Powder Monkey

Nelson Brewing Co. in Chatham, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Golden / Blonde Ale Regular

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5.60

ABV: 4.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

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

berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Powder Monkey from Nelson Brewing Co. 13 years ago

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

Bullit (6141) reviewed Powder Monkey from Nelson Brewing Co. 14 years ago

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

stravale (3279) reviewed Powder Monkey from Nelson Brewing Co. 14 years ago

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

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2011 at 13:54

7.4

Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Powder Monkey from Nelson Brewing Co. 17 years ago

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