Northern Monk Brew Co.

Microbrewery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues
Associated Webshop: Northern Monk Webshop

Established in 2013

Contact
Marshalls Mill, The Old Flax Store, Marshall St, Leeds, LS11 9YJ, England
Subsidiaries
Northern Monk Brew Co. owns 1 brewery:
Description
Our beer is brewed across two sites. The first is our original brewery at the Old Flax Store, this is where we began our journey in 2014, and is home to our LDS tap room. We expanded into our second much larger brewery, Sydenham Road, in April 2017. Between both sites we can brew up to 18 beers at a time.

The Old Flax Store is a Grade II listed building located in Holbeck, the spiritual heart of the industrial revolution. In 2014 we turned this derelict mill into a brewery, tap room and events space. This building is home to our first brewery, which takes up the ground floor of the building. Our second brewing site is also located in Holbeck, half a mile away at Sydenham Road, where 8 x 100HL conical FVs enable our total capacity at this site to reach 24,000HL.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled at Craft Beer Helsinki festival 2026.
Poured clear and golden in color.
clean and crisp, medium to full bodied with proper bitterness. Citrusy, nice IPA.
Tried on 16 Mar 2026 at 09:10

7.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled at Craft Beer Helsinki Festival, Wanha Satama.
Poured black in color, thin head.
Bourbon is nicely showing in the aroma, light wood and roastedness.
Maple sweetness, some warmth.
Tried on 16 Mar 2026 at 09:07

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tried on 16 Mar 2026 at 00:02

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
44cl can from Sainsbury's.
Thick beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate. Nice
Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 15 Mar 2026 at 23:19

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home, shared with James, 13th March 2026. Pours black, aroma is sweet, chocolate and maple. Taste is very sweet and sickly, chocolate and maple
Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2026 at 09:27

6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 7 Overall 5.5
440ml can. Pours pitch black, large deep tan head. Big caramel aroma. Exceptionally sweet, not really jumping out as chocolate cake.. just very sweet caramel. Misses the mark I think.
Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2026 at 08:44

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Nose is chocolate cake, catering chocolate, hint of vanilla. Taste is catering chocolate, cherry, cheap Easter eggs, marshmallow, wafer. A bit sickly.
Tried on 14 Mar 2026 at 22:50

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Murky yellow with a white head. Aroma of ripe exotic fruits, guava, mango, papaya, piney resin. Taste is sweet, tropical fruits, guava, papaya, mango, peach, melon, mandarin, grapefruit, low bitterness. Medium bodied. Good stuff, mild improvement over the original collab.
Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 14 Mar 2026 at 03:20

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard.
Aromas of Highland toffee, caramel cake, sweet spices, creamy coffee. Taste is a flavoursome mix of the above. Smoky, malty & lightly bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Cask at Green Goddess on 13 Mar 2026 at 19:29

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
My second Monk beer in my first Monk visit to the third Monk bar to open. It is a solid sweetish red ale with plenty of body and very drinkable. Reddish-brown in colour. It's a little dark-malty in both aroma and taste, which is probably why it is agreeing with me.
Tried from Draft at Northern Monk Refectory YRK on 13 Mar 2026 at 15:58