Name: He'Brew: Monumental 10
Brewed In: New York
Type / ABV: American Brown Ale / 10%
Bought at/Price: Binny's
Dennis: I had a really hard time writing this review because of the complexity behind this beer. I mean 10 different malts and hops....that's just crazy. In some ways this brew reminds me of a stout, but in other's more like an imperial brown ale. The aroma screams stout, but the taste and body say brown ale with an alcohol kick. Either way you'll get the typical coffee, dark chocolate hints out of this...even if you don't quite know where it all comes from.
Jen: This is such an odd beer: 10 hops, 10 malts and 10% ABV. It is almost like they took all of the leftover crap in their brewery, dropped in a cauldron, and this is what they came up with. The aroma is a mixture of hops and malts, hard to put my finger on it. The taste is of roasted malts with a finish of mild hops and a twinge of alcohol. It definitely has a nutty, coffee flavor with a bittersweet dark chocolate hint. I can taste the malts better than the hops, but with 10 different kinds, it is hard to identify all of them. It is almost like too much is going on. It is really good, but too busy.
Rating: G