Flying Monkey Smashbomb IPA

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:07 am

cfrancis wrote:I was in the SAQ yesterday picking up some St. Bernardus 12 and Gouden Carolus Classic and what did I see at the cash on display?

Would this pass Social Responsibility in Ontario?

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:15 am

S. St. Jeb wrote:Would this pass Social Responsibility in Ontario?

It already failed about a year or so ago.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:43 am

Are the Everest beers available at the brewery at all?

RayOhm · Post by **RayOhm** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:54 am

New article from the globeandmail.com

"Ever been offended by the sight of a bottle of booze?

The question surfaced earlier this month after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario rejected a new listing for Smashbomb Atomic IPA. The beer, made by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery of Barrie, Ont., was deemed potentially upsetting in light of Canada’s military missions in Libya and Afghanistan. Then there was the uncomfortable association of “smashed” and “bombed” with getting tanked in the civilian sense.

..."

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:30 pm

mintjellie wrote:Are the Everest beers available at the brewery at all?

At the moment, the experiments are only available at Gambrinus in London. We will start shipping to Bar Volo very soon as well as C'est What....I hope that helps.

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:09 pm

have you ever tried getting Golden Kiwi in Cambridge to carry any of your products?

Ale's What Cures Ya · Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:31 am

RayOhm wrote:New article from the globeandmail.com

"Ever been offended by the sight of a bottle of booze?

The question surfaced earlier this month after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario rejected a new listing for Smashbomb Atomic IPA. The beer, made by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery of Barrie, Ont., was deemed potentially upsetting in light of Canada’s military missions in Libya and Afghanistan. Then there was the uncomfortable association of “smashed” and “bombed” with getting tanked in the civilian sense.

..."

I'm always amused by the "Smash is a brewing acronym" defense for a beer that is not a single hop beer.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:55 am

DragonOfBlood wrote: I'm always amused by the "Smash is a brewing acronym" defense for a beer that is not a single hop beer.

It started out as one.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:19 am

The first released batch of this beer was entirely hopped with citra.

dutchcanuck · Post by **dutchcanuck** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:54 pm

But would the six pack placed on the shelf at the LCBO be a single mash and single hopped beer? I'm under the impression that the answer would be no. By all means please correct me if I'm wrong....i personally don't care I just want the damn beer.

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:10 pm

dutchcanuck wrote:But would the six pack placed on the shelf at the LCBO be a single mash and single hopped beer? I'm under the impression that the answer would be no. By all means please correct me if I'm wrong....i personally don't care I just want the damn beer.

The answer is "yes" it use to be a SMASH beer (Crystal / Citra). I know on version 5 we use U.S. Crystal (not Muntons) and Melanoidin for the specialty malts. While we still finish, late hop, and dry hop with Citra, we have experimented with Warrior, Amarillio, and Centennial for bittering and late hop additions. This beer is still about the Citra. We have NEVER or never will dumb down the IBUs or hop profile (IBUs 70). If anything, we have focused revisions on thickening the body.

I promise we would never market it as a SMASH beer but its history is indeed rooted in the concept. Long winded but I hope that helps.

P.S. we are still working feverishly with the LCBO to get it on the shelves.

Yours in brewing,
Space Ace Frehley

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:43 pm

peterchiodo wrote: P.S. we are still working feverishly with the LCBO to get it on the shelves.

Yours in brewing,
Space Ace Frehley

Good to hear. My supply of Hopslam and Double Trouble is almost gone ...

heebes · Post by **heebes** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:05 pm

Same here Marcus, and I agree ths would make a great substitute.

Ale's What Cures Ya · Post by **Ale's What Cures Ya** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:09 pm

JerCraigs wrote:
DragonOfBlood wrote: I'm always amused by the "Smash is a brewing acronym" defense for a beer that is not a single hop beer.
It started out as one.

Fair enough. My comment was based on Peter's thread that has a dual hop profile for the beer: http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

The only argument that should matter though is simply the market wants this beer.

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:27 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
peterchiodo wrote: P.S. we are still working feverishly with the LCBO to get it on the shelves.

Yours in brewing,
Space Ace Frehley
Good to hear. My supply of Hopslam and Double Trouble is almost gone ...

I love Hopslam...can't understand why Bell's randomly drug tests their brewers. Seems oxymoronic....