Crafty Monkey Brewing

Microbrewery in Elwick, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Contact
Benknowle Farm, Elwick, TS27 3HF, England
Description
The Crafty Monkey Brewery Co founders are Pat and Gary. Friends and colleagues for over 30 years they had a dream… to produce a beer the North East would be proud of – and so the Crafty Monkey Brewing Company was born.

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, charr, roasted tones, spice.
Taste comprises roast malts, toffee, dried fruit rinds, cocoa powder, raisins.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Not bad.

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 16:05


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5


Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Crafty Monkey Black Celebration ].
ABV: 5.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, creamy - frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, dark malt, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, coffee, chocolate, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20191009]
7-4-7-3-15

Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2023 at 11:21


26/09/2021. GYPSY ROVER, 60 Station Road, REDCAR, North Yorkshire, England

Tried on 21 Nov 2022 at 15:26


6

Tried on 08 Sep 2022 at 14:43


6

Half pint on cask at the Doncaster brewery. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Easy drinking

Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2022 at 16:26



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Half Moon. Pours black with a bubbly beige head. Aromas of light smoke and chocolate. Taste is dark fruit, smoke. Clean finish.

Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2021 at 14:15


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

Cask at the Bridge Hotel, Newcastle. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of biscuit and lemon. Taste is bitter lemon, sweet pale malt. Light bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2021 at 13:21


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the bridge hotel. Pours clear golden, nose is stewed fruit, peach, burnt toffee, taste is astringent, pine, something odd.

Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2021 at 10:54


7

cask at the bridge hotel... September 2021... golden amber... small tan head... soft dry lemon fruit soft dry bitter lemon

Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2021 at 10:52