Monkey Wrench
Daleside Brewery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.51
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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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7.3/10
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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
6.3/10
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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
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:14
6.8/10
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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
7.9/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
6/10
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 10:13
6.4/10
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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
25/05/2011. CASTLE HOTEL, Jewel Street, BARRY, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Tried
on 22 Nov 2022
at 09:00
6.6/10
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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