Monkey Bridge Cider

Cidery in Ironville, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

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Description
Small cider maker in Derbyshire using mainly real local apples and a few bought in cider apples. Pressed and fermented into a 100% real juice cider.

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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2025. Golden colour, no lasting head and aroma of fruit, apple, funk, musty. Taste is tart, appley, fruity, custard hints, with drying acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart acidic finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 09 Oct 2025 at 11:44


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample courtesy of Grumbo via danlo, cheers! Aroma of sweet apple and a small amount of funk. Very sharp taste, a bit candied and sour. Nice.

Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:36


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2023. Golden colour, no head and aroma of fleshy apple, fruity. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, fruity, fleshy, with some acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 12 Oct 2023 at 17:08


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2023. Deep golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, fruit, funk hint. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, fleshy, note of caramel, some woody funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 12 Oct 2023 at 10:52


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Panda from Notts BCF, thanks to Danlo ... cheers Ed, 01/11/22. Almost clear golden with little in the way of a head. Nose is musty apples, straw, light vegetal notes, hay bale. Taste comprises apple orchard, tannins, apple pips, light sugar, straw. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. It's okay if rather on the whelming scale of things.

Tried on 05 Nov 2022 at 18:22


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda from Notts BCF, thanks to Danlo ... cheers Ed, 01/11/22. Almost clear golden to light copper with a fast escaping white crown formed of bubbles. Nose is tangy apples, straw, damp cloth, light farmyard tones. Taste comprises bitter sweet apples, light caramel, straw, tannins. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. Not bad.

Tried on 05 Nov 2022 at 17:23


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2022. Golden colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of fruity apple, fleshy. Taste is fruity, apple, tangy with some acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry acidic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 15 Oct 2022 at 08:57


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2022. Clear golden colour, no head and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is tangy, apple, some flesh and core, woody, smokey hint, with drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 15 Oct 2022 at 08:56


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

25/10/2021. BIAB sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear very pale gold with minimal head. Aroma of semi-sweet apple, light musty notes and a touch mucky. Lovely tart apple taste. Moderate body, low carbonation. Dry and tart finish. Floated my boat this one.

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 14:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2021. Pale golden colour, no head and aroma of green apple, fleshy. Taste is tart, apple, fleshy, green apple, acidic. Slick mouthfeel, light bodied, low carbonation, dry tart acidic finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 14 Oct 2021 at 10:13