Smashbomb Atomic IPA

Flying Monkeys in Barrie, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

IPA - West Coast Regular

Score

7.03

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: 70

Ticks: 128

"Holy Hop, Batman, this beer has aroma." Hops are casted nine different times, it’s a breath-deep-and-shudder-with-pleasure kind of scent that’s all from the Citra hops. With a high alpha acid of 11%, Citra has a cacauphony of flavours and aromas --Citrus, passion fruit, grapefruit, lime, melon, lychee fruit, pineapple, mango, and papaya – and dominates this beer.
Smashbombs olfactory tropical explosion shockwaves your face every time you lift the meringue foam towards you. It’s like the ecru-coloured top of a beer pie before it gives up and grips the glass. You can see the Victory malt’s signature in the amber lights in what is primarily a deep golden beer. And, yes, don’t be fooled --there’s malt going on here, too, as you’ll see in the firey body of this ale that makes Smashbomb Atomic look like it radiates its own energy.
With the first taste, Smashbomb’s 70 IBUs are pronounced. This brew is a little bitter, but bitter like a grapefruit with three tablespoons of sugar on top. It’s also incredibly drinkable. The oddity that’ll keep you tipping the glass is that as this citrus peel front subsides, you actually gleen the sweet flavours of the Victory and Crystal malts. Then, as the bread-puddin’ bicuity sweetness of the malts are chased by the dry, tropical flavour of Citra and the fruit punch bouquet is all in your face with each sip, it’s all is so damn intriguing, you’ll be driven to keep on sampling...and sampling.

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2.6

Gluepot (959) reviewed Smashbomb Atomic IPA from Flying Monkeys 4 months ago

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

I have deleted my previous rating of this beer to make a point. A number of year’s ago this beer lived up to its name. It was the first really punchy citra ipa in Ontario. It was fresh, juicy and easily the fruitiest hop beer in the province. It is a crime to call this current beer after the same name. For goodness sake, if you are going to change this beer to a mild, malt based ipa, have the decency to give it a different name. What has happened to Flying Monkeys? Serious sell out.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:07

7.4

Maverick (5074) reviewed Smashbomb Atomic IPA from Flying Monkeys 8 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear orange gold from bottle. Pine resin and citrus. Hippy finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:38

Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Smashbomb Atomic IPA from Flying Monkeys 11 months ago

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

On Tap at Volo.
HUGE hops aroma, no surprise there really. Loads of citrus, pine, and a juicy blood orange also. Not much malt, but thats to be expected, this is just what the Ontario beer scene ordered! Its like a double hoptical illusion. Good stuff!

Tried from Draft on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:32

7.1

tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Smashbomb Atomic IPA from Flying Monkeys 1 year ago

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

Bottle at home. Aroma is resinous hops, biscuity malt, pine, slightly sweetish fruits, tropical notes, touch of caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. Not a fruity hop bomb, has more of a resinous and biscuity malty profile, but there’s room for some (tropical) fruits as well. Not bad at all, smooth drinkability.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:36