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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7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. Possibly filtered, but probably not pasteurised. ABV is 5.3%. As a cask ale it was voted "Champion Winter Beer of Britain 1998". Chestnut coloured beer, rich off-white to beige head. Very nice malty aroma with oaky and vinous notes, also caramel and dark fruits. Malty flavour with caramel, some raisiny and vinous notes, moderate hops. Moderate carbonation, soft mouthfeel. A pleasant beer to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2021
at 19:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle ambrato carico discreta schiuma media non molto persistente note caramellata un po torrefatto discreto amaro a bilanciare
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2020
at 17:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Punchbowl (JDW), York, March 2020. Medium brown in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Caramel, leafy hops, some red berry sweetness, slightly bready malts leading to a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2020
at 11:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From old tasting notes. Translucent reddish brown color topped by a thick creamy beige head. Intense sweet roasted malt flavor hints at caramel and currants. Sharp and malty. A real plum of a beer.
Tried
on 19 May 2017
at 20:25
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra fat på Briar Rose, Birmingham 21 Sep 16. Mørkebrun. 0 skum. Aroma av karamell. Smaken det samme. Søt. Grei men uvariert.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2016
at 09:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at JDWs Briar Rose, shared with Finn. Deep rosewood coloured body, low fawn-coloured head. Wood and caramel on the nose. Hints of chocolate and caramel malts to the taste buds backed by dried fruits. Roasted finish. Medium bodied. Pleasing to a certain degree (Birmingham 21.09.2016).
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2016
at 13:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at wetherspoons. Thick creamy off white head. Very hazy amber pour. A decent brew.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Angel Hotel
on 07 Sep 2016
at 13:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at White Swan, Ilsington, London. Pours amber with medium white head. Malty, roasted, caramel, dried fruit, some hops. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2016
at 11:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear, ruby brown colour with a bubbly white head. Malty, slightly metallic aroma. Sweet, malty, fruity flavour. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 17:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Lukt: Mye vørter og en anelse smørmalt.
Utseende: Rødbrun vinfarge.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Smak: Smørmalt, noe bitter avslutning.
Hvor: Kjøpt/Nydt@Cardinal.
Medium: Flaske@500ml, ABV@5,3%, Når@21.08.2015
Tried
on 22 Aug 2015
at 07:02