patron Saint Project Beer#19, today celebrating Lucy, the Patron Saint Of Salespeople through a Patrons Project brew. Very mildly hazed deeper west coast golden style appearance, and in design, there's no doubt in taste. This is sugary, very mildly soapy brew, feeling a few digits lower than its abv given its softish texture, and this is a plus point as it's palate appealing. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Northern Monk Refectory MCR
on 29 Aug 2026
at 20:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can picked up from Beyond Beer webshop Hamburg and consumed after a fun few hours at Zwiesel Glasnacht Friday 14th August 2026 we're now back at the Wohnmobilstellplätze sat in Frank. Pours a lighter hazy yellow/gold with a large white head. A little resinous, perhaps floral also, sweet orange, malty, super soft mouthfeel a touch tropical but with pineapple cubes as opposed to full on pineapple. V.good. Score:7.9
Tried
from Can
from Beyond Beer
on 14 Aug 2026
at 19:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of pine, resin, herbal and floral, zesty citrus. Taste is very resinous, piney, orange, malts, strong dank herbal and floral notes, good bitterness that lingers. Medium bodied, slick oily mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
from RAD Beer
on 10 Aug 2026
at 21:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Hazy golden body with a thick off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pineapple and tangerines. Flavour of pineapple and sponge cake. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A juicy and pineapple-y DIPA.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 08 Aug 2026
at 11:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can at Pien Shop, Helsinki.
As: PATRONS PROJECT 20.06 // MARK NEWTON // WEST COAST ROUTES // GROSS // CROSBY HOPS // WEST COAST DIPA.
The beer poured hazy and deep orange in color.
Quite malty. Heavy resiny brew. Bitter, fruity, orange like. Full bodied.
As: PATRONS PROJECT 20.06 // MARK NEWTON // WEST COAST ROUTES // GROSS // CROSBY HOPS // WEST COAST DIPA.
The beer poured hazy and deep orange in color.
Quite malty. Heavy resiny brew. Bitter, fruity, orange like. Full bodied.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2026
at 16:43