Review – Monumentous from Coachella Valley Brewing

I had my first beer from CVBC at Firkfest and then on the road to Paso Robles, a sip or two of Kolschella made it’s way into my glass courtesy of Erin (aka The Beer Goddess).

Now it is time to formally review their IPA – Monumentous.

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The IPA clocks in at 7% ABV but initially tastes a little heavier than that.  My palate feels weighed down by a dankness and herbalness that just sits on the tongue and doesn’t move.  It has an almost silky mouthfeel to it which is a bit strange and different from IPA’s that I have had.  Although, I have encountered it in Imperial or Double IPA’s.

The aroma is mostly pine but not the needles.  More the actual cut board.  A hint of sawdust is there.  There are some citrus notes here and it certainly isn’t burdened by caramel maltiness which confuses me even more.  I would expect this to be more sprightly.  Maybe I am being confused due to the whole hop flowers and two separate dry hop additions.

All I know is that it is certainly different from many IPA’s but without a born on or best buy date I can’t be sure how fresh this bottle was.

 

Coachella Valley Brewing ?

In all my years of covering the SoCal beer scene and reading/hearing the Coachella hype, I have never heard of a brewery out that way.  But apparently, there is one!

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Coachella Valley Brewing Co. is in Thousand Palms and I can’t find much more information about them online so if there are any intrepid beer hounds who have tried their beer, let me know.  I would like to learn about them.