Drinks: Blue Monkey Brewery

Blue Monkey Handcrafted LONDON DRY Gin (40.5% vol) is a traditional gin which utilises 11 botanicals, to great advantage, that are sourced from worldwide origins. I found this (extremely) popular production to be smooth and very pleasing on the mouthfeel and palate. If flavoured gins are to your liking, then the range available, from Blue Monkey Brewery (Founded 2008), will certainly not disappoint. RHUBARB & CUSTARD Handcrafted Gin (37.5% vol) has the traditional Handcrafted London Dry Gin infused with fresh, handpicked Yorkshire rhubarb, plus rich vanilla. A great gin, with spot-on flavour. Several other Blue Monkey gin productions are very popular, too. Many people like to see the changing colour of the BLUE to VIOLET Handcrafted Gin (37.5% vol), as it seems to have ‘magic’ as an added ingredient. The natural extract, from the Indian Pea flower, creates a gin of blue colour, which changes (before your very eyes) to a violet colour, when tonic is added – amazing! The bouquet has overtones of lavender and Parma violet, that lead, enticingly, to the mouth’s pleasures and palate’s sensation. Other gins, from Blue Monkey Brewery, include SUMMER BERRIES Handcrafted Gin (37.5% vol), which evokes thoughts of summer – to be enjoyed at any time of the year, plus MANGO & PASSION FRUIT Handcrafted Gin (37.5% vol) and SALTED CARAMEL Handcrafted Gin (37.5% vol), which all have ‘devotees’ amongst flavoured gin lovers. Other beverages, from Blue Monkey Brewery, offer an impressive range of beers, many of which are award-winning. PRIMATE BEST BITTER (4.0% vol) is well-recognised as an excellent session ale. This amber-coloured production is smooth and very popular. BG SIPS (4.0% vol) is a further, often selected beer. I found this pale ale to be easy-drinking and to possess a most pleasurable (extra) hoppy aroma, with tropical fruit notes and a great taste. INFINITY IPA (4.6% vol) is (I found) a golden ale of some repute. This past Champion Golden Ale of Great Britain is produced using an abundance of Citra hops, to ‘encourage’ the distinctive flavour.

For further details, including other productions and stockists, please contact: Blue Monkey Brewing Ltd, 10 Pentrich Road, Giltbrook Industrial Park, Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire NG16 2UZ. Tel: 0115 938 5899. E-mail: info@bluemonkeybrewery.com www.bluemonkeybrewery.com

As always, Enjoy! Trevor Langley

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