Blue Monkey Brewery Big Blue

Big Blue

 

Blue Monkey Brewery in Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA Regular
Score
6.77
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 10
Made with a massive amount of American hops, then intensely dry hopped. Expect a lemon and gooseberry bitterness intertwined with an enticing tropical fruit and berry flavour. With a big, big taste.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Blue Monkey Big Blue ].Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, marmelade. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter, finish flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, toffee, fruity, hoppy, initial marmelade. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010]

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2016 at 08:33


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from metro wines. Leicester. Golden colour with a thin white head. Burnt or anger marmalade aroma. Taste light sweet. Mid bitter with a sweetish finish.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2016 at 14:17


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Clear, copper colour. Halo of white head. Nose has sweet, spicy, biscuit malts. Candied orange hop. Burnt toffee. Taste is thick sweet, and well stewed hop, bitter. Thick and cloying. Long, stewed hop bitter finish. Heavy going.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2015 at 15:44


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light sweet malt, light hop, some alcohol. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a smooth woody hop, light citrus, alcohol bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2015 at 17:10


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at the Night of Garbage, big thanks to our host with the most Leighton, 20/12/13 up a shit load of stairs ! Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white covering that retains well. Nose is bitter orange, light grapefruit, sticky mango, light pine. Taste comprises orange pith, mineral tones, earthy hops, light grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2013 at 13:39


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to Leighton at the Night of Garbage. It pours cloudy amber with a medium off-white head. The nose is orange, mango, apricot, Tango, resin, varnish and marmalade. The taste is bitter-sweet, orange, mango, Irn Bru, marmalade, varnish and minerals with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty tasty stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2013 at 10:07


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

Bottle shared at the Night of Garbage. Thanks to the Internet. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. The aroma has toasted grass, minerals, dried orange rind. Light sweet flavor, some dry and smoked minerals, bitter grass and orange rind. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Dry finish, some flinty minerals, dry grass and pine. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2013 at 14:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

23rd July 2013
Light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is softish and smooth. Mild fine carbonation. Light creamy malt. Nice hop medley here - light tangerine and lime. Decent floral notes. Dirty pithy bitterness brings up the rear and in to the dry finish. Tasty beer, just lacks the clean hop vibrancy of the very best.

Tried on 30 Oct 2013 at 09:04


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml Bottle - Amber/copper in colour. Grapefruit, pine, toffee, fudge and floral hops in the aroma. Hoppy, fruity and tangy taste with peach, grapefruit, toffee and lychees detected. Excellent stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2013 at 11:48


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On gravity at Bristol beer festival, 16/3/3013. Amber with a slight white head. Lime marmalade and pineapple, plenty of sweetness and a dryish, hoppy finish. Ok.

Tried on 17 Mar 2013 at 10:27