Flying Monkey Smashbomb IPA

EricM · Post by **EricM** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:37 am

Another weekend being unable to get my hands on any Smashbomb, I just wanna try it!

NRman · Post by **NRman** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:27 am

Brewbert wrote:Be better if they didn't lower it to 6%. kinda weak, good taste though. This thing needs it 7% back imo.

IMHO maximum "taste/flavour per bottle" is the key and since I like to drink a LOT of beer, I love lower alcohol beers so I can walk after 7-10 pints. If Smashbomb tasted the same and was 3.5% I'd be in volume beer drinking heaven!
Grand River is the king of this concept with beers like Mill Race Mild...SO MUCH flavour - so little alcohol 3.5%.

If I want/need to get drunk faster I have some OP rum in the cabinet.

andrewrg · Post by **andrewrg** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:04 pm

Had Smashbomb on tap at Volo today, and got soaked on the way home. Heard some people talking about Bar Towel/Cass at the other table, which was a first. Really enjoyed the beer and got some free glasses as well.

MrManic · Post by **MrManic** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:15 pm

Managed to get my hands on this twice at my local LCBO (or at least the good one in town). Both times I had to get it from the back room. The first time, I directed a friend later in the day to the store and it still wasn't on the shelf but they refused to get any for him. The second time, they had over 60 showing in stock online but I still had to talk them into selling me 3 six packs from the back room.

Planning a trip to Barrie in the coming weeks just to bypass the pain that the LCBO has become lately. Plus this way I can get beer that has been refrigerated the entire time.

I must say, Mad Tom IPA has been a good substitute while I wait for more Smashbomb.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:35 pm

MrManic wrote: I must say, Mad Tom IPA has been a good substitute while I wait for more Smashbomb.

Yeah, I think Mad Tom needs some love in our now crazy Smashbomb world. Plus Harvest Ale is coming soon which will be awesome! (If anyone's tried this years from the brewery yet, please post a review. I'm dying to try it...)

Just thinking how cool if it would be if Muskoka and FM did a collaboration IPA.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:59 am

JeffPorter wrote:
MrManic wrote: I must say, Mad Tom IPA has been a good substitute while I wait for more Smashbomb.
Yeah, I think Mad Tom needs some love in our now crazy Smashbomb world. Plus Harvest Ale is coming soon which will be awesome! (If anyone's tried this years from the brewery yet, please post a review. I'm dying to try it...)

Just thinking how cool if it would be if Muskoka and FM did a collaboration IPA.

Gonna third the love for Mad Tom, which has really grown on me since its inception. Given the frustrating dearth of Smashbomb these days, I've glommed onto Tom and will continue to buy it very often once (if?) the 'Bomb becomes more regularly available. Kudos Muskoka (and like others, looking forward to the Harvest Ale).

Wray77 · Post by **Wray77** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:21 pm

EricM wrote:Another weekend being unable to get my hands on any Smashbomb, I just wanna try it!

This is a damn shame. This is why the LCBO and Beer Store have to go.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:23 pm

Just picked up a sixer and can't find a date stamp. I thought they were supposed to be on the bottom of the sixer. Am I mistaken?

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:39 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:Just picked up a sixer and can't find a date stamp. I thought they were supposed to be on the bottom of the sixer. Am I mistaken?

Its on the neck of the bottle, hard to see though.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:43 pm

Kish84 wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:Just picked up a sixer and can't find a date stamp. I thought they were supposed to be on the bottom of the sixer. Am I mistaken?
Its on the neck of the bottle, hard to see though.

Thanks. My batch is bottled August 17, 2011. Nice and fresh!

Brewbert · Post by **Brewbert** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:39 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
Kish84 wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:Just picked up a sixer and can't find a date stamp. I thought they were supposed to be on the bottom of the sixer. Am I mistaken?
Its on the neck of the bottle, hard to see though.
Thanks. My batch is bottled August 17, 2011. Nice and fresh!

I thought so too.. till I tasted it just now. Tastes like crap compared to the last batch wth. Tastes old... and a little bitter. Not good hops bitter. Like sitting on the shelf unfrefridgerated because people that the LCBO dont understand beer bitter.

can I get my money back -_-

Knew I shoulda grabbed that southern tier ipa 6 pack instead.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:41 pm

Brewbert wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:
Kish84 wrote: Its on the neck of the bottle, hard to see though.
Thanks. My batch is bottled August 17, 2011. Nice and fresh!
I thought so too.. till I tasted it just now. Tastes like crap compared to the last batch wth. Tastes old... and a little bitter. Not good hops bitter. Like sitting on the shelf unfrefridgerated because people that the LCBO dont understand beer bitter.

can I get my money back -_-

You go through a LOT of smash bomb! I though tyou bought the last 3 or 4 sixers of the last batch. Already in to the new one?

Brewbert · Post by **Brewbert** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:42 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
Brewbert wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:Thanks. My batch is bottled August 17, 2011. Nice and fresh!
I thought so too.. till I tasted it just now. Tastes like crap compared to the last batch wth. Tastes old... and a little bitter. Not good hops bitter. Like sitting on the shelf unfrefridgerated because people that the LCBO dont understand beer bitter.

can I get my money back -_-
You go through a LOT of smash bomb! I though tyou bought the last 3 or 4 sixers of the last batch. Already in to the new one?

Man that stuff was so freakin good I drank like 6 of them each night. I brought them up north with me to my cottage lol. I also passed by the brewery in barry on my way up and bought 4 bottles of super collider (omg)

This stuff tastes like piss compared to that last batch. but i'll drink it, against my religion to waste beer.

I may just be a retard though, I've been sniffling a bit today maybe I'm getting a cold and my tastebuds are wacked, but I just had a bottle of Lagunitas MAximus IPA out of a 6 pack I got in Buffalo when I went over the border yesterday and then went to this and it tastes sour... -shrug-

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:57 pm

I will try a bottle tomorrow and let you know what I think.

Hawks28 · Post by **Hawks28** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:42 pm

Brewbert wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:
Kish84 wrote: Its on the neck of the bottle, hard to see though.
Thanks. My batch is bottled August 17, 2011. Nice and fresh!
I thought so too.. till I tasted it just now. Tastes like crap compared to the last batch wth. Tastes old... and a little bitter. Not good hops bitter. Like sitting on the shelf unfrefridgerated because people that the LCBO dont understand beer bitter.

can I get my money back -_-

Knew I shoulda grabbed that southern tier ipa 6 pack instead.

I agree. I picked up a 6 with an Aug. 17 date around the 24th or 25th, and these bottles are not nearly as good as the single bottle with a July date on it that I had a few weeks ago. After buying 2 6'es from the first batch (June date), which were both letdowns, that is now 18 of 19 bottles that I've bought that have not lived up to the hype. Very disappointing.