Old Monkeyshine
Nimbus Brewing Company in Tucson, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.51
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Our Old Monkeyshine Ale is an exceptional example of a true, traditional-style English Pub beer. Nimbus Old Monkeyshine Ale is medium bodied and possesses a distinct, dark roasted flavor. Its sweet malty taste is derived from liberal use of seven varieties of specialty malts and a touch of brown sugar. Our Old Monkeyshine Ale is dark in color, beginning with a slight caramel malt overtone and rounded with a relatively dry finish from its English Kent Goldings hops. The hops aroma is mildly subdued and the bitterness is just enough to balance the profile of this beer.
Nimbus Old Monkeyshine Ale is a true premium ale and is priced accordingly. We’re so proud of this beer for its body, taste, alcohol content and drinking enjoyment, it may just become our signature beer. Be warned: its wonderful malty sweetness camouflages the 8.0% alcohol by volume content. It’s a winner!
Nimbus Old Monkeyshine Ale is a true premium ale and is priced accordingly. We’re so proud of this beer for its body, taste, alcohol content and drinking enjoyment, it may just become our signature beer. Be warned: its wonderful malty sweetness camouflages the 8.0% alcohol by volume content. It’s a winner!
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle from Top Shelf Liquors, Cottonwood, AZ at 8.2% stated ABV. A cola coloured pour with a ring of cream head; aroma of mollasses and brown sugar with a hint of malt; sweet malty taste with some spice and lots of sugar; and then a satisfying burnt caramel finish with some chewy raisins. This Englishman thinks it's rather good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2018
at 22:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
From Jul 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with Tayner. Thanks Dana!
It pours a dark brown with reddish hues and a good 2 finger head of off white foam. Good head retention and there's some lacing.
The smell has notes of roasted malt, some caramel, and a bit of bread.
The taste is of toffee, dark fruit. some caramel, slight chocolate, and a slight bitterness and tartness. I also get some hint of the alcohol but it's fairly mild.
It's around medium bodied and the carbonation is also medium. It finishes with the dark fruit, mostly cherry and some plum and raisin.
This is an interesting brew and though the flavours I mentioned say it is very complex, I feel the flavours are actually on the subdued side. That's ok for an English Brown but with the bigger abv content than is the norm, I guess I expected more. Still pretty tasty brew though.
I got this bottle in a trade with Tayner. Thanks Dana!
It pours a dark brown with reddish hues and a good 2 finger head of off white foam. Good head retention and there's some lacing.
The smell has notes of roasted malt, some caramel, and a bit of bread.
The taste is of toffee, dark fruit. some caramel, slight chocolate, and a slight bitterness and tartness. I also get some hint of the alcohol but it's fairly mild.
It's around medium bodied and the carbonation is also medium. It finishes with the dark fruit, mostly cherry and some plum and raisin.
This is an interesting brew and though the flavours I mentioned say it is very complex, I feel the flavours are actually on the subdued side. That's ok for an English Brown but with the bigger abv content than is the norm, I guess I expected more. Still pretty tasty brew though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2017
at 10:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Hops On Birch, Flagstaff. Colour us clear reddish brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Chocolate, dry fruits, dryness and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2017
at 21:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear chestnut, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is roasty, toffee, hint of smoke. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2016
at 21:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown color. Aroma of malt, smokey ham and chocolate. Taste has lots of iron and malt, with some smokeyness as well. Smells better than it tastes. Bummer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2015
at 07:11
2/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2015
at 22:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Massive thick, rich malt. Caramel is strong. Clear, dark brown head with moderate khaki head. Taste is cloying thick malt. Viscous and oily. Slight floral hops.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 20:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A reddish copper ale with a thick frothy mocha head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with light fruity notes, faint molasses, alcohol warmth, not bad. In mouth, a sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, so-so. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
On draft at the brewpub bistro cola color with a slight head aroma of toasted malt tastes is bitter sweet with no distinct flavor shinny through
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2013
at 14:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On draft at the Nimbus Bistro in Tucson AZ. Pours a clear dark amber with a tan head. Malty nose. Flavors of roasted nuts. Crisp finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2013
at 14:11