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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@You’ll Never Walk Alone, Kolding. Copper colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some hops as well as some mild sugary notes. Flavour is caramel, slight roast, grass, dark dry fruits as well as somee wooden notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2009
at 07:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear ruby copper with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of toffee and molasses. Caramel sweet flavour with some fruit, including plums.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2009
at 13:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle @ YNWA. Pours clear amber with a small creamy white head. Nose is caramel and fruits. A little citric at first. Some grain and toffee. Medium bodied. Ends sweet. Very average and boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2009
at 15:41
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear colden with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with toasted malt, caramel and floral hops. Sweet aroma with caramel, malt and mild floral hops.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2009
at 13:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours dark amber with light tan head. Sweet malty aroma with some fruitiness. Light toated malt flavor with a touch of sweet fruits and hops. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 12 May 2009
at 10:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Location: 500 ml bottle from Gilly's, 4/21/09
Aroma: Nose is mostly dark fruity hops, with the malts, and caramel scents in there as well
Appearance: Reddish brown, dark looking beer
Flavor: Nice sweetness to this one, similar to the nose, except the caramel and malts are slightly stronger and the fruit fades in and mixes with the rest of the flavors
Palate: Medium body, drinks pretty nicely and quickly
Overall Impression: I thought this one was pretty nice, a good flavor, and a smooth drink. A little lighter then I would have guessed from the appearance. Overall though, a very nice beer.
Aroma: Nose is mostly dark fruity hops, with the malts, and caramel scents in there as well
Appearance: Reddish brown, dark looking beer
Flavor: Nice sweetness to this one, similar to the nose, except the caramel and malts are slightly stronger and the fruit fades in and mixes with the rest of the flavors
Palate: Medium body, drinks pretty nicely and quickly
Overall Impression: I thought this one was pretty nice, a good flavor, and a smooth drink. A little lighter then I would have guessed from the appearance. Overall though, a very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2009
at 18:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Quickly descending head, slightly red, dark brown color. Alcohol and malts in aroma. Slightly metallic taste. Roasted malts. Very little hops. Tastes better with cigarettes. Alcohol present in taste and it shouldn’t be. Meh.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2009
at 11:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Reddish brown colour with a frothy, beige head. Malty nose with toffee, caramel, chocolate, dark fruit and dark bread. Malty taste with notes of caramel, toffee, chocolate, dark fruit, dark bread and a hint of cold coffee. Slightly bittersweet finish with a medium bitterness. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Not really daring, but a nice and tasty beer. In short: bittersweet caramel toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2009
at 16:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber to brown with a lacing off-white head. Aroma is mild roasted malt towards breadish. Light yeasty and breadish flavoured with a light metallic touch. Lingering breadish and mild fruity finish once the metallic note diminishes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 02:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted, coffe, dry, hop. Flavour is roasted, coffee, dry, hop, malt. Nice body and a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2008
at 01:25