Blue Monkey Brewery
Microbrewery
in Giltbrook,
Nottinghamshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 5 Venues
Established in 2008
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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) ticked Lincoln Imp-Ale from Blue Monkey Brewery 2 months ago
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed BG Sips from Blue Monkey Brewery 3 months ago
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.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed BG Sips from Blue Monkey Brewery 3 months ago
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
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) ticked Technicolour Dream from Blue Monkey Brewery 3 months ago
Draft at The Organ Grinder, Lincoln. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Lemon sour with hints of fruit. Medium smooth body.
McCash (16021) reviewed Infinity from Blue Monkey Brewery 3 months ago
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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) ticked Monkey Puzzle 4.7% from Blue Monkey Brewery 4 months ago
Amber colour. Malty and slight sweet berry fruit.
Slight tropical fruity with a light sweetness.
Fin (18365) reviewed The New Zealand Story from Blue Monkey Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Crich Brew Co taproom, Belper, Sunday 12th October 2025 in the company of Dad and Pauline. Pours clear gold, actually not quite clear, almost clear, mid sized white head. Soft mouthfeel, there's a little tropical note and flavour, a little mango perhaps. Very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2025. Gluten Free. Amber gold colour, white foam head and aroma of rhubarb & custard. Taste is tangy, slightly tart, malty, fruity, with rhubarb & custard notes, and some bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, rhubarb & custard finish. Quite drinkable
danlo (13133) reviewed The New Zealand Story from Blue Monkey Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2025. Hazed golden colour, white foam head and aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, tropical, mango, citrus, with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable