Monkish Brewing Co.

Sommelier Audit Deconstruction

Monkish is a Torrance brewery that became, almost improbably, one of the most heavily traded hazy IPA producers in the country — the kind of name that shows up constantly on national beer-trading lists despite operating out of a single Southern California taproom. Foggy Window is the beer most associated with that reputation, a hazy IPA built with the soft, juice-forward profile that turned Monkish into a bucket-list name well beyond Los Angeles. What sets Monkish apart isn't just one flagship but the sheer volume and consistency of its hazy output — a rotating cast of double IPAs and hazy pales that keep trading communities and release-day lines active year-round. It's a brewery that proved a small Torrance operation could compete for national attention purely on hop execution and release frequency, without ever needing to expand its footprint. Haliʻā watches Monkish for exactly the reason it's nationally traded in the first place — hazy IPAs at peak freshness are a different beer than hazy IPAs three months old, and that gap is the whole argument for a cold reefer seat on the way to Oʻahu. Oʻahu readers: a Monkish drop is one of the closest things to shipping in a piece of hazy-IPA trading culture itself.

From the Tasting Ledger

Beers we've reviewed from Monkish Brewing Co.

Foggy Window DIPA

Monkish Brewing Co. // 9.4/10