Flying Monkeys Stereo Vision - Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Reddish-amber colour, solid ring of white head, decent retention and a nice amount of lace. Smell is quite hoppy, some citrus and a bit of pine, malt is a bit biscuity and toasted, wheaty as well as it opened up. Taste is hoppy with nice toasted grain flavours, wheat and citrus, some earthy notes come across as well, citrusy aftertaste. Medium carbonation and body, decent feel, carbonation a bit too prickly. A nice easy drinking beer that seems to work pretty well, something I would revisit gladly.

Serving type: on-tap

08-09-2012 12:32:10 | More by peensteen

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

2.5/5  rDev -26.9%

06-14-2013 22:36:01 | More by tbeckett

KrisDLSmith

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

06-11-2013 17:24:13 | More by KrisDLSmith

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -5%

05-30-2013 11:19:42 | More by beerhunter13

IdeaSpeeder

Ontario (Canada)

3.15/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

Serving Type - 355ml bottle, poured into a small pilsner glass

Appearance - 2-3 Fingers of frothy white head that sticks around for a few minutes, leaving behind a moderate amount of lacing. The beer is a golden-copper like colour. For a supposedly kristal wheat beer its surprisingly cloudy. Not as cloudt as say...a good hefe. But there is still a decent haze to it.

Smell - Very sweet. Perhaps some hints of banana and citrus light fruits. Pretty biscuity and 'bready' otherwise. Meh.

Taste - Overload of biscuit and bread. The citrus and fruit notes are there but are pretty understood. Bitterness is more or less non-existant.

Mouthfeel - A decent body. Medium? Maybe even a little heavy for the style. Unobtrusive carbonation. Not shabby. Not shabby at all.

Overall - 3/5 Side note - What kind of beer is this anyways? Doesn't seem like a wheat beer (let alone a kristalweizen!), nor does it seem like an amber ale. Made it difficult to review this for style. I guess its unique if nothing else.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 01:13:10 | More by IdeaSpeeder

RedAleMan

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

04-14-2013 06:45:29 | More by RedAleMan

bigox420

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -5%

04-13-2013 18:11:20 | More by bigox420

thehyperduck

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

04-07-2013 06:09:09 | More by thehyperduck

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

3.44/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

The first bottle of this 6-pack was dotted with bubbles up and down and side to side. This last bottle is similarly freckled, albeit now with suspended yeast sediment that was not apparent before. Either way, I don't think this brassy beer quite displays the "funky new clarity" it promises (though in truth I've no idea what that's supposed to be).

Let's get something out of the way right off the bat: 'American kristall wheat' is a silly, frankly nonsensical term. Is it an American-style wheat or German-style Kristallweizen? Because it doesn't have the hops to register as the former and doesn't have the yeastiness to qualify for the latter. I'm not even so sure it's filtered (which is the defining feature of true Kristall).

Like 'Hoptical Illusion', this ale's hop profile is pleasant but wimpy. The hushed notes of citrus and grass would likely have gone unnoticed were the malts not themselves so slender. The yeast isn't carrying German papers; banana esters and clove-like phenols are nowhere to be found.

It's hard to find much of any wheat in the taste; biscuity, very lightly toasted pale malt dominates on the palate. There are minor but perceptible orange-y and floral notes but they're too wimpy to dry out the taste, which ends up finishing on a sweet note. Taking away from the grassy texture also is the fact that this is crisply carbonated in a lager kind of way.

It seems that with Flying Monkeys if it's not one thing, it's the other: either very humdrum, take-it-or-leave-it, workaday beers (Antigravity Light, Amber Ale) or it's over-the-top, extreme, eccentric offerings (Super Collider and Cedar-Aged Matador DIPAs). Where does this fit? Let's just say Stereovision doesn’t make my board unless you spell it B-O-R-E-D.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 02:01:49 | More by biegaman

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

2.8/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

Bottle: Poured a medium amber color ale with a medium size foamy head with average retention. Aroma of grainy wheat malt notes with some grassy floral hops. Taste is a mix between light dry caramel malt with some wheat notes and light residual sugar mix in with some grassy hops. Body is average with good carbonation. I’m not sure what the intent was but I really did not dog the mix between hops and fruity wheat malt and the caramel notes.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 19:56:39 | More by Phyl21ca

Kremlock

Ontario (Canada)

3.8/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A: Light copper/orange colour. High carbonation visible. 1 inch frothy head that has a lot of retention. Beer is very clear.

S: Loads of bread, some caramel. Hints of grass and citrus present.

T: Again, loads of bread, hint of wet grass and some citrus. There are hints of caramel or more like a french toast. Some wheat.

M: A bit thin and carbonation a bit lower then expected. Good bitter and dry finish and head stays throughout the drink.

O: A great beer. Love the flavours but would like a bit more body.

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2013 00:39:32 | More by Kremlock

BigGruntyThirst

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

03-11-2013 02:42:39 | More by BigGruntyThirst

SebD

Ontario (Canada)

3.65/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: It has a nice semi-cloudy burnt golden/orange color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves nice lacing.

Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of citrus, some sweet bready and caramelly malts and earthy hops.

Taste: Like the aromas, it has some citrus, grassy/earthy hops, some bready notes and sweet caramelly malts.

