Monkey Wrench

Daleside Brewery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

Score

6.50

ABV: 5.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 73

A powerful smooth strong ale to suit all tastes. Monkey Wrench is mid brown to ruby in hue with aromas of fruit hops malt and roast malt together with some sweetness.

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7.3

Grumbo (24387) ticked Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 6 months ago

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

23/7/2025. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Summer Beer Festival 2025.

Tried from Cask at Dove Street Inn on 24 Jul 2025 at 14:57

6.3

jimgreen (21510) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Cornfield Garage JDW, Eastbourne. Poured a slightly hazy dark copper colour with an everlasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is malt, light toffee. The flavour is strong sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, sugary, toffee, earthy, aromatic, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Struggled to finish this. Way too sweet for my liking.

Tried from Cask at Cornfield Garage (JDW) on 29 May 2025 at 22:10

Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 1 year ago

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

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:14

6.8

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 1 year ago

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

Bottle from Morrison's Scarborough. Pours clear chestnut with beige foam. Malt, caramel, toffee, dried fruits. Light to moderate sweet & bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. A little barleywine-esque, no bad thing!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2024 at 08:22

7.9

Martinsh (3610) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford (3/10/23). Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small off-white head. The aroma is a heady combination of malts, raisins and fruitcake. In the mouth it has malts, nuts, cake and parkin plus traces of cocoa and alcoholic strength. Later on some ginger and spices come through as well, leady to a spicy finish. This is a decent strong ale.

Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2023 at 21:51

6.5

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 2 years ago

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

Cask at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol, 07/10/23. Chestnut brown with a good sized lasting beige cap. Nose is stewed fruits, brown bread, toffee, malt aroma. Taste comprises raisins, biscuit, dates, toffee, brown bread. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2023 at 10:42

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 2 years ago

Tried on 07 Oct 2023 at 10:13

6.4

reidyboy (3578) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[August 2023] Chestnut brown with a frothy tan head and a fruit malt aroma. Sweet and malty, has like a rum or whisky hit up front, and a long dry finish

Tried on 06 Oct 2023 at 09:28

eurosoba (18570) ticked Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 3 years ago

25/05/2011. CASTLE HOTEL, Jewel Street, BARRY, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Tried on 22 Nov 2022 at 09:00

6.6

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask st a Wetherspoons in york. Deep brown colour with a. Off white head. Aroma and taste is malty caramel sweet. Smooth body.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2022 at 23:10