The Best IPA is a IPA Ale.
English IPA
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The Jester Brew 25 is a Cryo Pale Ale.
Brewed with Cryo Pop from Yakima Chief – a unique blend with the power to deliver a massive “pop” of stonefruit aromas & flavours to this big & bold pale ale.
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The JHB is a Light Gold Ale.
Light gold in colour and distinctively smooth, with citrus fruitiness and a refreshing hoppy finish.
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The Chiltern Black is a Porter Ale.
Dark, ruby treacle tones, hints of roast barley and beautifully hopped with a chocolaty aroma.
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The Wandle Ale is a Pale Ale.
Named after the river right next to our SW18 Brewhouse and Taproom, Wandle was the first beer that was brewed by Sambrook's back in 2008. Now multi-award winning, it is a delicious, balanced best bitter. Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, Fuggles, Goldings and Boadicea hops and finished with our unique yeast strain this beer is ideal for any occasion.
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The Side pocket for a Toad is a golden & Hoppy Ale.
Its a toad not a frog ! Unmistakable citrus and Floral notes from only the best American Cascade hops balanced with a crisp dry finish make this straw coloured ale a fantastic session beer . All that flavour in a 3.6% OH Yes !!
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The Guardsman is a Copper Ale.
Guardsman is a lovely copper-coloured session strength ale with a tangy taste and a really fresh hop finish. It is brewed with premium Maris Otter pale malt and a blend of Pilgrim, Styrian Golding and Fuggles hops.
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The Moongazing is a Amber Ale.
This red-amber hued ale has a well rounded late bitterness with grapefruit, mango and peach hop characteristics imparted by American Chinook and Citra. Rye crystal malt adds additional complexity to stimulate your senses.
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The London Black is a Nitro Porter Ale.
London Black is our session strength Nitro Porter that takes inspiration form our flagship beer, The Porter. Creamy, smooth and truly sessionable. What better way to create an effortlessly drinkable dark beer than to brew it with nitro. The resulting creaminess and smooth mouthfeel balance perfectly with the subtle roasted notes of coffee and chocolate.
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The WIP 638 is a Hazy Pale Ale.
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The Monks Light is a Helles Lager.
Lemon, hoppy and refreshing
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The Treason is a Blonde Ale.
Treason is a West Coast IPA, bronze in colour and with a big hop aroma that gives way to a lingering spicy bitterness.
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The Gladiator is a Medium Dry Cider.
THIS STRONG RUSTIC CIDER WITH ITS ROMAN FLAIR HAS EVERYTHING. WELL ROUNDED, FRUITY, PACKED FULL OF FLAVOUR AND INTOXICATINGLY EASY TO DRINK
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The Biscoff is a Apple Cider.
Crisp, Rich and aromatic with caramelized sweetness and a malt biscuit finish.
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The Lemon and lime is a FRUITY Cider.
A refreshing blend of tangy citrus fruits and crisp Somerset cider to awaken your taste buds. A real taste of Summer
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The Pina Colada is a Fruit Cider Cider.
You’ll never get caught in the rain with this deliciously fresh and cool Piña Colada cider. Pineapple, rum, and coconut are all blended with our crisp Somerset cider. Escape with this smooth, sweet and summery delight. Perfect when served over ice with a fresh pineapple wedge to garnish
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The Pineapple and Pink Grapefruit is a Fruit Cider Cider.
The sweet tasty Pineapple is balanced out by the tangy Grapefruit. English cider with a tropical twist!!
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The Wild Dog is a Dry Cider.
A traditional vintage cider left alone to ferment and mature creating a more wild and rustic cider. Dry and packed full of Somerset cider.
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My personal love for real ale began by accident at a CAMRA beer festival in St Albans. The concept of a micropub called Monks Inn was born in February 2018. The motivation stems from frustration truth be told. The lack of variety of quality cask beer in the established pubco or brewery pubs was the major driving factor. There are so many absolutely brilliant and skilled micro breweries around who still brew for love of beer. People who are passionate about what they do regardless of the fact that they don’t have umpteen pubs who are tied into them.
Our affiliation to the real ale and cider industry began in grass roots rugby with legendary landlords by the names of Karen and Craig Douglas. They owned a little pub in London called The Bree Louise. Sporting 24 cask ales and 11 ciders, it’s easy to see why I was so spoilt with quality and choice. The Bree was my only stop off on way home to Watford Junction where I lived, and also coached mini rugby at Watford Rugby Club. I was most perturbed by the fact that Craig, being an ex Harlequins player, had no place to take his then 10 year old son. Watford being 17 minutes away was an easy invite. Next thing I know we are running an annual real ale festival to raise cash for this tiny club.
Second thorn in the side was the flashing lights, questionable doof doof music (as I call it) and get drunk fast on cheap bilge culture. Inevitably an environment that invites xenophobia, racism, sexism, homophobia, intolerance as a whole. I was looking to emulate the ethos I found at the Bree with traditional roots. Drink beer the way monks invented it to be drunk. Serve it in the way it’s designed to be served. Uninterrupted, pure, blissful cask beer.
Committing to a pubco or brewery pub with no experience was a definite no no. My personal opinion is, this is a major contributing factor to the massive closures of pubs in the country. It is so difficult for a publican to make a living when they are restricted and tied to the mainstream companies. And the reason you drink the same beer in every other pub. It was not good enough for me. So, motivated by my cousin and brother Desmond Whitaker, we converted an old Jennings Bookie, got the right licencing approvals and opened our doors on the 9 th November 2018.
The pub was an immediate success with ‘Best Newcomer’ awarded to us by CAMRA after three months of trading. A year later we were awarded Best Pub by CAMRA Mid-Chiltern Branch and we are now in the Good Beer Guide. The 10 cask beers (five gravity and five handles), along with six still cider handles, a decent gin collection of around 30 gins was a big hit. There are no permanent beers on. We change it up every week and the selection is whimsical and random. It’s a beer festival every week. And everyone was welcome to our austere ‘monastery’. Bohemian hippies, gothic rockers, LGTBQ community, beer tickers and pensioners all converse and talk with each other. We champion charity causes with our neighbours The Salvation Army and we idolise the work our NHS Angels do. Policemen, Firemen and serving Armed Force members all enjoy special discounts, as does our pensioners and CAMRA members (outside of Covid Survival Mode). We have a tribe who call themselves ‘Monkonians’ and we are a family.
80% of our beer is sourced within a 30 mile radius we do bring in beer and cider from all corners of our beautiful country. You will find our products are proudly British with a hint of South African. We have a decent wine selection with Rum starting to creep in as the next Gin fad.
When permitted we hold very decent comedy and quiz nights with talented acoustic sessions on the weekend. Come and join our family. You will feel the love and serenity.