Monk's Blood - 21st Amendment Brewery

stakem

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Review from notes taken on 5/27/10

Poured from a can into a snifter. Monk's blood appears with less than a finger of tanned head that receeds fairly fast. The color of this brew is a hazy amber color with red hues around the bottom and more of a brownish color across the top.

Aroma is sweet, fruity and floral. The malt is evident in a very candy sugar sort of way. Sweetness of the aroma comes off a bit like plums and raisins with a bit of mineral character thrown in as well. Taste is very malty sweet with dark sugar flavors similar to plum and raisin with some other spices included. Moderate alcohol presence and a touch of hops on the backend.

Medium bodied brew with a light level of carbonation. This is quite an easy drinking brew. There is a lingering flavor somewhat like vanilla. Slightly drying as it warms and the spice character starts to stick to the tongue. The spices tasting increasingly more like a bland grated cinnamon hang in the mouth increasing it's drying aspect. This cinnamon flavor is a bit out of place and brings out more of the belgian yeast flavor that tastes a bit green.

Serving type: can

07-20-2010 14:24:00 | More by stakem

mxchap

California

2/5  rDev -47.4%

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New Jersey

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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France

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

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Zbeetleman

California

2.25/5  rDev -40.8%

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bconsidine

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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Zimm

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

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Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

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Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -21.1%

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tommyguz

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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JohnnieNepal

Michigan

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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darkstar12

Maryland

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

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510a

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

04-12-2013 22:22:11 | More by Srabe

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Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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New York

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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dvmin98

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

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artoolemomo

Oregon

2.75/5  rDev -27.6%

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kangarooAdam59

Maine

4/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From a PA haulback in early March:

Into a tulip and a snifter at separate times (only difference is a larger head in the tulip, about 3 finger and closer to a 2 finger in the snifter):

A: slightly dark brown body head noted above, thick foamy lacing along the sides of the glass

S: sweet cherries, heavy malt coming through a sugary sweet way

T: sweet through previously mentioned flavors

M: medium, slightly sessionable, sweet sticky aftertaste and finish

O: I say good for a Belgian Strong Dark Ale and I'd have this one again, though as much as I let it warm I didn't detect any yeast, so, yeah, good for me, but leaves a questionable note of how good it truly is towards its suggested style

Serving type: can

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Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +5.3%

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Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

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