Monday Night Space Lettuce — A Double IPA Named Perfectly for What It Does to You

The Review

Space Lettuce. The name is Monday Night’s winking acknowledgment that a well-made double IPA at enough ABV will, in fact, take you somewhere. The beer does not disappoint on this promise.

It pours a hazy golden-amber — not fully opaque, but enough haze to tell you the dry hop charge was generous. The nose is tropical and dank simultaneously: mango, pineapple, papaya up top, with a pine resin undertow that keeps it grounded. The palate is smooth and juicy, the bitterness restrained given the ABV, with tropical fruit character leading through a long, slightly warming finish.

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At double-IPA strength it’s the kind of beer that makes a Tuesday feel like a long weekend, which is either a feature or a bug depending on your Wednesday calendar. Monday Night’s whole brand is built around making every day excellent, and Space Lettuce is the most literal expression of that philosophy.

The Birmingham Social Club has it on regularly, and the Tex-Mex food menu pairs with it better than you’d expect — the quesadillas, specifically, are the kind of late-night food decision that becomes a tradition.

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