Daleside Monkey Wrench
A powerful smooth strong ale to suit all tastes. Monkey Wrench is mid brown to ruby in hue with aromas of fruit hops malt and roast malt together with some sweetness.
3.2
287 reviews
Harrogate, England
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Pictures bottle from Keg Liquors; split four ways. Aroma: Rich caramel biscuit and some hazelnut as well; maybe a little in the way of woodsy, earthy hop character. Appearance: Slightly hazy chestnut pour with a ring of bubbly tan head. Flavor: Hazelnut over caramel throughout with a subtle woodsy puff towards the finish, which is mostly dry. Palate: Lighter body, slick texture, soft carbonation, abrupt finish. Overall: Didn’t move me much one way or the other; could certainly drink again, but not in a hurry to grab another bottle. Preferred the Morocco ale much more.
Wrote down a score ages ago but ni5 any tasting notes. Recording for posterity. Good stuff.
Bottle, 50 cl, Messob, Uppsala. Overall pleasant, interesting aroma of coffee, caramel, intense initial taste, small finish. Great to African food (and probably much more).
Lukt: Mye vørter og en anelse smørmalt.
Utseende: Rødbrun vinfarge.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Smak: Smørmalt, noe bitter avslutning.
Hvor: Kjøpt/Nydt@Cardinal.
Medium: Flaske@500ml, ABV@5,3%, Når@21.08.2015
Cask stillage at the Foots Cray Rugby Club Beer Festival, April 2015. Mahogany coloured pour with a beige head. Caramel and orchard fruit aroma. Caramel, toffee apple and malt flavour. Long malt finish.
Clear dark amber, small offwhite head. Mild malty aroma with estery hints of fruit and apple juice. Similar flavour, slightly boozy.
Cask (5.3%) by hand-pump at Counting House, Glasgow on 21 Feb 2015: clear dark amber, thin off-white head, weak toffee aroma, very good lacing, sweet sherry-like flavour, fruit becomes more prominent, soft carbonation, easy to drink.
Fra flaske på Cardinaltreff jan-15: kort storboblet skum over en mørk rubinrød øl med en portvinsaktig aroma og smak, drapert i en slank og elegant kappe av maltsødme og humlebitterhet. Stor drikkeglede i 5,2%.
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 26.01.15. Nutty brown. Beige head. Fine aroma of dark caramel, dried berries and English hops. Similar taste and aftertaste. Complex and good.
Shared bottle at Cardinal. Pours clear dark ruby with a small white head. Aroma is vinous, aroma reminds me of a good barley wine, lots of earthy malts. Taste is fresh inviting red fruits, lots of rich malts, very nice.
Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours copper brown with small head. Aroma of caramel, some coffee - reminds me to Karo Kaffee, a German malt coffee. Sweet, but no heavy malt body. Almost dry, fruity finish, with a nicely balancing bitterness. Very drinkable.
Cask@the avion, aldridge. Brown beer with small head and patchy lacing. Aroma of malts and caramel. Taste is malts, dark plums, fruity and a sweet finish. Ok beer.
Deep dark red-brown with a lasting head, dark plummy and lightly winey nose, palate is fruity and roasty with a burnt caramel edge.
Pours a dark chestnut with a cream head. Notes of alcohol on the aroma and taste with a bitter finish.
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Malty aroma with fruit,caramel,and grains. Flavor was sweet with caramel,dark fruit,toffee,sweet malts and had a slightly bitter finish.
Malty and hoppy aromas. Very dark ruby colour with ok head. Nice malty flavour, hints of smoked malt and caramel with a smooth finish.Medium to heavy body with low carbonation.
Bottle. Herbal raisin and toffee malt aroma. Dark brown with minimal head. Slightly sweet raisin and toffee malt flavor. Decent body. Good - straight forward.
Cask six chimneys jdw wakeield. Nice ruby coulour beige head + lacing. Aroma is red fruits. Taste is very fruity folowed by good sweet malts some alcohol slight bitter finish. Medium body soft carbonation. Nice ESA.
Bottle from Rhythm and Booze, Ripon. Mahogany colour with a tan head that quickly dissipates. Caramel and pear drops lead into a quite sweet finish. A touch watery, but otherwise a very nice drop.
Cask at the CAMRA York Beer and Cider Festival, 21.9.2013. Clear dark ruby with white film. Fruit juice, synthetic grape juice aroma, tastes a little sweet, ripe fruit. Light body, slightly bitter finish.
Cask at Kingston Arms, Cambridge. Weak taste especially considering the ABV. Slightly sweet, average bitter...
Rated by BrewTom
Cask at Town Street Tavern, Horsforth. Pours a dark reddish brown with a tight white head. Very fruity aroma, red fruit, plum, cooked cherry, that sort of thing. Biscuity malts and toffee too. Slightly sweet finish, but a nice beer.
16.9oz bottle, from Dilly Deli, shared with Jstax. Almost entirely hazy red / brown color. Minimal khaki off-white head. Couple dots of lace. Dark fruity aroma. Some lighter carbonation. More dry finish. Moderate sweet taste, moderate bitter. Interesting, kind of roasty, toasty ale. An OK bitter dark ale.
Bottle shared by drsilverworm. Pours a translucent amber with a beige head. Aroma is mildly earthy and sweet. No real bitterness. Overall, it’s alright.
Like it. Brown coloured and clear. Has a white head, medium duration. Sweet, malty aroma, grain too and caramel. Sweet flavor, nice malty notes, ight bitter finish. Creamy and soft.
sweet bread aroma,brown/red, clear, off white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light soft malty metallich finish.
brown, clear, minimal head, tan foam, chocolate, coffee, nuts, medium body, creamy, average carbonation, bitter, medium sweetness, medium bitterness,
Bottle. Hazy brown appearance, very small foamy whitish head, fruity aroma, sweet watery taste reminiscent of molasses, low carbonation, abrupt finish. Disappointing beer.
Bottle, 5.3%. Clear dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel and a little dark fruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, little sweet, little dark fruits, hop and a little bitter.
Bottle at Voldby Koebmandsgaard, DK. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Nice aroma of malts and coffee. Taste is dark fruits, sweet malts and a hint of coffee. Nice light bitter smooth finish.