Shug Monkey
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.55
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Pale amber coloured moreish and refreshing.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Barrel Vault, St Pancras on 20th March 2026. Just shy of clear amber with shallow off-white foam and initial lacing. Spicy fruit aroma. Pungent and fruity in-mouth with a dry finish. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Barrel Vault
on 20 Mar 2026
at 20:53
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the St Pancras spoons. A clear ar golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, tangy orange, citrus, grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, pithy citrus, grass, firm some alcohol, bit harsh. Palate is semi sweet, grass, ok cask condition.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2026
at 11:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Sample at the gate house jdw.
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate House (JDW)
on 17 Mar 2026
at 17:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Rather drinkable overall. Pleasantly sweet, with some ripening citrus notes, followed by a sturdy grassy bitterness. Perhaps the bitterness is a touch much in the finish. Otherwise, doc but nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water (JDW)
on 14 Mar 2026
at 11:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On cask up the White Lady.
Appearance - golden, clear and an odd white thin head.
Nose - elusive, then caramel and floral notes.
Taste - biscuit and caramel. Some roast.
Palate - approaching medium bodied, a touch of sweetness and then light roast.
Overall - ok.
Appearance - golden, clear and an odd white thin head.
Nose - elusive, then caramel and floral notes.
Taste - biscuit and caramel. Some roast.
Palate - approaching medium bodied, a touch of sweetness and then light roast.
Overall - ok.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Lady (JDW)
on 09 Mar 2026
at 16:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An amber pour with a ring of white head; orangey aroma; sweet orangey taste with some biscuity malts; and an oily finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 09 Mar 2026
at 13:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#14. Clear golden coloured ale. It has a very hoppy bitterness in the main with a hint of fruit behind this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 07 Mar 2026
at 19:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Third of pint in my local Spoons on Saturday 7th March 2026. Golden amber body, white crust. Decent enough brew with an orange citrus front from the Amarillo hops, slight malty biscuit centre with a good dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
William Withering
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 07 Mar 2026
at 10:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Bell Hotel, Norwich. This was served straight from cask. Pours okay. Aroma is hoppy, orange, biscuit, malt, grapefruit. Taste is bittersweet. Drying finish and a little sweet and clammy. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bell Hotel (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 12:25