Monkish Brewing Company Magnificat

Magnificat

 

Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.69
ABV: 10.1% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Following the traditions of Belgian Noel beers, Magnificat is our first offering of a Christmas beer. Like a Belgian-style strong dark or quadruple ale, this dark beer has a rich, silky malt profile of caramel and roasted malts, rye, and oats, and reveals complementary accents of dark stone fruits and spices from our Belgain yeast. And to create that liquid-Christmas experience, the beer is spiced with clover honey, sweet and orange peels, coriander seed, nutmeg, and cinammon.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Deep brown colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is dried fruits, some spices and mild toffeeish and toasted tones. Flavour pretty much has the same elements, but in a nice balance. Nice somewhat spicy and chocolaty aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2023 at 23:31


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

750ml bottle. Opaque, dark brown colour with small, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimalyl lacing, sulphureous head. Toasty dark malty, spicy and fruity aroma, hints of caramel, chocolate, honey, cherry, plum, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange zest, allspice. Taste is sweet-ish, toasty dark malty, fruity and spicy, hints of caramel, chocolate, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, allspice, cherry, plum, a bitter touch of orange zest. Well integrated, holistic, nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2018 at 12:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 750ml. @ [ (Chris and Ruth’s pre-GBBF tasting 2015) by chriso - London ]. [ As Monkish Magnificat ].Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - toasted, caramel, spicy, moderate yeasty, bubble gum, anis seed. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, anis seed, spicy, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20150808] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2016 at 03:18


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

Bottle shared at the 2015 edition of the chriso Pre-GBBF tasting - London. Cheers! Pours clear, deep brown with a creamy, tan head. Big wintery spice aroma, with some dark malts and fruitcake. Medium sweet flavour, with dark and toasted grainy bread, light earthy hops. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, with lingering winter spices. Nice overall.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2016 at 04:20


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Craigs. Pours votary dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of Christmas spice, pudding. Taste is spicy, sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2016 at 16:07


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

bottle at home ... dark brown .. thin tan lacing .. soft dark spiced fruit .. soft toffee malts nose ... dark roast ... dark malts .. soft chocolate ... dark malts .. dark sweet malts ... dark sweet toffee spiced chcolate roast

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2016 at 15:15


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep ruby brown, nose caramel, toffee, aniseed, fruity, taste is similar, rich, dry,cocoa.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2016 at 15:14


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

750mL bottle, pours a deep dark brown / black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out paint thinner, perfume and tart fruits - a little spice too. Flavour is tart, perfumey and rather nail polish like. Clashing notes and just bizarre. Not good.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2015 at 01:10


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle - Spicy, perfume, sweet and ginger. Deep brown with a small light brown head. Sweet, spiced, light ginger and a hot finish. Not great.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2015 at 20:55


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Pre-GBBF Shindig 2015. It pours cloudy deep brown with a tiny tan head. The nose is toasty, coca, caramel, wood, leather, dirt and some spice. The taste is bitter-sweet, toasty, earthy, wood, cocoa, spice, dirt, mild acidity, varnish, leather and dark fruits with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not too bad.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2015 at 14:42