neongolden (4416) reviewed Off Season from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Draught at Bryden’s, Toronto, Oct 10 2013) Pours a deep mahogany brown, clear with a decent sized bubbly white head and minimal lace. Aroma is citrus hops, light pit fruit, a bit of fruity saison yeast funk and some sweet caramel malt and very light roast characteristics - really this is a hoppy saison aroma. When cold, the flavour is almost completely dominated by nutty roast malts. When allowed to warm towards room temp, it becomes a lot more interesting. Opens with citrus and pit fruit hops and a slightly funky saison yeast note - an American farmhouse character. By mid-palate a richer caramel malt along with darker malts, roast, and associated bitterness begins to come through. The finish is quite dry, roasted, mildly bitter, with a coffee and nut character. The body is moderate as is carbonation. I like this beer, but cold temps do it a disservice. When it warms it has the character of a saison crossed with a dark malt APA with fairly heavy roast. Fall beer, no doubt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle sampled at RBSG. From notes. Loads of bitter dark chocolate dominate this brew. Awesome.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
How: Bottle.
Where: SBWF 2013.
Appearance: Black colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Chocolate, liquorice, hops.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, coffee, liquorice, some dark fruits.
omhper (44752) reviewed Smashbomb Atomic IPA from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottled at SBWF. Clear deep golden, coarse head. Caramelly nose wit hfaint grapefruit. Sweetish with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and syrupy with more caramel than citrus. Mid bitter finish. Not sure if the importer are trying to promote the beer by using old samples, as the hop character is near zero. The malt character on the other hand is a syrupy mess, so I wouldn’t really bother anyway.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Chayoss from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A hazed dark amber brown barley wine with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet vinous malt with treacle, floral hops, vanilla and licorice, sweet cherry chocolate, very nice. In mouth, a sweet fruity maple chocolate, vanilla, light licorice, and loads of alcohol, very nice. On tap as Chaos Vanilla Barley Wine, at Arrow and Loon.
JK (8181) reviewed BNL Imperial Chocolate Stout from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
RBSG 2013. Black. Thick and heavy palate like syrup. Lots of chocolate and sweet malt. A good imperial stout.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Gingerbread from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Comes together surprisingly well. Had a lot of ginger beers in the past few days - more than enough to last a lifetime - and this one’s near the top. Smells like ginger and some kind of funky malt and some cinnamon. Pours cloudy brown with good head and lacing. Finishes with light bitterness and some sweetness. Some tanginess in finish. On tap at C’est What Craft Beer Festival.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750 bottle-thanks Skyview @RBSG-Minni-disappearing lt brown-black. A-chocolate syrup. T-chocolate syrup, slight hop bite. Interesting.
neongolden (4416) reviewed Red on Red from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Draught at Brydens, Toronto, Sept 6 2013) Pours a very deep brownish ruby, clear with a small, short-lived off-white head that left a fair bit of lace. Aroma hits with fruity hops up front - tropical fruit/tree fruit character with some citrus, sweet, rich malt behind, some pine/earth bitterness as well for balance. Palate is reasonably rich at first, again with tropical fruit/citrus hops and a lot of sweet, complex malts and a chunk of pine resin bitterness. Mid-palate I thought the fruit character was more malt-driven, cherry/plum in addition to the tropical/peach from the hops, and the sweetness comes to the fore more. In the finish the bittering hops take over to cut that sweetness some and the aftertaste is not barleywine-big, with pine/citrus/malt still lingering a bit. Palate is fairly full and quite sticky, soft carbonation, booze is really well hidden with maybe just a slight dryness on the finish, but something made this very slow-sipping and heavy-hitting anyway. Really good though, complex malt character really well-paired with the hops, doesn’t sit easily in any style and all the better for it.
jksipa (1939) reviewed Red on Red from Flying Monkeys 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On Tap and a bottle from Flying Monkeys. Pours a deep deep clear red with a generous beige head that leave significant lace. Nose is caramel and pine and plums and cherry. Plenty of hop bitterness but balanced with a big malt backbone and a mixture of fruit notes. Body is medium to heavy and quite creamy with soft carbonation. Sampled this on tap at the brewery and had to bring a couple of bottles home.