Flying Monkeys Netherworld Cascadian Dark Ale

Brewed by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Style: Black IPA
Barrie, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Five out of five on appearance, talk about beautiful. Pours black with a pillowy tan head. Aroma is moderately strong and nice, slightly piney with a bit of a roasted malt scent. The taste is fairly good, but there is something wrong with this beer. It’s not bad, but it’s failing somewhere. The body is too thin and the flavours just sorta spill over your tongue haphazardly. Aftertaste is so "roasted" that it is burnt. It’s an okay beer with some definite issues it needs to work out. Needs to be a little thicker to accommodate the huge taste and to mellow out the aftertaste.

355ml bottle. Pours a dark ruby brown (Lovibond 35). Small head becomes lace quickly. Smells of grapefruit and fresh cut grass. Imagine my surprise at tasting the same! Medium to low carbonation. Not as bitter as their other offerings which means, for me, it's their best one so far. Actually, having bought 6 bottles, I've developed a slight appreciation for the IPA. It has it's place. This is a decent brew.

Bottled at Bishop’s Arms Folkungagatan, Stockholm. Black, creamy off white head. Licorice, cocoa and grapefruit. Dryish with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Coffee with salt and cream. Mid bitter finish. More hoppy porter than IPA.

May 9 2012. Bottle pours dark brown/black, 1 to 2 inches of fluffy off-white head. Head fades but lasts a while with good lacing. Citrus hops and grapefruit aroma with strong floral and pine. Flavour is grapefruit up front, twist of pine, roasted malt. Medium body and carbonation. Strong hops on palate, followed by sweet citrus and pine then long bitter finish. Not too strong and well balanced. A lot more going on than regular IPA gives it more depth. A great bold brew.

355ml bottle. Deep ruby color, almost black with a big mocha head, beautiful lacing. Aroma is chocolate, roasted nuts, hops, fresh pine, vanilla, hints of coffee, caramel. Taste is stout dry, coffee, hops, roasted malt.

Surprised Netherworld isn’t rated higher... this beer strikes a great balance. Black IPAs can often feel unbalanced, with a little too much black bitterness. This one is just a nice strong hop content in the front with a richness in the back. I can smell the douglas firs while drinking this. Head and lacing are great. This is how great beers are made. Highly recommended.

(Bottle, Bishop’s Arms Folkungagatan, Stockholm, 5 April 2012) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of chocolate, dark bread and hints of ashes. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, dark bread, hints of ashes and a slightly piney bitterness in the finish. Medium body, fairly dry. Well balanced and very nice.

Pours a deep brown colour, cloudy with a very thin mocha head. Aroma is of roasted grains, coffee grounds with a lingering hop scent as well. Taste is dry up front with a nice bitter bite in this finish. Smooth on the palate, medium bodied, and soft carbonation. Overall a very nice brew.

Malt rôti avec une touche métallique, difficile de cerner la réelle signature des houblons. Pas tant de café, ni de chocolat. Pas tant d’intérêt au final.

Taste pretty much just like an IPA, not sure if the black part adds anything. Some interesting hops smell. I would still prefer the smash bomb over this one, however. Bottle.

Pours a beautiful black with a thick foamy head. Smells wonderfully hoppy with a blend of malts and citrus. Initial taste is roasted malts followed by hop bitterness. Leaves a lasting coffee taste on the tongue. Light carbonation with a small amount of lacing on the glass. Excellent.