Goodbye Blue Monday
Begyle Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Galway Bay BreweryIPA Regular
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Score
7.07
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superspak (10160) reviewed Goodbye Blue Monday from Begyle Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/3/2017. Pours lightly hazy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.6%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; with the mellowly bitter finish. Kind of feels like a NEIPA with the soft bitter finish. Extremely juicy and lightly dank hop complexity; nice bready oats/malt backbone, with adequate lingering bitter dryness. Loved the Galaxy, Citra, Cascade profile as expected. A really enjoyable offering.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Goodbye Blue Monday from Begyle Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Purchased at Bottles & Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on Memorial Day on a very nice and sunny afternoon. Appearance is a cloudy golden amber with a robust white frothy head. Aroma of light hops, oats, light lemon, smell is light but nice. Taste is pretty good, malty for an IPA, filling, not too bitter.