Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA
Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA is the genesis of a new generation of IPA. The traditional elements of classic English IPA have been redefined by American craft beer innovation. Like the image suggests, Monkey Fist is edgy, aggressive, and unique in style. This beer is brilliant copper in color and exploding with Chinook and Cascade hop character but able to maintain a beautiful balance. Monkey Fist holds up to the spiciest foods or is delicious savored just on its own. And, in case you didn’t know, a Monkey Fist is the knot tied at the end of a sailor’s rope to serve as a weight and make it easier to throw. Cheers!
First Brewed:
February 2012
Malt Style:
2-Row British Pale Ale, Malted Wheat, Munich, Crystal, Caramalt
Yeast:
Top-Fermenting English
Hops:
Chinook, Cascade
Color:
Copper
IBUs:
67.5
OG:
1.064
First Brewed:
February 2012
Malt Style:
2-Row British Pale Ale, Malted Wheat, Munich, Crystal, Caramalt
Yeast:
Top-Fermenting English
Hops:
Chinook, Cascade
Color:
Copper
IBUs:
67.5
OG:
1.064
3.3
438 reviews
Portland, United States
Community reviews
Bottled 0,355L. Much elegant and nice aspect, reddish bright amber color, lively and bubbly with creamy head duration. Burned and smokey aroma with caramel malt and sour cortex. Strong bitterish and alcoholic impact, much fraught mouth with overbanding sweetish final.
Hoje dia de começar a saborear as cervejas do mês, algo que realmente tenho que admitir que gosto bastante de fazer. A apresentação da cerveja é bonita, mas bem comum para uma IPA, uma coloração âmbar bem escuro e brilhante, pra quem conhece o tipo é bem normal. A degustação começou pelo modo que uma IPA clássica tem que ser, um amargor considerável, algo que a IPA tem bem como característica, um sabor que puxa bastante pro lúpulo, algo que as cervejas mais comuns não tem, e que com certeza vai incomodar quem não está acostumado. O ponto forte da cerveja é a estabilidade do sabor, tanto em goles curtos quanto em longos, o sabor não é de se alterar muito, o amargor se mantém fácil, e pra quem conhece será de bom agrado, mas mesmo assim há uma certa dificuldade de manter goles mais longos, o sabor é um tanto enjoativo, merecendo saboreá-la bem em goles curtos em sem pressa. A porcentagem de álcool não é alta, mas é bem sentida, os 6,9% de álcool é muito próximo das cervejas mais comum, mas mesmo após 1 garrafa é bem notório o peso e a força da cerveja, algo interessante, mas que mantém a característica de saborear bem do que beber de qualquer forma. No geral, uma IPA clássica, com um altor teor de amargor, mas que pode ser muito bem saboreada aos poucos, o que traz um sentimento bom de satisfação, mas não perde o tom enjoativo em goles mais longos, o que pode estragar um pouco a experiência como um todo.
Draught. Clear dark amber with very small frothy whitish head, very faint piney aroma, medium carbonation, bitter grassy hops taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Classic IPA, decent.
Canette de 473 ml. Arôme de fleurs, de houblon et de conifère. Goût d’ agrumes, de houblon très fleural et de tourbe. IPA classique, ne se démarque pas des autres mais est tout de même appréciable.
Draft. Pours copper color with off-white head. Pine hop aroma. Pine hops with bready malt backbone.
35,5 cl bottle - bbd = 08/2015
Kept up really good, Amber colour, rather dry mouthfeel.
Copper color. Average head and body. Little aroma. Hop bitterness from first taste to aftertaste.
De couleur roux avec un peu everfesssance avec col un peu fonce . On n a des. Notes de bouclons herbacée avec une note caraméliser . C est un mélange de malt caramélisé avec le herbacé Bonnet ipa
Just okay IPA. A bit on heavy malty side. Some bite but not really much distinguishable hop character. Okay.
Amber pour with creamy white head and lace. Aroma is light resins hops with a bready malt kicker. Flavor is semi sweet malt with floral and resins hops. Medium body with smooth carbonation followed by a solid resiny bitter finish.
Tap outside on the patio of Porthole in Portland, ME. Plastic glass. Orange and golden in color. Citrus on the nose especially grapefruit rind. Maybe a little pine. Nice looking off white head. Taste is mostly bitter hops but there is a malty quality serving as an undercurrent of flavor and mouthfeel. Pine and slight floral notes. Feels pretty basic IPA fare but it’s drinkable. Decent, if not really a knockout, punch.
Achetée à la SAQ, en cannette.Extrêmement foncée/brune pour une IPA. C’est très anglais comme IPA, avec ce sucre assez présent et ce malt Crystal. Une belle petite amertûme se pointe le nez et nous laisse deviner les houblons. Ce n’est pas mauvais, mais définitivement pas un genre que j’aime particulièrement.
Bottle from Pivoteka, Zagreb. Shared with Višnja 666. Reddish-golden, lasting medium off-white head. Medium to heavily hopped, hops nicely present in the nose as well as toasty malts and dry fruits. Dry bitterness, hops aggressively breaking through. Gasoline. Full taste. Something perfumed is off here. Otherwise good.
D’un orangé voilé à la petite mousse quasi-onctueuse. Agréables arômes de pin, de grain, d’abricots séchés. Au goût : pamplemousse, toasts brûlées. L’amertume est bonne quoiqu’ un peu tenace... quelques micro notes de caramel brûlé (ce satané goût que je suis loin de chérir). Une bonne IPA, avec, toutefois, quelques petits détails qui ne me font pas vibrer...
Pours a murky golden color with a huge thick, white, foamy head. Aroma typical of an IPA. Hoppy, Grapefruit. Taste is crisp, grapefruit. Refreshing. A nice IPA
Bottle. Medium amber with one finger head. Malty body with bready, light toffee. Earthy hops, seems this leans to the English style a bit. Eh.
This one starts out bitter, with a malt low note and then gets even more bitter and dry on the palate. Not a terrible IPA, but you definitely gotta be in the mood for a mild bite with a box full of bitter.
Draft @ T.F. Green Airport. Copper body with an amber/beige head. Solid hoppiness with citrus and pepper notes. Doughy maltiness rounding it out. Good IPA.
Bière orangée brunâtre, parfaitement voilée, effervescence moyenne-faible, et surmontée d’un col beige moyennement large, très dense et mousseux, qui s’affaisse tranquillement en laissant une belle dentelle sur les parois du verre. Arômes de pain moyennement grillé, pâtisserie, léger sucre mi-foncé (mélange de sucre d’orge et léger caramel…) accompagné des effluves d’un houblon principalement floral aux notes également d’agrumes (surtout pamplemousse) et de conifère. Certaines odeurs boisées, alcoolisées et peut-être aussi légèrement fumée semblent présentent en arrière-plan. Nez correctement agréable, complexité adéquate, bonne intensité. En bouche, pétillement assez élevé sur la langue, onctuosité moyenne au palais. Au goût, entrée maltée de pain grillé, grain rôti, sucre d’orge et caramel, suivi de la domination d’un houblon principalement floral et résineux, petites notes de pamplemousse, en route vers une finale à l’amertume de moyenne à élevée. On note également une certaine trame de fond de malt fumé et boisé, et la toute fin de bouche se veut particulièrement boisée. Très bonne intégration des différentes saveurs entre elles, équilibre malt/houblon intéressant. Bon goût, complexité adéquate (bonne pour le style!), intensité élevée en bouche. Il s’agit d’une bien bonne bière!
Drank from a pint glass, poured from a twelve ounce bottle in a twelve pack sampler. Pours a nice golden/copper color, lots of head that dissipates quickly. Not fond of the up front, in-your-face hop aroma. Decently balanced on the taste tho.
12oz bottle - pours a medium gold . Herbal / piney aroma . Moderate bitterness . Finish brings a lingering bitterness but not too much . Solid IPA .
Pours a golden amber color. Aromas of floral hops, some sweetness, and a touch of fruit. Flavors of hops, pine and citrus. Light body with a bittersweet finish and long aftertaste.
Pours clear copper with white. Aroma is caramel, grapefruit, nut, light fruit. Taste is grapefruit, caramel, nice hoppy. Bitter finish with midlight body.
65cl bottle. Clear orange golden, small sticky white head. Aroma is light sweet malts, some sweet fruits , light hops. Taste is similar, malty sweetness and sudden dry bitterness. Light body, watery texture, medium carbonation. Disappointing.
Bottle at friends house during a card game. Dark golden pour with small head. Aromas were hops but not amazing. Same for the flavor. Just nothing great here.
Canette de 473ml achetée dans une SAQ. Dégustée le 16 septembre 2015 (tulipe). Bière cuivrée limpide. Mousse beaucoup, col très épais beige-tan, crémeux et persistant. Peu effervescente, bulles moyennes. Odeur de houblon, de caramel et de sucre. Assez forte en amorce, un peu sucrée, assez amère en finale. Alcool ressort trop, la saveur plutôt forte masque le reste, mal équilibrée. Manque de subtilité, de finesse, l’alcool aurait pu être mieux caché.
So many amazing IPA in north america... why do we get this from SAQ... corruption maybe. Taste like water with hops.
Canette 473ml. Couleur orangée foncée translucide, mousse beige laissant une dentelle épaisse. Arôme de malt caramel, houblon résineux faible, orange confite. Goût de malt, houblon résineux, amertume plutôt élevée, côté herbacé. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Bottle, 355 ml from Pivoteka, Zagreb. Shared with JFK10000. Pours hazy dark orange with medium white head. Caramel malty, fruit, pine. Medium bodied. Solid dry bitter finish.
Pours a hazy golden-Amber color with an off white head. Citrus hop aroma. Moderate hop flavor.