Blue Monkey Brewery Bonobo

Bonobo

 

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

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
6.81
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 21
A powerful black IPA loaded with magnum, centennial, cascade and nelson hops for an explosive finish!
 

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

Cask at the Wellington. Black brown colour, small golden bubbly head. Aroma is pine and citrus, bit soapy. Taste is lightly roasty, lots of lemon, and citrus, nice warming finish. Slightly herbal. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bonobo on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:05 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Cask at the Wellington. Black brown colour, small golden bubbly head. Aroma is pine and citrus, bit soapy. Taste is lightly roasty, lots of lemon, and citrus, nice warming finish. Slightly herbal.

Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02


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

Aroma: 7 Look: 3 Taste: 7 Palate: 4 Overall: 14
Cask @ Crown Poseda, Newcastle [040917]
Very dark brown, ruby edges, beige head
Aroma of light citrus, soft dark malts
Taste of soft dark malts, soft citrus zest, light coffee notes, slight grassy hops, nice BIPA flavour, soft dark malt background, not too much roast, mellow
Palate - Medium body, good bitter sweet blanace. Finish is soft bitter, mellow dark malts
Overall - Nice BIPA

Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2017 at 12:43


7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Gravity cask at the 2017 Hinckley Beer Festival. Black with a light film of white head. Liquorice, pine needles, plum and chocolate. Bitter chalky taste with a sweet/sour fruity note. Body is a bit thin and flat, unfortunately. Still, it's an incredibly nuanced drink, bringing out the best of the style.

Tried from Cask on 14 Sep 2017 at 12:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Backlog rating. From cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer & Cider Festival, February 2016.

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2016 at 12:20


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Clear brown colour, beige head. Aroma of hops, caramel, citrus and straw. Light bitter flavour, hops, caramel, malts. Finish malts, caramel and citrus.
(from draught -cask- @ Sunday Bottle Share, CBC Clerkenwell; RBESG 2014, London. Thanks for sharing, joes!)

Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2015 at 00:38


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the RBESG 2014, grand tasting 10/08/2014 Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. Dark caramel / brown red coloured pour with a dull loose greyishhead. Aroma is hedgerow berry hop, little medicinal note. Flavour is composed of grainy, caramel, brown sugars, piney, medicinal hop. Palate is medium bodied, with a semi-dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2014 at 14:41


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask during the RBESG 2014 London Sunday Tasting - Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell. Pours clear, rich brown with a frothy off-white head. The aroma holds melon, lightly toasted malts and rindy citrus. Medium sweet flavor with some further toasted malts, orange rind, earth. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly resinous on the finish with yet more toasty bread, pine. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2014 at 15:49


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

Cask at the new cross house, new cross. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Orchard fruit and caramel aroma. Sweet fruit and malt flavour which segues into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Sep 2014 at 08:51


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Farringdon, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR. [ As Blue Monkey Bonobo ].Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, grapefruit, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140810]

Tried from Cask on 10 Sep 2014 at 10:54


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

How: Cask.
Where: Craft Beer Clerkenwell, London.
Appearance: Brown colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Sweet malt, caramel, floral.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Citrus, grass, hops, malt.

Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2014 at 22:34