Ape Ale
Blue Monkey Brewery in Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.81
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A pale strong ale. A complex and sophisticated IPA, using assertive American hops.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Dry hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2014
at 05:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF 2014, London (13/08/2014) - pours gold with a white head. Aroma and taste is caramel malty and citrus and tropical fruity, grassy, easy drinking, nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2014
at 06:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF, 2014. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus and caramel aroma. Soft fruit angle. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2014
at 12:23
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, hops, a hint of citrus and mango, lightly bitter. Low to average body and carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 14:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2014. Clear, confident and robust mid-gold with a thin loose white head. White grape, apple and wood shavings in the aroma. Juicy. Sweetness is quickly overcome by biter hop flavour. A fairly bitter note in the finish along with a slight buttery note that I can’t get to terms with. Full body. This is good, but not one of the top beers I’ve had at the festival. Surprised this is a medal winner with such stiff competition.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2014
at 05:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Golden coloured pour with a loose lasting white head. Aroma is nice berry and hedgerow hop, grains. Flavour is grassy, lemon citrus hop, some dyalr malts. Fairly clean hoppy and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 12:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask - Floral grapefruit hops. Clear gold with a frothy white head. Dank and cardboard hops. Too bad the flavour doesn’t coin side with the great nose and appearance.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 11:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe [270414]
Pale blonde, slight haze, thin white head
Aroma - Citrus hops, soft light sweet hop resins, nice light sweet pale malt background, fresh floral citrus hop nose
Taste as aroma, nice fresh zesty citrus, soft floral notes, always like these light sweet pale malts in hoppy beers, some pine, really nice sharp zest
Palate - soft carb, light to medium body, good bitter sweet balance, nice zesty fresh palate. Finish as main flavour, crisp and clean.
Overall - Really good beer, moreish and quaffable
Pale blonde, slight haze, thin white head
Aroma - Citrus hops, soft light sweet hop resins, nice light sweet pale malt background, fresh floral citrus hop nose
Taste as aroma, nice fresh zesty citrus, soft floral notes, always like these light sweet pale malts in hoppy beers, some pine, really nice sharp zest
Palate - soft carb, light to medium body, good bitter sweet balance, nice zesty fresh palate. Finish as main flavour, crisp and clean.
Overall - Really good beer, moreish and quaffable
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2014
at 17:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
500ml Bottle - Amber/gold in colour. Grapefruit, pine, peach and biscuity malt in the aroma. Hoppy taste with peach, grapefruit detected plus hints of lemon and tea detected. Very refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2014
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Shovel, Lye. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is sweet, with piney grapefruit. Taste is sweet to start with piney hops. Grassy low bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2014
at 16:14