Monkmans Slaughter
Great Yorkshire Brewery in Cropton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.70
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"A powerful brew, full bodied, dark brown, with a distinctive malty flavor."
Gold Medal Winner, Strong Bitter Category, Great British Beer Festival.
Previously available as both Cropton and Great Yorkshire Monkmans Slaughter
Gold Medal Winner, Strong Bitter Category, Great British Beer Festival.
Previously available as both Cropton and Great Yorkshire Monkmans Slaughter
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as present from my brother – drank at home. Pours a dark burgundy with a small, transient tan head. Lots of malts and dark plumy fruits in the aroma plus hints of treacle and chocolate. In the mouth it is slightly sharp with a creamy glaucous texture. Flavour is very malty with dark fruits, golden syrup and bread crusts. Alcoholic strength becomes noticeable later. Finish is sweet, spicy and somewhat boozy. This is really rather nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2025
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Trembling Madness in York. Pours a dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of nuts, dark fruits, bread, grass & roasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Quite enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2025
at 14:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a dark ruby with off white head. Aroma is somewhere between toffee and treacle with a light roast, chocolate and dark fruits. Taste has a bold malt character, toffee, some dark fruit and marmalade with quite bitter hopping in the finish. Medium bodied, semi-dry and warming. Decent depth to this but at 6% and being greedy I would have liked a bit more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear copper with a bubbly, off-white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, earth, berries, modest leafy hops. Light to medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Decent balance to finish, more toasted malts, brown bread, semi-ripe berries. Drinks fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2024
at 01:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Amber beer, thick off white head. Aroma.is malty with a little bittersweet fruit. Flavour has big fruity notes, lots of malt and a gentle happiness. A warm booziness to it though the other flavours sadly don't quite cover up the alcohol flavour but that forest kill it. Decent stuff, verging more toward something like a strong ale than a bitter
Tried
on 27 Apr 2024
at 22:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear ruby body with a creamy beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of treacle, varnished wood and prune. Flavour of earthy hops and burnt caramel. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. This rich ale looks, smells and tastes very nice indeed. Not too dissimilar to Broadside.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2024
at 20:39
25/02/2006. ROYAL OAK, Lower Bristol Road, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FOUR COUNTY INNS)
Tried
on 21 Nov 2022
at 16:59
5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
No head on a Coca-Cola coloured finely carbonated body. No aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & soft with no carbonation. Liquorice, caramel, toffee, malt & syrup tastes. Lacking in parts.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2021
at 22:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance is cola brown, with a small fizzy beige head which goes quickly. Aroma is malt, fruitcake hints, raisiny dark fruit. Taste- malty bread, some hop bitterness, dark fruit, caramel hints, bit of chocolate, biscuity malt.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2021
at 05:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Dark brown color. Bready, slightly salty aroma. Malty, salty flavor with balckberries, pear and a hint of licorice. Just a bit earthy. Medium bodied, fruity ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07