Merry Monkey
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.87
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This Belgian-Style holiday ale combines the beloved flavor profile of golden monkey with notes of cranberry, orange peel, cinnamon and nutmeg to deliver a delightfully smooth finish, perfect for merry gatherings with family and friends.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2022
at 20:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very clear, but ever-so-slightly hazy copper and vermillion coloured body with an amber and bronze glow with a thinnish, single centimetre tall off-white head that fades quickly. Aroma of honey, yeast, coriander seed, wheat, curacao and a good deal of light spices with a sweet scent towards the end - very nice in the nose, showing a bunch of scents, but seemingly not too pungent. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong malt and coriander seed flavours show at first with a big pungency and wheat with a good grassy and dry, herbal finish that has a nice coriander seed freshness with some relatively pungent curacao and full orange flavours at the very end. Aftertaste is rich, dry, very spicey with a good kick of Belgian yeast and an enjoyable freshness with a pleasant sweetness at the very end. Overall, an enjoyable and rich beer with a great sweetness and complex yeastie quality with a dryness and herbal finish that makes this robust and rich, but complex at the end. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$2,99 sampled a bit more than a year later on 06-January-2022, labeled 'best by' 08 October 2021, sampled at my house here in Washington during a small snow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2022
at 09:10
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 8
Overall 2
Big bottle of nope. Takes the already borderline too-sweet Golden Monkey and makes it even more indulgent, adding mouth-coating amounts of cinnamon and nutmeg with a slight note of cranberry and a medicinal sweetness on the finish. Too much of everything. Hard pass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2021
at 00:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours clear, bright copper with a large foamy/creamy beige head. Xmas ale indeed. Med body at least. Flavor has zest, cinnamon and I think cranberry. Not dry, but not sweet. Bitter? Zest and cranberry provide. Nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2021
at 02:22
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
From a bottle given t' me by briny, this stuff is exactly as expected; full of bullshit holiday spices and as boozy as ever. The nose is mildly sweet entrancing perfume. The eye is slightly ever so, from aple ale. You can't even get the beer in this. At 10% its one kick ass brew. So over the top, so holiday in attribute. How could you even drink one of these? Its so high alky mouth coating, whew. Super bimbo bambo blaster master of the vasterverse. There you have it, a holiday spiced & up over the top, and down the chimney with a red suit brew. Whew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2021
at 20:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Wegmans. Clear copper with a dusting of a white head. Nose is coriander, Belgian yeast, spice, hint of orange peel. Orange peel, yeast, nutmeg, cinnamon, cranberry. Not boozy, but not great either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2021
at 18:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Orange caramel with a huge foamy head. Astringent with tobacco, grain and cinnamon. long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 31 May 2021
at 02:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Bright amber orange color. Small creamy beige cap. Yeasty malt aroma hints at cinnamon and tangy fruit. Bittersweet fruity malt flavor. Notes of cranberry, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange. Big warming alcohol notes in middle. Dryish bitter finish with notes of dried cranberries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2020
at 05:39
6/10
Amber pour. Thin foam. Spice flavor with rye notes and a spice palate. Easy carbonation
Tried
on 02 Dec 2020
at 02:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pear and dark honey nose. Crystal clear amber, thin head. White grape, pear, grass. Medium body, easy carbonation, alcohol superbly well concealed. Well attenuated, tasteful, does not get tiresome.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2020
at 00:58