Hopmonkey
Brouwerij Steeman in Mespelare, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij Anders!IPA Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.78
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
24 February 2019. Wieze Bierfestival - cheers to Meeki, Ama Deke & the lovely Anke! Clear pale golden with a lasting, small, frothy, off-white head. Aroma of mandarin peel, bitter mango, grain, yeast, breadcrust, lime, unripe apple & pear, spring onion. Taste is light fruity sweet, apple peel, pear & pineapple, quickly turning medium hoppy bitter with bitter mango flesh & mandarin peel, bit 'crude' grainy, yeasty & dank oniony, some sourish lime in the back. Dryish, floral hoppy finish, somewhat dank & yeasty again, some grapefruit peel too. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Still a bit crude in execution but certainly a good try.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2019
at 09:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Steeman Hopmonkey (by Brouwerij Steeman):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
26/XII/18 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ Thomas' place, BB: 21/VIII/20 - (2018-2029)
Pretty clear blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity start, citrus, bit lemony, sour pineapples. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter, fruity, bit resinous, citrus, some grapefruit, nice and hoppy. Aftertaste: more citrus, some pineapple, bit herbal, grassy, bitter, fruity touch, bit acidic.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
26/XII/18 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ Thomas' place, BB: 21/VIII/20 - (2018-2029)
Pretty clear blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity start, citrus, bit lemony, sour pineapples. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter, fruity, bit resinous, citrus, some grapefruit, nice and hoppy. Aftertaste: more citrus, some pineapple, bit herbal, grassy, bitter, fruity touch, bit acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2018
at 21:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Gekocht op 29-09-2017 bij bierhandel Verhelst te Dendermonde. En geproefd op 20-1-2018. Hopmonkey is een helder blond biertje dat bij het uitschenken een normale hoeveelheid wit schuim produceert in een dikke laag gevormd uit tamelijk dikke belletjes. Het blijft op een normale manier aan het glas kleven. Ook veel CO2 pareling te zien met belletjes van een gemiddelde grootte. Na een tijdje rest er nog slechts een dun laagje van het schuim. Het aroma van Hopmonkey is fruitig, citroen, citrus en sinaasappel en biscuit-moutig. De smaak is hop-bitter met citrus en graanmout. In de mond geeft Hopmonkey een medium boddy gevoel met toch een volmondige textuur en normaal prikkelend. Een harmonieus biertje. De nasmaak vloeit lang uit en is licht hop-bitter en lichtjes droog. Ook de frisse citrus tref je hier nog aan. Zeer goede dorstlesser deze Hopmonkey, wegens toch niet te bitter. Meer info en mijn befaamde sublieme foto's kan je zien op: http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/Steeman_Hopmonkey-b-4244.html
Tried
from Bottle
from
Drankgigant Dendermonde
on 20 Jan 2018
at 17:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
New IPA-intended ale from this young micro brewer and, according to the man himself, "a little bit dry-hopped with Citra" (why only a little bit?). Moussy, snow white, stable head, hazy peach blonde robe with ochre-ish hue. Aroma does indeed convey the present-day IPA characteristics: fresh lemon zest, stale lime juice, olive oil, sweet onions, dough, orange flesh, but some wet paper and soap as well. Fairly clean fruity onset (for a Belgian IPA especially), sweetish pineapple and pear notes, fizzy carbonation (a bit much so for this type of beer but acceptable), bit oily mouthfeel. Cereally, lightly bready maltiness, a tad grainy, supporting a long, oily, oniony and grapefruity hop bitter finish with spicy yeast notes scattered throughout - but it is still the hops which get all the credits here, and that is what IPA is all about. Not a game-changer of course, in a world teeming with hop-forward beers, but that said, this is remarkably to the point for a Belgian made one, the hoppiness sufficiently shines without being bothered too much by Belgian yeastiness (though its effects are certainly there). Nice surprise, actually, didn't expect this coming from Steeman...
Tried
on 16 Oct 2017
at 07:21