Blue Monkey Brewery
Microbrewery
in Giltbrook,
Nottinghamshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 5 Venues
Established in 2008
Contact
10 Pentrich Road, Giltbrook Industrial Park, Giltbrook, NG16 2UZ, England
Description
Since hitting the beer world in 2008, Blue Monkey has gained a powerful reputation by winning more than a 100 national awards.
We brew more than a dozen different types of beer including: Pale Ales, Stouts, Dark Ruby Ales and Black IPAs. We have a wonderful range of luscious fruit gins, all based on our classic London Dry and also have a range of rums distilled from sugar cane sourced from the Caribbean.
We brew more than a dozen different types of beer including: Pale Ales, Stouts, Dark Ruby Ales and Black IPAs. We have a wonderful range of luscious fruit gins, all based on our classic London Dry and also have a range of rums distilled from sugar cane sourced from the Caribbean.
7.5/10
Chocolate cream and mostly sweet. Rich body.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Organ Grinder
on 21 Mar 2026
at 12:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Stump, Sedgley. Opaque cola brown. Thick foamy beige head. Aroma has cacao bitterness and light citrusy orange. Flavourwise it's similar but with a sweetbstreak and more orange. Thick. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2026
at 18:07
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2026
at 18:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
A clear golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of dry citrusy hops, flowers, pale malt. Taste of citrusy bitter hops, pine, grapefruit, long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2025
at 20:24
4.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Getreidiger, bitter-hopfiger Beginn. Geringe Süße, trocken, die Bitterkeit steigt deutlich an. Süffig, eintönig, trinkbar. 8/6/7/6/5/6
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2025
at 20:25
7/10
Draft at The Organ Grinder, Lincoln. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Lemon sour with hints of fruit. Medium smooth body.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Organ Grinder
on 01 Nov 2025
at 12:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On cask at the Guildford Arms.
Appearance - golden and fairly clear. Beige head.
Nose - apple and lemon, with a biscuit backdrop.
Taste - more citrus and orchard. Bread and caramel.
Palate - light bodied and bitter. Decent linger.
Overall - decent.
Appearance - golden and fairly clear. Beige head.
Nose - apple and lemon, with a biscuit backdrop.
Taste - more citrus and orchard. Bread and caramel.
Palate - light bodied and bitter. Decent linger.
Overall - decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Guildford Arms
on 29 Oct 2025
at 19:29
7/10
Amber colour. Malty and slight sweet berry fruit.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Organ Grinder
on 18 Oct 2025
at 11:30
7/10
Slight tropical fruity with a light sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Organ Grinder
on 18 Oct 2025
at 11:23