Powder Monkey
Nelson Brewery in Chatham, Kent, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.60
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A Dark Golden Ale with a smooth taste and produces a sweetness on the palate.The term "Powder Monkey" was the nickname for the Ships Boy Third Class, the bottom of the navy's seaman class. Lord Nelson's victory at Trafalgar would not have happened without the hard work of the many powder monkey's on board HMS Victory. The Powder Monkey's tasks in battle involved distributing the powder cartridges and bags of gunpowder for the ships magazine to the guns to keep them in action.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Dolphin, Hastings. Amber with a loose white head; malty aroma; crisp, with a citrus flavour to start, and a rather floral body; then a sharply bitter and short lived finish. A rather average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2012
at 15:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Camperdown Place, JDW. Clear dark golden colour, off-white head. Nose is light malted, bit of citrus and lemonade. Flavour is soft malty, citrus, bit of biscuit. Easy drinkable but light bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2011
at 07:04
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Cask @ The King’s Highway JDW, Inverness.
Appearance Golden...frothy white head
Aroma Sweetish malts.....old damp hay
Taste Sweetish malts...farmyard...vegetables...bit smoky...manure(!)...odd/off flavour
Palate Dry...very sour bitter finish.
Overall Weird tasting beer....to be honest it’s just bad...couldn’t finish my 1/2 pint...seems infected...Yucky
Appearance Golden...frothy white head
Aroma Sweetish malts.....old damp hay
Taste Sweetish malts...farmyard...vegetables...bit smoky...manure(!)...odd/off flavour
Palate Dry...very sour bitter finish.
Overall Weird tasting beer....to be honest it’s just bad...couldn’t finish my 1/2 pint...seems infected...Yucky
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2011
at 13:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at The Phoenix, Canterbury. Distinctive Nelson yeast on aroma. In the mouth the malts are good, some roast, and then quite parching hop finish. It’s a pleasing beer, lots of flavour and I was quite impressed.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2008
at 10:08