Lilley's Cider Merry Monkey

Merry Monkey

 

Lilley's Cider in Frome, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Cider - Medium Regular
Score
6.50
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A medium scrumpy made with unfiltered bittersweet apple, full of character with a rich appley flavour.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

19/4/2019. Cask handpull at the Briarbank Easter Beer Festival, Ipswich. Pours hazy dark amber with a small white head. Aroma of apple, caramel and stewed apple. Medium sweetness with just a hint of tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 20 Apr 2019 at 08:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bladder bag at Keg in Bourne End, 25/06/17. Pale golden with little in the way of a head. Nose is apple tinged straw, grains, light glue strokes. Taste comprises crisp apple, tannins, faint smoke, straw, bitter sweet orchard. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. Ok.

Tried on 30 Jun 2017 at 08:40


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

On gravity at the Prince of Wales, Farnborough. The blackboard called it ’Merry Monkey Scrumpy’? However was pretty sweet so am presuming it’s the Merry Monkey and not Monkey Scrumpy. Aroma of floral apple blossom. Light gold. No head. Sweet, but with a savouriness in the finish. Medium bodied, velvety soft, with an abrupt finish. Haven’t ever gone for ciders but have really enjoyed the couple I’ve had here recently (another cider and a perry at the beer fest).

Tried on 03 Jan 2017 at 16:30


6

Tried from Cask at Black Bear on 07 Jul 2016 at 19:10


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ Annies Burger Shack, 5 Broadway, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire England NG1 1PR. [ As Lilleys Merry Monkey ].Unclear - hazy medium orange color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, sugary apples, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average duration, sugary apples, apple, orange. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20141012]

Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2016 at 18:01


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From bag in a box. Pours hazy yellow, no head. Dry, sulphoris and zesty apples. Sweet, juicy and slight sulphorish. Sweet apples finish.

Tried on 09 Aug 2015 at 10:11


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Box @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Cloudy orange colour. Has a dry start with a subdued sweetness, but a decent enough apple flavour.

Tried on 19 Jun 2015 at 09:15


8

Tried on 12 Oct 2014 at 12:45


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught @ Bree Louise. Pours a very cloudy yellow, a touch tart with some custardy apple flavours. Not bad but had better Lilley’s ciders.

Tried on 13 Mar 2014 at 09:43


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Guest cider @ Bedford Arms, Bedford. Dark yellow-orange, quite cloudy. Sharp fruity aroma. ’Real scrumpy!’ says my nose. This I taste it, far too sweet for me and the lower ABV shows. It’s not bad, but not particularly distinguishable from Lilley’s other still sweet ciders (except again for the 4.5%).

Tried on 18 Dec 2013 at 03:25