Left Hand Brewery 400 Pound Monkey

Overall 59/100
Appearance 17/25
Aroma 18/25
Taste 12/25
Finish 12/25

This English style IPA is brewed at of Longmont CO at the Left Hand Brewery and it has a 6.7% ABV. This beer got selected because of its fun name, and because Left Hand has typically produced a good beer.

This IPA pours out a nice golden copper color with an off white head that laces the glass. The aroma is a nice balance of floral hops, and some sweet biscuit malts. The taste of this beer is where it fell on its face however as it has an overpowering bitter hop taste from start to finish. There are hints of front in it but overall I got a good kick to the teeth and it didn’t taste good.

This in my opinion is another example of a beer with a cool name, that falls short on taste. I would not pick this beer up again and wouldn’t recommend you do either.

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:56 am by Robert · Permalink
In: Beer Reviews, IPA's, Rating 0-59

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