6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Light gold color, hazy with brief white head. Modest tropical fruit aroma, mildly hoppy taste with peppery finish.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2026
at 21:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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Clear, Deep Yellow Color, Huge Thick Dense Tiny Bubble White Head, Creamy Top, Good Retention, Thin Creamy Drip Rings of Lacing. Strong Sweet, Pineapple, Slight Coconut Aroma. Nice. Sweet, Sugary, Fruity, Pineapple, Coconut, Light Bitter. Sweet, Sugary, Fruity, Pineapple, Coconut, Lasting Warming Heat, Light Bitter Aftertaste. Hides ABV Well. Smooth and Easy Going. Nice. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Clear, Deep Yellow Color, Huge Thick Dense Tiny Bubble White Head, Creamy Top, Good Retention, Thin Creamy Drip Rings of Lacing. Strong Sweet, Pineapple, Slight Coconut Aroma. Nice. Sweet, Sugary, Fruity, Pineapple, Coconut, Light Bitter. Sweet, Sugary, Fruity, Pineapple, Coconut, Lasting Warming Heat, Light Bitter Aftertaste. Hides ABV Well. Smooth and Easy Going. Nice. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2026
at 03:40
4.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 3.5
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Tiki Monkey: 2$ can from chalet premier in N Lima. Pour is hazy pale with a very thin pond scum head. Nose permeates environment immediately after popping the can, reminds me of canned fruit cocktail with those maraschino cherries in there. First taste is a tad bitter and boozy, not as civilized as the good tripels of the old country. Its not a 'deceptively' high alky content, it lets you be fully aware of its alky content. I'm also surprised this is not styled as some kind of fruit or flavored beer, it says nothing on its label about a belgian tripel, it just says tropical island ale. Ever so slight soft carbonation. I guess victory has rode the daylights out of this monkey thing. I remember tasting the golden monkey about a quarter century ago and gave it a 4.6/10 - so this is not as good as the original monkey. Now there are about a baker's dozen of these monkey adaptations? Go head victory, make 10 more renditions of pounding the monkey and you'll be on the same road as voodoo ranger, LoL! Well, one benny about this is; at the end of the can, I think my mind grapes think-pan grey matter is feeling a little softer. Yea!
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Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 20 Aug 2026
at 17:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
"Bottled Nov. 11 2004".
Black pour showed a few streams of fizz. Warming roasty nose of stout malt, with alcohol up front.
The taste keeps up the warming alcohol, and adds a slight burn from dark roastiness. There is some oxidation in this 21-year old bottle, but the rest of the palate has held together very nicely.
Black pour showed a few streams of fizz. Warming roasty nose of stout malt, with alcohol up front.
The taste keeps up the warming alcohol, and adds a slight burn from dark roastiness. There is some oxidation in this 21-year old bottle, but the rest of the palate has held together very nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2026
at 03:35
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4
12oz can. Vile citrus aroma couples really poorly with the estery Belgian yeast. Big boozy mess. Flavored bullshit. What a disgrace.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2026
at 04:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can, from Trader Joe's, Chicago. Pours cloudy lemon yellow with a large foamy off-white head, sharp lemon drops aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter with strong lemon drops taste, pineapple, tropical flavors, thin body, long extremely flagrant finish. Feels very artificially tropical.
Tried
from Can
at
Trader Joe's - Chicago
on 12 Jul 2026
at 21:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft pours clear yellow with a moderate head that reduces but lingers. Thin/silky mouthfeel with a pleasant flavor of white bread and a moderate bitter finish. Very nice!
Tried
from Draft
at
Devil's Alley Bar & Grill
on 10 Jul 2026
at 22:35
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 3.5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
a: almost fully clear golden coloured body | very thin off-white head
a: medicine | artificial pineapple | light hop pellets
f: coconuts | syrup | alcohol
t: pungent | big biscuity malts | funky yeast
o: way too fake | tropically yes, but cough syrup like | definitely not worth trying - pass this one up!
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Falls Church (Tyson's Corner), Virginia | 21-May-2026 | US$2,17 | best by: 02-March-2027 (good there!) | sampled: 22-June-2026
a: medicine | artificial pineapple | light hop pellets
f: coconuts | syrup | alcohol
t: pungent | big biscuity malts | funky yeast
o: way too fake | tropically yes, but cough syrup like | definitely not worth trying - pass this one up!
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Falls Church (Tyson's Corner), Virginia | 21-May-2026 | US$2,17 | best by: 02-March-2027 (good there!) | sampled: 22-June-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe's - Falls Church
on 22 Jun 2026
at 05:52
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Orange with a medium sized white head. Tart and dryish with lemon and faint strawberry. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2026
at 20:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
hazy orange with a medium sized head. Boozy with a strong grapefruit note. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2026
at 20:52