Cranky Reviews

A Tutti Frutti Gloop of a Brew

Breakfast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

IBU 27

Other Info

A Tutti Frutti Gloop of a Brew

Gloop

Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

6.1% Alcohol

Meep-Morp, Yummo, Squishy and Gloop. The Flying Monkeys IPA box set. Meep-Morp was hyper-hyphenated and flying high.  Yummo was a citrus punch in the face and made a crash landing. Gloop? A Breakfast IPA? With “Natural tutti-frutti flavour”. What exactly is tutti-frutti you’re wondering, other than an example of the complete disregard for proper spelling in our current educational system.* Shouldn’t this be a dessert rather than a breakfast beer? Maybe it’s a breakfast and dessert beer? I seem to remember Johnny having one for breakfast and it was so good he had another for dessert.**

Regardless of when this brew is served, it does present a pretty pour. A golden peach with a bright white frosting on top. It does look more like dessert than breakfast to me. Sweet and fruity on the nose, smells like what I assume a candy factory smells like. Over 19 candy, not the type you hand out Halloween night.

The taste is sweet stone fruit, lots of fizz and some malt in the background. The finish at the start is a busy buzzy fizz.  The fizz fades as fizzes tend to do. What remains is sweet fruits, definitely some peach in there, and citrus too. Mild malt and mild hops as well.  A very slight bitter finish. It does taste tutti-frutti.

You know what they say, candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. Hey, I’m a poet and I didn’t realize it. Didn’t recognize it. Wasn’t aware of my ability to rhyme. Whatever.***

Sweet, different but tasty, I don’t think this would appeal to too many, but I enjoyed it.

*Editor’s Comment: Tutti-Frutti ice cream has been around since the 1860’s. The name derives from Italian and simply means “all fruits”. It can be ice cream, fruit salad, or a compote. It is usually served as a dessert although it is also a candy. Tutti-Frutti was also a 1955 hit song by Little Richard. The song was also recorded by Elvis and The Beatles.

**Editor’s Comment: “Well, I woke up Sunday mornin', With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt, And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, So I had one more for dessert.” Johhny Cash had a 1972 hit with Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down”.

***Editor’s Comment: Just one of the many, many things you don’t know.

Final Rating: Sweet on Gloop at 15 out of 20

Breakfast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

Other Info

IBU 27

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