Monkey Fist IPA (2013 - 2016)
Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.49
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Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA is the genesis of a new generation of IPA. The traditional elements of classic English IPA have been redefined by American craft beer innovation. Like the image suggests, Monkey Fist is edgy, aggressive, and unique in style. This beer is brilliant copper in color and exploding with Chinook and Cascade hop character but able to maintain a beautiful balance. Monkey Fist holds up to the spiciest foods or is delicious savored just on its own. And, in case you didn’t know, a Monkey Fist is the knot tied at the end of a sailor’s rope to serve as a weight and make it easier to throw. Cheers!
Admin Note: This first iteration of Monkey Fist IPA was brewed from 2013 - 2016. In 2017 Shipyard reformulated the recipe based on customer feedback.
Admin Note: This first iteration of Monkey Fist IPA was brewed from 2013 - 2016. In 2017 Shipyard reformulated the recipe based on customer feedback.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Slightly hazy amber pour, with a medium white head. Some weird sweet ctrus aromas, mixed with wet cardboard. Weird bitter lemon, and dried hay. Good god this is odd. Low carb, soft mouth feel. Finish lacks the sweetness that was in the aroma. Its quite bitter, with a big citrus pithy finish. This is an odd ball ipa. The hops are there seem to have mingled with odd off flavors.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dose 0,355l: Kräftiges Bernstein, Kupfer, kräftige Trübung, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr fruchtige + kräftig würzige Nase, leichte Süße, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, kräftige florale Hopfennoten, kräftig Malz, kräftig Karamell, kräftige Hefearomen, überreife Früchte, fruchtig-würzige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + würziger Körper, Zitrusnoten, leichte Säure, getrocknete/eingelegte Früchte, florale/kräutrige Hopfennoten, kräftig Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang
Tried
on 09 Oct 2023
at 07:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours hazy gold, with fine white foam, fluffy and creamy. Aroma is intensely fruity, herbal and tropical, yeasty. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium-high bitter, with a hint of sweetness behind. Final is average.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2023
at 20:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
lattina 355 ml, 6,0% VOL., (nuova ricetta 2022) schiuma beige media grana persistente, colore arancio rame torbido, al naso agrumi ananas caramello frutta tropicale resina, in bocca caramello pompelmo uva ananas e una morbidezza data dall’avena, corpo medio leggero, watery, carbonazione moderata, dolce con amaro accentuato, secca nel finale. Ben fatta. Buona. c. Beer-shop.it 12.03.22
Tried
on 12 Mar 2022
at 18:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 02 Jan 2022
at 10:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy amber with a thick white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, sweet malt. Taste is of the same fruits, light hops on the back of the tongue. Palate is slightly resinous, light hops on the nose. Good, no bs IPA. Lemongrass notes throughout.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2019
at 01:21
4/10
Tried
on 11 Nov 2018
at 20:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dégustée au printemps 2016 (De mes notes). .
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 22:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Hazy medium gold color. Moderate frothy beige head.mgood lacing. Dank grapefruit hop nose. Tart bittersweet toasted malt flavor. Spicy citrus hops in middle. Dry peppery hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2017
at 22:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught. Clear dark amber with very small frothy whitish head, very faint piney aroma, medium carbonation, bitter grassy hops taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Classic IPA, decent.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2017
at 20:39