Slumbering Monk
Joule's Brewery in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.41
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A rich copper ale with a real depth of flavour, created using a careful blend of English ingredients. Full bodied and smooth with bold malt, nut and fruit notes, enhanced by pleasing resinous hop character.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask, half pint. @"The Royal Oak", Wrexham (Wales) 19/02/2026
[#8.878 Global - #1.180 England - #2 Joules Brewery]
Pours brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma: dried fruits, berries and toasted malts. Taste: sweet fruits and toasted malts. Smooth chewy palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.878 Global - #1.180 England - #2 Joules Brewery]
Pours brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma: dried fruits, berries and toasted malts. Taste: sweet fruits and toasted malts. Smooth chewy palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2026
at 18:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Market Vaults, Tamworth. Dark brown. Thick foamy white head. Aroma has sour berries. Flavourwise it has berries. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Super soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Market Vaults (Joules)
on 05 Sep 2025
at 19:03
6/10
Hapukas, röst, linnaseline, karamelline, veits vesine. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2025
at 12:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cross Keys, Chester. Pours clear dark amber with a thin beige head. Aromas of cocoa and faint fruit. Taste is light sweet chocolate, nuts again. Creamy texture. Light sweet finish. Bit thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2024
at 21:12
6/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2023
at 13:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Cock Hotel, Wellington. Pours a deep brown, cream head. Super smooth, delectable dark sweet flavours, coming across more like a dark mild than a bitter. Really nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2023
at 16:50
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2023
at 14:36
03/06/2016. CROSS KEYS, 2 Duke Street, CHESTER, Cheshire, England (JOULE'S)
Tried
on 18 Dec 2022
at 10:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep, dark brown with a frothy/creamy off-white head and a dark fruit and roasted malt aroma. Could do with being a little more full-bodied, but the mouthfeel is smooth and there's a nice balance of sweet fruit, roasted malt and hop bitterness
Tried
on 16 Dec 2021
at 20:17