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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4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

A golden amber ale with a thick frothy white head. In aroma, oxidized grapes, caramel malt, so-so. In mouth, a sweet grape juice with caramel malt, not very good. On tap at Arrow and Loon, August 26, 2012.

Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2012 at 18:52


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A murky orange milk with a thin white head. In aroma, milky orange juice. In mouth, an orange julep-like offering, with orange juice and mineral notes. On tap at National Capital Craft Beer Festival, August 18, 2012.

Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2012 at 18:48


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

A hazed orange amber ale with a thin lacing mocha head. Aroma, mango juice with caramel malt. In mouth, a sweet cloying mango juice with corn notes, not very good. On tap at National Capital Craft Beer Festival, August 17, 2012.

Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2012 at 20:36


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

CASK: A hazed reddish amber ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet lemon and grassy tea, flowers, very nice. In mouth, a crisp malt with nice lemony floral hops, very grassy. On cask Ottawa Cask Fest, August 12, 2012.

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2012 at 20:43


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

A lightly hazed amber ale with a thick mocha head. In aroma, biscuit malt with faint floral hops, smooth. In mouth, a watery ale with biscuit malt and faint grassy hops, a tad disappointing. On tap at Arrow and Loon August 12, 2012.

Tried from Draft on 24 Aug 2012 at 19:51


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Opaque dark brown liquid with medium, fluffy light tan head. Aroma of fresh coffee, citrus, biscuit, grapefruit, ash and licorice. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter with notes of ash and grass. Medium bodied and medium carbonation. Ok bipa.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2012 at 17:04


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

33cl bottle @ The Bishops Arms vasagatan, Stockholm. Slightly unclear dark orange color, full sized thick, dense off-white head that lasts for quite awhile. Smell malts, hops, moderately fruity. Taste malts, hops, bitter, lightly grapefruit. Medium carbo and body.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2012 at 05:05


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

I drank this with my friend Don, who is Chinese Canadian. He described this pretty well. Its kinda like being the tallest person at a Chinese wedding. Compared to other Ontario beers this is great. Compared to IIPAs anywhere, not so much.

Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2012 at 07:34


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Flying Monkeys Smashbomb Atomic IPA (by Flying Monkeys):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

24/VII/2012 - 355ml bottle @ home - bottled: 22/II/12 - (2012-747) Thanks to Hafiz for the bottle!

Clear orange beer, big creamy yellowish head, stable and adhesive. Aroma: very sweet ripe fruits, mainly passion fruit, pineapple, canned peaches with syrup, sweet malts, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start with quite some piny bitterness, lots of grapefruit, Aftertaste: bitter, some pineapple, but a bit watery, piny touch.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2012 at 10:01


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle - Like Hoptical Illusion but sharper and more pronounced. Malts are also more pronounced in aroma. Pale orange with little head. Heavy grapefruit and bitterness with some malty sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2012 at 23:08