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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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500mL can, pours an opaque cloudy dark orange with a small off-white head. Nose is strong on the malts, with loads of caramel malt, harsh resinous hops, and some fairly prominent spiciness. Flavour is quite earthy and spicy in the hop department, a pretty pronounced fungal quality, some yeast, and dry caramel bready malt. Not a very cohesive or drinkable IPA. Quite a messy beer. Not so good.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2015
at 19:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Clear yellow to light orange color, medium sized white head. Aroma is malts and mainly floral hops with a touch of fruityness. Tastes about the same: malts, floral, floral hops, lightly fruity, a hint of overripe fruit and a medium to firm bitterness. Decent body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2015
at 15:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
355ml Bottle from www.Clear golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of resin, lots of caramel, cookie, vanilla biscuits, some citrus, light herbal, floral. Flavour is relatively sweet, biscuits, caramel, resin, some citrus, floral, light perfumy, firm resinous bitter finish. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2015
at 16:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Embouteillée le 22 octobre 2014 (inscrit sous la canette), celle-ci a dépassé son heure... Peu équilibrée quoique la base soit bonne et les houblons amérisants bien intégrés. Ça manque juste un peu de finition et de subtilité. Super logo!!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2015
at 15:25
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ML split 2 ways. dark amber red, 1 finger off white head. smells like most standard IPAs. Pine, some blue cheese and bitter orange peel. Decent mouthfeel, it has a very nice sweet grapefruit taste and some blueberry. Cream like finish. Bland but overall, a solid IPA.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2015
at 19:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
35 cl bottle. Dark orange color, cloudy, thick creamy offwhite head. Hoppy nose, tingy. Aroma of citrus and caramel malts with resin hops, ginger, roots, earthy yeast and tobacco. Strong bitter taste, long bitter dry finish, raw and earthy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2015
at 14:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours crystal clear amber, medium creamy beige head, good lacing. Aroma is light line and grapefruit. Flavor is similar, light sweet, medium bitter, pine and grapefruit, touch of caramel backbone. A bit harsh on the end. Basically what american IPAs were fifteen years ago.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2015
at 19:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Mosto, Matera. Pours hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of caramel malt upfront, with grapefruit, pine and resinous hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2014
at 14:26