Flying Monkeys

Microbrewery in Barrie, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

Established in 2004

Contact
107 Dunlop Street East, Barrie, L4M 1A6, Canada
Description
The Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery leads the Craft Beer Revolution in Ontario. Brewing radical Beers and creative Ales right on the waterfront in downtown Barrie since 2004, the Flying Monkeys was the first Ontario Craft Brewery to truly recognize the need to overthrow the conservative regime of macro-brews and timid small batch taste-a-likes and create a new Culture of Craft Brewing in our province.

Casting off the comfortable and respectable cloak of the Robert Simpson Brewing Company, and revealing our true selves as the Flying Monkeys late in 2008, we gave rise to the the collective creativity of our Brewery and committed our Brewhouse to the adventurous longings of the growing culture of Craft Beer Lovers in Ontario.

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

Nice floral, citrucy and slightly piney aroma. Earthy hops and earthy malt in the flavor. Fruity hoppy finish with a light bitterness.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:29


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Ok, I thought this was the same as the confederation ale so i didnt even look on here and check to see it if had it own rating.
That also lends itself to the fact that it wasnt much different from the confederation ale. its was a pretty run of the mill ale. Some bready malts, and faint hops. a pretty bland beer. Doesn’t really have much going on.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

basic lager, nothing special for my palate, but I can see how this might appeal and convert some macro drinkers.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:08


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

not too bad, perfect for the cottage on a warm day, serve it very cold, and its a nice quencher, i enjoyed it, nice maltiness to it. you can taste the quality.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:32


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Very dark brown color with beige head. Aroma of nougat, dark chocolate, milk chcolate, tons of chocolate, vanilla, milkshake. Taste si very chocolatey, sweet, mlikshake vanilla, nougat, light walnuts, lactose. First sip was excellent, after warming, beer started be more and more sweet. Still good, but not perfect.

Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 19 Feb 2025 at 21:09


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home. Aroma of malt, chocolate, some roast, tropical fruits, some mocha, coffee, hint of smoke, hops. Flavour is light sweet with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Body is medium. Very tasty roasty hoppy coffee fruity.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:01


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Aroma is resinous hops, biscuity malt, pine, slightly sweetish fruits, tropical notes, touch of caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. Not a fruity hop bomb, has more of a resinous and biscuity malty profile, but there’s room for some (tropical) fruits as well. Not bad at all, smooth drinkability.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:36


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

Bottle at home. Aroma is crisp fruity hops, tropical fruits, grapefruit, citrus, light biscuity malt. Flavour is moderate to medium bitter. Body is light. Thinnish but quite crisp and refreshing with plenty of aromatic fruity hops, goes down well.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35


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

Bottle at home. Aroma is bready malt, caramel, soft earthy hops, mild fruits, toffee, tea, with a hint of pine. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Body is medium. A bit on the malty side for my taste, but certainly enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Incredible aroma of massively rich chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa, chocolate cake, brownies, chocolate milk, mild vanilla, tons of chocolate. Flavour is sweet with a moderate roasty dark chocolate bitter finish. Body is medium to full. Incredibly balanced and smooth, you wouldn’t guess this is a 10% abv brew, it drinks so easily. This is the most chocolate-heavy beer I’ve had so far, and I’ve had some beauties in that area. Epic chocolate brew! *** re-rate 2021: Still a lovely chocolate Stout, though I am not floored as I was back in the day.

Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:48