Daleside Monkey Wrench Strong Ale

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a dark amber color with a medium white head. Smells of lightly roasted malts. Overall, I think this is a bit bland for it's style. I would like to give it another chance later though.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pours out in a clear nut brown colour with a rich lasting off-white foam. Nuts, milky chocolate, rubber, hay and orange-peels in the aroma. Medium-bodied with notes of nuts, chocolate, straw, red berries and oranges. Smooth mouthfeel. Long malty finish of nuts, crackers, milky chocolate, sweet oranges and oatmeal.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. Possibly filtered, but probably not pasteurised. ABV is 5.3%. As a cask ale it was voted "Champion Winter Beer of Britain 1998". Chestnut coloured beer, rich off-white to beige head. Very nice malty aroma with oaky and vinous notes, also caramel and dark fruits. Malty flavour with caramel, some raisiny and vinous notes, moderate hops. Moderate carbonation, soft mouthfeel. A pleasant beer to drink.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle. Chestnut colour with a thick cream head. Aroma is malty, fruity, hoppy with brown sugar. Flavours are toasted sweet malts, brown sugar and caramel. The solid malts background allows this to get away with a lot of sweet elements yet still remain a drinkable and enjoyable beer.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

a great beer. dark and inviting, great malt flavours and slightly burnt fruit. a typical daleside beer, who have weird packaging for straight forward beers. i had two, such was its pull.

Aroma: 0 | Appearance: 0 | Mouthfeel: 0 | Flavor: 0 | Overall: 0