Nimbus Brewing Company Old Monkeyshine

Old Monkeyshine

 

Nimbus Brewing Company in Tucson, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale - American Regular
Score
6.51
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 35
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!
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft, Rich amber beer with a cream head. Cocoa and malt aroma. Malt and caramel flavor with light cocoa. Medium bodied. Malt and caramel lingers with light cocoa.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2013 at 20:29

10/10
Tried on 19 May 2013 at 22:34

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Borefts 2011 thanks James Holy. clear russet with no head. Caramel aroma. Caramel and touch of raisin. Woody oxidised. Decent enough thanks. 3.2
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2012 at 00:10

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
24th September 2011
Borefts Beer Festival 3. Bottle from James I think (Holy) - Cheers Mate! Hazy amber beer. Tidy pale tan head. Light crispy palate. Nice toffee - raisan malt. Tiny bit of hop. Quite olde worlde. Decent enough.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2011 at 08:08

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
on tap-pours a light brown head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-licorice. Taste is sweet medium malt-licorice/roasty, some spice hops.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2011 at 03:53

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Dark with a beige head. Caramel, toasted malts, chocolate, molasses, and booze in the nose. Fairly thick body. Flavor is much the same as the aroma with a bit of the alcohol shoing in the finish. Quite nice. Hides that 8% pretty well.
Tried on 11 Apr 2011 at 21:10

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
on tap at the brewery(22Jan11)pours light brown with a thin to medium cream head. Aroma is a mix of brown sugar and light roast with mild grassy hops. Flavor is nice, biscuit, light roast, coffee, thin toffee and almost citrus in the finish. Dangerously drinkable at 8%, I think my pint was gone in about 3 minutes without giving it much thought.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2011 at 16:41

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Nimbus
Appearance: Clear dark copper with small white head and good lacing
Aroma: Sweet Caramel malts
Taste: Caramel and nutty
A decent beer.
Tried from Draft on 04 Dec 2010 at 10:26

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft at Lobo Bar, the 358th Fighter Squadron hootch, courtesy of Gotta - thank you Captain! Clear brownish maroon, small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, taste is similar. Decent body. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 20 Aug 2010 at 16:05

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Very sweet, even for the style - very smooth, though - loads of toffee, as well as caramelized sugars, along with a faint buttery diacetyl flavor around the edges - some roasted nuts, dark fruit, and a hint of tartness on the end - not too bad, just way sweet.
Tried on 03 Apr 2010 at 19:37