Victory Golden Monkey isn't worth its weight in gold

David, Lindsey and I are ending a whirlwind of house warming and birthday parties with some pints of malty goodness at Beachwood on Washington, which boasts a new menu by Roy Choi, the chef behind the Kogi trucks. Unfortunately I'm too full with cake and mac & cheese (did somebody just call me a fat kid?) to try the new stuff, but I still have room in my beer compartment for a tripel from Pennsylvania brewery Victory.

The yeasty aroma drowns out any other smells pretty well. The body is sweet but still pretty yeasty. I'm not picking up the complexity - spice, fruit, etc - that I was hoping for. The flavors are pretty restrained. I like the idea of magical golden monkeys and I'm enjoying drinking this at 11:45pm, but it's not particularly grabbing my attention. ARMAGEDDON rating.

For an outro, I'm adding an unnecessarily long (30 secs) of Beechwood's calming blue fire to ease your afternoon. Shalom. Hakuna Matata