Surfing Monk
Summer Wine Brewery in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - Belgian Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.12
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An unlikely marriage of New Zealand hops and Belgian yeast.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Hazy golden body with a medium off-white head. Stready carbonation. Light lacing. Aroma of peanuts, salted cheese and sweet chilli crisps. Flavour of lemon, passionfruit and yeast. Thin body with a light, oily texture. Soft fizz. I was quite excited to try this but it doesn’t quite hit the spot for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2015
at 13:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - golden with a lovely fluffy head. Nose - lightly funky, then passionfruit. It develops into oranges. Taste - tangy orange going into apricot. A little fresh sweat but not unpleasant. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - complex and tasty. The style should probably be Belgian Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2015
at 18:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home. Pours hazy golden, light fruit and bitterness, yeasty, dry toffee finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2015
at 02:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog Shepard’s Bush. Clearing up the last of the tap takeover. Mostly clear light golden / straw coloured pour with a lasting fading white head. Aroma is really unusual mix of spicy citrus and onion / chive.sweet berry and a lil bit of plasticy phenols. Flavour is composed of wheaty grains, doughy, light mango tropical fruit, veg, midget gem hop. Palate is airy with some wheaty grains and medium finish. The Belgian IPA is really hard to pull off and this one hasn’t quite managed it.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2015
at 14:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity tropical hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy yeasty peachy flavor. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy weak yeasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2015
at 03:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Flying Scotsman, Stockholm. Cloudy golden, rich head. Generous aroma of pineapple, sassafras, passionfruit and marzipan. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Passionfruit and marzipan lingers. Mid bitter finish. Nice!
Tried
on 23 Jan 2015
at 10:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Retro review Bottle from Stirchley Wines; hazy amber pour with big airy white head, pineapple aroma, punchy fruit taste slight sourness, powdery yeast in the background, well decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2013
at 13:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
24th November 2012
Hazy orange - gold beer, massive white head. Crisp palate, semi dry. Bitterish seltzer minerals. Fresh grapefruit, tangerine and a little orange peel. Mild sherbet lemon and a trace of lime. Finishes crisp with citrus bitterness. Nice!
Hazy orange - gold beer, massive white head. Crisp palate, semi dry. Bitterish seltzer minerals. Fresh grapefruit, tangerine and a little orange peel. Mild sherbet lemon and a trace of lime. Finishes crisp with citrus bitterness. Nice!
Tried
on 04 Aug 2013
at 04:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Golden with a foamy head. Lemon, yeast, spice and some notes of grapefruit in the aroma. Banana, lemon, yeast and grapefruit feature in the tangy, yeasty and slightly spicy taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2013
at 14:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Cloudy golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Floral yeasty aroma, some citrusy hop notes. Taste is slightly monotonous and somehow narrowly concentrated and simultaneous yeasty, citrusy, acerbic and bitter hoppy, minimally spicy. Nice composition, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2013
at 11:23