Northern Monkey Brew Co.

Brewpub in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2018

Contact
The Pack Horse, Nelson Square, Bolton, BL1 1AQ, England
Description
Northern Monkey Brew Co was founded in 2016 by Ryan Bailey and Liam Convey, with the addition of some Southern Flare in Kevin Barber a couple of years later. A passion for drinking real ale, that progressed into home brewing and then eventually "lets build a brewery!" Years of planning, building and practice runs followed and some seriously understanding partners. We have gained some fantastic local customers and continue to sell further and further afield, at present selling independently throughout the North West.

We have had some fantastic success at a local and National level, with multiple awards for our beers, notably SIBA National Silver in the dark beers category for our 6% Chocolate Treacle Porter, Underdog. We also boast CAMRA accolades including 2019 Bolton Winter Pub of the Season, 2020 Bolton Pub of the Year. 2019 saw the release of the cult hit, Film Club! Our incredibly unique but completely delectable popcorn stout.

Our aims and ambitions remain the same as the day we first started and that is to make great beer and take great pride in representing our Northern heritage, and of course to serve the greatest beers at our Brewery Tap.

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

Draught @ #MB&CF19, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2019 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Northern Monkey Film Club ].Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, nutty, hazelnut, light to moderate chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, sweet malt, hazelnut, nutty (I get it as nuts - hazelnut and not popcorny ! but tasty it is.), chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190124] 7-3-7-3-15

Tried on 29 Jan 2019 at 15:30


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask @ Medicine Tap, Rochdale. Clear golden with a creamy head. It’s a gritty-hoppy ale with an underlying berry-fruitiness, which gets more stated in its nose.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2019 at 13:29


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Smithfield; clear golden yellow pour with a thin creamy white head, aroma has pale malts, taste has malts, light citrus, ok

Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2018 at 14:08


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Mad Hatters, Preston. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Light floral and malt aromas. Taste is more of the same, clean finish. Nothing exciting, but not bad.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2018 at 13:59


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX.

[ As Northern Monkey Sheephouse ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, tea, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, tea, sweet malt, pale malt, hay, tea bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180126]
6-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 15 Feb 2018 at 15:28


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


Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX.

[ As Northern Monkey Underdog ].
ABV: 6.0%. Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, cocoa, light to moderate roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180125]
7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Cask on 10 Feb 2018 at 10:14


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

Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Very dark red with a thin head. Strength fairly hidden with smoothish roasted malts evident.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jan 2018 at 18:32