Nimbus - Old Monkeyshine

Dead Monkey

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Old Monkeyshine

Nimbus Brewing Company LLC

3850 E. 44th

Tucson, AZ USA

Est. 1996

www.nimbusbeer.com

Brain Damage Quotient = 8.2 % ABV

Fluid Oz. = 12.0


Postmortem Brew Review

Deep brown color with some ruby tones.

Malty smell up front to dry hops. Sweet and sour notes throughout.

Two finger off-white head that leaves some strings of lacing.
Raisins and a nutty, dry flavor balance the malts, while the hops bring it in balance.

Moderate amount of carbonation.

Full flavor, medium bodied.


Grim Reaper's Eulogy
Malty sweetness will pull you in over and over, masking the over eight percent ABV. If you've tried English Strong Ales before, there will be no surprises here, except pleasant ones. The rich malted roastiness envelops your tongue in a nicely sweet coat. Dashes of hops bittering round out the sweetness.


Well done, well done indeed.

Insanely Bad Elf

Dead Soldier 

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Insanely Bad Elf - Imperial Red Ale
Vintage 2007
Ridgeway Brewing
United Kingdom, England
Est. 1779
www.sheltonbrothers.com 

Brain Damage Quotient = 11.2 % ABV
Fluid Oz. = 12.0 

Postmortem Brew Review
Brown red amber color.
Raspberry smell.
Nicely forming head with pleasant foaminess.
Full bodied.
Caramel flavor throughout. 

Grim Reaper's Eulogy
Raspberries! You smell them, and you taste them in the brew. The reaper truly enjoys the things from this earth! Yummy and flavorful, although towards the bottom of the glass there was an alcohol overtone. Well, at a hefty 11.2% this is one of the drunk-est beers I've drunk. Insanely inebriated elf is more like it!

Wicked little fellow on the label...methinks I will give him a job!