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

Cask at Stockton Ale & Arty Fest 2019. Amber gold colour, bubbly white foam head leaving some lacing and woody toffee & caramel aroma. Taste is toffee, caramel, malt, sweetish with some light fruity bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK

Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2019 at 11:24


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

25/1/2019. Cask at the 10th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear amber coloured with a bubbly white head. Aroma of hops, malt, lemon, biscuit and vanilla. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average to soft carbonation. Dry, water biscuit finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2019 at 11:58


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Pigs Ear 2018, day one, 04/12/18. Golden copper with a decent off white head. Nose is nutty, straw, fruit esters. Taste comprises fruit cake, light spice, brown bread, grains. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Passable golden bitter affair.

Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2018 at 12:42


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Amber brown colour with reddish tinge, bubbly white foam head and malty aroma with some spice. Taste is malty, dried fruit with cinnamon, spice and some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying spiced finish. Quite OK.

Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2018 at 15:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at the pigs ear beer festival 2018. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a halo. Of white head. Aroma is salty twiglets, grassy hop, honey, earthy cereal, light apple,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy grains, apple. Palate is semi sweet, lowish carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2018 at 22:31


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

4th December 2018
Pigs Ear. Cask. Light haze on this gold - amber beer, small white head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Dry malts, not that sweet. Tangy and bitterish ripe citric peel. Modest spice. Dry finish. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 04 Dec 2018 at 18:16


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

Cask at Pigs Ear 2018 - London. Day 1. Pours clear orange-gold with a small, creamy white head. Has some bitter grain husky, lemon peel, nips of English yeast. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with nips of honey, grass, orange rind. Alright.

Tried from Cask on 04 Dec 2018 at 18:11


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

Draft at Pigs Ear. Medium amber, small creamy head. Bready aroma, malt,. Taste follows with more of the solid malt backbone, mild bittering, drying hops.

Tried from Draft on 04 Dec 2018 at 18:01


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

Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head and citrusy hop aroma. Taste is malt caramel with mellow citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry citrusy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2018 at 15:38


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5


Cask (gravity) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Crafty Monkey Moneypenny EPA ].
ABV: 4.0%. Cloudy medium to light amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, pale malt, light to moderate caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, fruity malt, pale malt, bread, light caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181018]
5-3-5-3-10

Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 05:12