Cropton Monkmans Slaughter

Brewed by Cropton
Style: English Strong Ale
Pickering, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Pours like heavily brewed tea with a short tan head. Aroma is raisin, barley... Dark fruit flavours, berry, raisin.. A slight oxidized-sourness to it. Not exactly pleasant.

50cl bottle. Thick white creamy head. It doesn’t taste or look like a string bitter. Dark clear amber pour. Pretty nice brew though

Bottle@home, 500ml. Head: beige, but shrinking fast. Colour: clear ruby brown. Aroma: hops, raisins, xmas pudding?. Taste: dried raisins, bitter, some alcohol. Palate: mild, somewhat watery, medium body with lasting bitter finish. Overall: very good

500ml bottle - This is a good one. Nice round nose of malt and dark fruits, a good syrupy oily mouth feel, good dark body with a lasting white head. Bit of booziness kicks in as an afterthought to let you know it’s got a bit of ABV there. A nice pint that goes down easily and surprisingly refreshing.

Aroma is a complex mix of fruit and malts, similar to an Old Ale. The flavor is berries/cherries, malts, mild nuttiness and a mix of hops and funkiness in the finish.

Brown colour, off-white head. Malty aroma, caramel, light yeast, light milk chocolate. Quite bitter flavour, hops, sweet malts, boiled eggs. Caramel finish, more boiled eggs, light hops.
(From 500mL bottle @ home)

For starters, CAMRA can say what ever they like, but that won’t make this an ESB. This beer has a fruity yeasty aroma that is Belgisch not British, with hints of earthiness. It’s umber brown with massive head. Taste is a strange tart contrasted with sweet chocolate, with an aftertaste of wet hair. It’s like a bitter with a lambic infection. I can almost see it as over aged brown ale, but too thin. I had to think this one over, but in the end I don’t care for it. However if one’s looking for something different, it’s worth a try.

500ml bottle. Clear dark brown color with a one-finger light beige head. Tart fruit aroma with herbal tea notes, maple, toffee, and tartness. Caramel and toffee base with black tea, maple, and fruits with an off-putting tartness (infected a bit?). Medium bodied and smooth, if a bit astringent. Has some good things going on, but overall not super enjoyable.

Bottle a dark brown colored beer with a white head aroma malts caramel spicy and hops flavor malts caramel fruits spicy and bitter hops in the finish

Dark brown with tan head. Malt-heavy. There’s nuts, hay and a very earthy/vegetable scent. Once on the tongue, it’s heavy bitter. Full of body, but ultimately not that pleasant.