Monsters - Act Naturally

Torrside Brewing in New Mills, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Bexar County Brewery
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production

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6.51

ABV: 9.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 9

Summer Fruits Winter Pale. a light easy-drinking strong ale for the cold, with summer berries lending a hint at warmer days. And Bexar County Brewery taught us an excellent trick that avoids making the usual mess when brewing with fruit - cheers Steve!

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jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 8 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Old rating - A 330ml bottle from Suds & Soda in Derby. Aromas & tastes of fruits, toffee, pine. The strong ABV is very present & not doing any favours. Just about passable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2025 at 08:49

4.3

anstei (3639) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle at cgarvieuk's. Pours cloudy amber. Aroma is green vegetables, overdone fermented fruit, old sugar. Body is medium, overdone banana, strawberry and all of that yukky overripe fruit. No no no... Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2018 at 21:19

6.9

Stuu (34525) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craigs. Pours orange, nose is light fruit, marzipan, toffee, taste is pine, fruity, sticky.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2018 at 08:31

7.1

cagarvie (40076) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

bottle at home ...hazy amber ... soft sweet fruits .. heavy toffee .. rich roast malts .. sticky toffee .. big strawberry fruit .. soft sweet malts .. heavy toffee .. rich strawberry fruits .. soft sweet fruits .. heravy sweet fruit ...

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2018 at 21:12

5.9

Olut (21769) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Triangle, Shipley. Copper-amber with a carbonation and a small head. Full-bodied light malty ale with plenty of sugars in the mix. There's a hint of fruit in here but within a dense mixture.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2018 at 20:53

5.5

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

19th July 2018
Hazy orange - amber beer, small cream colour head. Smooth palate, fairly dry, modest fine carbonation. Sweet simple dry malts, little dry cream. Esters and modest berry fruits. Smooth dry and slightly spicy finish. Not doing much for me, a little clunky and dry.

Tried on 19 Jul 2018 at 22:10

c0axial (8164) ticked Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 7 years ago

Tried from Draft on 27 May 2018 at 14:48

7.1

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried in a bottle from eebria. Hazy chestnut brown colour with almost no head. Citrus and caramel aroma light sweet taste. Medium to full body.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2018 at 19:13

7.2

Fin (18365) reviewed Monsters - Act Naturally from Torrside Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham, consumed at home Sunday 4th February 2018 cooking Beef Fillet with Port Sauce and Chips. Hazy light amber with a white sticky head. I am getting vanilla from the off, I've maybe served this a little bit cold. This is fruity, malty and a big beast of a beer, it's a little chewy, I like this, I really do, but Torrside do better. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2018 at 20:12