400 Pound Monkey
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.52
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Why does the world need another IPA? Because this one ain't like them others. We use hops of a different color, earth and herbal, well-balanced by bready malt. The result? An English-style IPA that separates itself from the ubiquitous bunch.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into an English pint glass.
The appearance was a moderately hazy burnt orange color. Lighter colored hues of almost transparent burnt yellow grace along the sides if the glass. The head was about a finger’s worth of white foaminess. After dissipation, moderate sticky lacing eventually slides into the beer.
The smell starts off with a sweet biscuity to breadiness rolling into a sly little bit of a grassy spicy hops. Gets slightly earthy as well. Soapiness of a normal English IPA is there yet tame.
The taste was moderately sweet. Low rolling earthy to semi-spicy hops slide into the aftertaste and into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable sweet to spicy feel slyly rolling over a nice low key carbonation.
Overall, for an English IPA, its extremely well done. Hats off to Left Hand for pulling this one off. Pass the fish n’chips!
PMgep (4081) ticked 400 Pound Monkey from Left Hand Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Mitsuya’s. Pours an amber with a nice off-white head. Malt forward aromas with hints of citrus hops, floral and tea aromas present as well. Fairly balanced with the malt sweetness and caramel pairing nicely with the citrusy hops and some pepper on the palate. Nice dry finish.
Travlr (30174) reviewed 400 Pound Monkey from Left Hand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear light amber color, medium white head. Aroma of light citrus, caramel. Taste has burnt caramel.
Fergus (31537) reviewed 400 Pound Monkey from Left Hand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle picked up from Cotteridge wines and drunk at home. Aroma is ok wet hop, tea leaves, biscuit and light caramel malts. Nice mostly clear golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head with big bubble and lace. Flavour is composed of biscuity, pale malts and little caramel, spicy hop, wet hop, hop matter, tea leaves. Palate is medium to lifght bodied with a little malt sweetness and moderate carbonation. Maybe not as fresh as it could be.
Iznogud (14911) reviewed 400 Pound Monkey from Left Hand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle, 355 ml at Breukelen Beer Merchants, Brooklyn. Pours hazy golden with small white head. Caramel malts, fruit, hint of herbs, sweetish with light bitterness in finish.
Olut (22183) reviewed 400 Pound Monkey from Left Hand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Slightly hazy golden with a small head and a small carbonation. Has some IPA style, but it’s not very stated. There’s caramel in its nose, but hot so much in taste which mainly has a longer low-bitterness finish. Some of its strength is evident but it hardly impacts on the ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear golden beer with a thin, foamy head and a sweet, hoppy aroma. The flavour is deceptively mellow, feeling like it’s going to be a meaty one when it first hits your tongue but it’s pretty smooth in the end. Tangy fruit, caramel malt. It’s balanced nicely and quaffable if unspectacular.