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.

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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at Organ Grinder, Lincoln. Pours light hazed golden orange, white cap. Aroma: biscuit malts , zesty orange rind, grapefruit, grass, pine. Light to moderate sweet with prominent bitterness. Fruity with a semi dry finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Pretty decent WCIPA.
Tried from Draft at The Organ Grinder on 23 May 2026 at 05:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 7
10/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Great pour. Lovely cider toffee, chocolate, caramel, crunchie bar aroma. Really doesn’t follow through on the taste. Cloying sweetness and ashy bitterness. Surprisingly watery. A beer of two halves.
Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2026 at 17:16

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 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

6.5/10
Tried from Draft at The Organ Grinder on 29 Nov 2025 at 13:05

7.1/10 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 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 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.
Tried from Cask at Guildford Arms on 29 Oct 2025 at 19:29