BrewDog Punk Monk

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottled. This has to be my favorite BrewDog yet, and one of the best beers i’ve had in some time. Golden amber in colour, taste is great, really hoppy, has an "American" character to it (down to the hops i guess), the alcohol is there but subtle. a brilliant beer, if you find it buy it, as many as you can!

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2009 Bottle from brewery. Golden yellow with a fresh white head. I have been salivating while reading the reviews of the Rake’s recent cask. This does them justice. Massively aromatic from the dry hopping. This beer punches well above it’s weight with an explosion of citrus flavours hitting you straight off. Then out of nowhere comes the juicy malt base with an unmistakable belguim aspect to the subtle fruity yeastines. This is one hell of a tweak!

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2009 Cask in The Rake. Aroma is amazing, Big lychee tangerine citrusy goodness, the belgian yeast is key but its not over done, like the banana fruity esteryness off it is good. Taste is similar with a big load of grassy bitterness in the finish. Interesting stuff and dangerously drinkable. RERATE: Second cask in the rake. I recon i pulled one out the bag with regard to cellaring this one, it had been down there an extra week and i only vented it for a few hours. Amazing mouthfeel, probably perfect mouthfeel infact, the chinook bitterness is crazy, big drying bitterness with loads of grapefruit fruityness. Excellent stuff, cant wait for my bottles!

A Mes rate. Cask at the Rake.
Bloody hell. Hats are well and truly off to Tom for this being in absolutely stunning condition. Lovely and clean solid gold colour, excellent white head, plenty of lace and a proper snowstorm when swilled. The aroma is even more spectacular. My god. That is one of the most assertive yet elegant hoppy snouts I’ve ever experienced. It’s straight down the middle between grassy and resinous and floral and aromatic. The Chinooks are really singing a glorious rabble rousing chorus coupled with a driving rhythm from the perfectly pitched lightly sweet malt base. Bloody excellent stuff. The flavour follows on in similarly arse spankingly good form. Maybe just a hint of paper from the hops but it’s really not spoiling anything, it’s just there if I really think about it. Big herbal hoppage that instantly turns grassy then floral. High alpha content, stunning bitterness and again the malt base holds it all up with considerable strength without ever being too obtrusive. Lip smacking fruity hop finish with a building bitter aftertaste and eventually a polite nod towards the Belgian yeast. The body is superb, drinkability is top notch. Smack me round the face with a kipper, BrewDog have done it again.

I did a side by side between this and normal Punk and I prefer this one. I love the extra flavour of the Belgian yeast, love the estery qualities, the banana, toffee, passion fruit and then the kicking hops at the end. Delicious and I hope it becomes a regular. I’ve had this on cask too when it had just been brewed and it was fantastic!

Experimental version, courtesy of Glenn at Alvinne. Thanks Glenn! Bright and clear yellow/orange color with a large white head that settles quickly to reveal moderate lacing. Aroma starts with sulphur, which clears rapidly and reveals notes of sour apple and malt. Flavor begins with sour apple and progresses through floral hoppiness to a bitter finish. Good body. Nice example of the style, more subtle than American versions. Worth trying.

Got a couple of these in a big box BrewDog sent me for buying 20 of their beers from Sainsburys. Feel lucky as it’s a limited edition brew - no real label, just ’Punk Monk’ written on a white background. Pours a golden orange with small white head. Smell hoppy with some definate citrus apricot, peach, excellent and inviting. Fresh and ALIVE. Taste is Punk IPA with flowery, yeasty belgian goodness added. Rich hop taste but an overall mellower feel, with less bitterness. Compared it to the original Punk IPA and it is actually a lot better IMO. Very good.

Pale with foamy islands of head. Bright floral perfumed hops light skunk and pine citrus on the nose. Very herbal and earthy in the mouth . Mushroom nuttiness in the finish. Very mellow with some pulpy banana in there too and a hint of orange peel. Delightfully smooth an oily.

Bottle direct from the brewery, consumed 16-09-09 I tasted this alongside the Punk IPA it was a very interesting comparison. This pours gold with a white head, the aroma is glorious huge citrussy aromas fly off of this the Chinook hops are really making there mark here. In the mouth initially I get a nice soft malty base the belgian yeast is noticeable in that there is more restraint in this beer against the crispness and tang that you get in the Punk IPA but very quickly in the mouth the hops start to rip through, bitterness with big grapefruit flavours start leaching to all corners of the mouth but its surprising to me the measure of restraint that the there is in this beer. I was expecting some banana fruitiness and in a way I get that with a noticeable dab of tropical fruits late on. All things considered this is a most enjoyable beer. A8 A4 F8 P3 Ov16 3.9

On tap at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Definitely an estery yeast aroma. Definitely Punk in the mouth. Not a bad mix, a peachy grapefruit IPA. Probably the best thing at this festival