About
Our cosy 18th century brewpub is relaxed and welcoming, whether popping in for a freshly brewed pint or the full Monkey dining experience.
We offer delicious fresh food and drink, serve glorious daily seafood and meat specials, a great selection of pub classics, and an award-winning Sunday Roast.
We are proud to have our very own micro-brewery brewing beers for all to enjoy!
We offer delicious fresh food and drink, serve glorious daily seafood and meat specials, a great selection of pub classics, and an award-winning Sunday Roast.
We are proud to have our very own micro-brewery brewing beers for all to enjoy!
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at New Forest Beer Fest. Opaque dark brown. Thin foamy off-white head. Aroma has berries and bark. Flavourwise got sour berries over watery sweet malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pretty insipid stuff. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2026
at 12:03
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at The Colchester Winter ale festival 2026, Colchester, Essex. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium bubbly beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel, rye, nutty action. A decent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2026
at 11:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
29/1/2026. Cask at the 17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Decent pour. Aroma is chocolate, toffee, nutty, malty, rye cracker. Quite sweet, moderate roasted bitterness. Drying finish. Medium body, smooth, light carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2026
at 13:53
6.5/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2025
at 13:03
7/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2025
at 13:02
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, melon, soft malts.
Taste comprises papaya, orange pith, melon, mandarin.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, melon, soft malts.
Taste comprises papaya, orange pith, melon, mandarin.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2025
at 23:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 25. Opaque light brown. Frothy foamy white head. Aroma is initially sweet and fruity before slightly damp malts appear. Flavourwise it has soft sweet fruit. Syrupy. A tart berry edge. Gradually the sweetness gains prominence. Quite jammy. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Decent without quite being the finished product.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2025
at 16:54
7/10
Magus, mõru, mehune, kuiv, tsitrus. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2025
at 17:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2025
at 17:03