Mouthfeel: It has a medium carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.

Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.

Serving type: on-tap

02-18-2013 19:33:25 | More by SebD

andrenaline

Ontario (Canada)

3.58/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A - Pours a crystal clear copper colour with an amber hue, solid finger of head with decent retention and some nice sheeting lacing.

S - Scent is musty, grassy moss, candied sugar, hints of fruity yeast, and a caramel malt comes through on the finish.

T - The earthy hop notes come through alongside grassy wheat flavours, a muddled citrus flavour lingers alongside a bready caramel malt.

M - Medium bodied, smooth and surprisingly dry on the finish.

O - A tasty brew and a unique style. The flavour profile is unique and is certainly growing on me. I could easily see myself consuming a few of these in a single sitting. An easy drinking summer ale whose hybrid style makes for a memorable experience.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2013 22:05:32 | More by andrenaline

ThinkAgain

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -5%

02-16-2013 00:05:41 | More by ThinkAgain

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

02-11-2013 14:42:52 | More by NightINgale

TheHammer

Ontario (Canada)

2.36/5  rDev -31%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75

Appearance: Call me crazy, but when your bottle advertises your beer as a krystal Wheat beer, generally the expectation is that the beer will be clear. This beer boasts a very unpleasant looking cloud in the body that while showing lots of carbonation is far from looking even remotely filtered. At least the finger of decent lacing and solid retaining head save it.

Smell: Dominant dry yeast accented by mutually dry citrus hops. These are not traits that I'm looking for in a wheat beer, or a red ale. Warming brings out the citrus a bit more.

Taste: Starts with a rather humble orange zest taste with a hop oil texture that seems out of place, it then builds quickly on that as yeasty overtones and wheat malt clash in awful cacophony of warring tastes that abruptly ends with an introduction of excessive citrus and earthy hops.

Mouthfeel: The carbonation is very aggressive from start to finish and the beer jumps all over the place. The wheat, hop and citrus aftertaste is thankfully mild, thank goodness that oily taste was at the start of the beer instead of lingering at the end.

Drinkability: The other factors conspire upon this beer, which is far too medium bodied, far too aggressive and far too dry for a wheat beer.

Final Thoughts: Don't fool yourself, this is a pale ale in disguise. At least with Hoptical Illusion and Smashbomb it was clear you were getting into a hop filled experience, but this is not a wheat beer I enjoyed, and as a pale, it would only be marginally better. About the only good that has come from this one is that it has lowered my expectations on that bottle of BNL Chocolate Stout I have in the fridge.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2013 00:48:58 | More by TheHammer

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.49/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

12oz Bottle from the Ottawa LCBO for 2$

Appearance - Slightly hazy light copper colour with an average size fizzy off-white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there is some faintt lacing. The head lasted for around 2-3 minutes.

Smell - Hops, malts, grass, caramel

Taste & Mouth - There is a high amount of carbonation and I can taste caramel, malts and hops. There is also some very faint grapefruit, and some grassy notes. It ends with a malty sweet aftertaste with a bit of a hop bitterness.

Overall – A very drinkable beer with just enough flavour to keep it interesting. I can see this working well as a session beer or a warm weather refresher. I'd like a touch less carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 00:34:59 | More by spinrsx

cattersley

Ontario (Canada)

3.79/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

ST - 355 ml bottle.

A - A golden amber, little head, medium carbonated.

S - A very nice floral and citrus smell.

T - This has a nice hop bill. It hit with a hop combo right away, low caramel malt, aftertaste goes away quick. This is hard to described as it is billed an 'american krystal wheat', it reminds me very much of Great Lakes Miami Weiss.

M - Very light mouth feel. Hops rush over the tongue, but it nicely balanced.

O: I enjoyed this beer, I would defiantly buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 01:00:43 | More by cattersley

TheSevenDuffs

Ontario (Canada)

3.53/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to korguy123 for this bottle.
Bottled on NOV 16/2012. Poured in to FM pint glass.

A - Slightly cloudy medium orange with a thin layer of white head.

S - Sweet bready malts, light citrus and some caramel.

T - Slight bitterness up front that gives way a to bready and caramel malt backbone that takes centre stage. Some floral notes, yeast esters and fruity notes are also present.

M - Light body. Moderate carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2012 15:52:30 | More by TheSevenDuffs

korguy123

Ontario (Canada)

3.55/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

First bottling Nov 16th, 2012
Enjoyed Dec 7th, 2012

Cap wisdom "Generally avoid temptation, unless you can't resist it."

Crystal clear copper pour. Soapy half finger snow white head. Lacing is excellent.

A nice grass aroma followed by a light sweetness. These typical aromas make way for a citrus experience not like other beers of the style. Slight grapefruit with a little orange sweetness.

Quite light on the palate, good for sessioning. Grass notes, oranges and some sweet malts. Very crisp and clean tasting with a lingering aftertaste.

Light body, good carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2012 00:13:47 | More by korguy123

cfalovo97

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -12.3%

11-06-2012 17:24:35 | More by cfalovo97

irishkyle21

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

08-05-2012 02:19:12 | More by irishkyle21

MattPS

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +17%

07-06-2012 23:11:49 | More by MattPS

hopsolutely

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -5%

06-24-2012 21:37:51 | More by hopsolutely