Laurelwood Hop Monkey IPA

Classic IPA style. Amber, white fizzy head. Lots of grassy notes. The malt body is sweet and crisp. Finishes clean. What more is there to be said?

Pours the classic IPA amber, fizzy white head. Big piney grapefruit nose.
Hop dominates the flavour, lacks a little body. Passionfruit, grapefruit flavours with a slight sweet malt. Reminds me of fruit juice with a little carbonation.
Bitter finish, resiny, peppery. A great American IPA.

Trade bottle compliments of DA. Poured a golden color with a thick foamy head. Aroma of caramel and sweet hops. Smooth balance of hops and sweetness with a faint bitterness. Low carbonation. Overall enjoyable.

bomber - thanks BVC!! slight haze, orangish copper and bubbly white head; fruity and malty nose and bitterness is there, but not much hop flavor; a pretty weak IPA

Murky amber bronze, fairly muted aroma. Some, marmalade notes in the malt with a fairly stock standard bland bitterness, like its bitter but with no distinguishing characteristics

Tasted 18/09/2009. 1 pint 6 oz bottle. No batch number, no alcohol % in any form, just an ironic government warning... and a funny monkey on the label. The beer is ok. Malt, hops, yeast... drinkable.... meh! Better than average but only just.

A friend on a recent trip was raving about Laurelwood’s selection of beer. I tried this IPA and while I found it acceptable, I didn’t get what he was going on about. Maybe you lose something by not sampling it at their location. It was a good amber colored beverage with a bright hop aroma, sweet middle, and dry finish. Classic.

Aroma is of caramel, toast, earth, and floral hops. Pours a copper color with a nice creamy head. Caramel and toast. Very earthy with a floral lingerining finish. Somewhat resiny. Very earthy ipa.