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Brew Review #72

21st Amendment Brewery Monk's Blood

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

21st Amendment, San Francisco, California, USA

I RATE THIS BEER: 94

RELEASE: Special One-off Production // THE ABV. 8.3% | IBU’s. 34 // THE NOSE: Leather, Pear Skin, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Freshly Fried Donut, White Grape Juice, Blackberry, Oak, White Chocolate // THE TASTE: Brazil Nut, Candied Mango, Black Pepper, Dried Cherry, Raisin, Ancho Chili, Honey // THE BOTTOMLINE: This handsome canned creation seductively slips its fingers under each and every one of your taste buds, effortlessly tiptoeing the tricky tightrope that delicately conjoins the sweet, sour, bitter and spicy receptors of your palate. Imagine biting very slowly through a freshly beer battered donut drizzled with warm honey, candied dried fruit, luscious fresh red, black and blue berries, all dusted with white chocolate flakes and chili powder and you will have close to an accurate portrait of how delicious this tastes. Monk’s Blood is the perfect curtain raiser to 21st Amendment’s new Insurrection Series of ‘once-in-a-while’ special ales. // THE BACKBONE: Dark Belgian Candi Sugar, Dried Black Mission Figs, Cinnamon, Vanilla Bean, Oak Chips, Belgian Pilsner, Two-Row Pale, Caramunich, Caravienne, Aromatic, Special B, Flaked Oats and Flaked Wheat Malts, Magnum, Centennial and Amarillo Hops, Abbey Ale Yeast // PRICE POINT: $11 | 4x 12oz cans //

Food Pairings:

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