Whisky Forum - Monkey shoulder

Cobra · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:52 am Post subject: Monkey shoulder

Am I the only person who doesnâ€™t see the magic in monkey shoulder? I admit that as a rule I prefer single malt but I did try monkey shoulder and I donâ€™t see what all the fuss is about . I found copper dog a better blend with better flavours.

unblended · Master Of Malts Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Posts: 437

i found monkey shoulder just very smooth very little character profile
i wont go out of my way for it probably contains a lot of kininve and not much glenfiddich or balvenie

ralfy legend · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:16 pm Post subject:

We have to remember what the monkey is, itâ€™s not supposed to beat the Â£30 plus single malts, Iâ€™ve never bought a full bottle but had loads of miniatures which was bought for me and at time of trying them I found it fruity and spicy and will do a good turn for certain people, had plenty of ok nights on it.

Blackadder · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:05 pm Post subject:

I always thought of it as an easy enough drinker that is mainly aimed at the trendy bar mixed drinks and premium cocktail market. In fact my bottle I have in the cupboard usually only gets poured for visitors who insist on having a mixer with there whisky

Cobra · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:52 pm Post subject:

I get that but for that price I feel you can get so much better

ralfy legend · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:13 pm Post subject:

The price is not good fact!

MattS · Master Of Malts Joined: 23 Apr 2018 Posts: 529

Having only every tried it as a miniature I'd suggest there are better options for equal or less. Even single malts.

Cobra · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:37 pm Post subject:

I just feel that itâ€™s underwhelming but a lot of you tube reviews really give it higher ratings than it deserves

ralfy legend · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:28 am Post subject:

Come on cobra give it another chance, donâ€™t think itâ€™s there to blow you away and thereâ€™s a time to try it for that bit of difference, as said i agree on the price comparison to certain single malts, a question for you! How much have you tried on the monkey?

lincoln imp · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:35 pm Post subject:

I thought it was ok the last time I had it, not exciting but not too bad. , there will of course be many batch variations with something like this.
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TheWM · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:08 pm Post subject:

The first bottlings I couldnâ€™t really fault especially at the Â£25 price point. Itâ€™s a good introduction to blended malts

Cobra · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:45 am Post subject:

At Â£25 would chivas extra be in direct competition and which one in everyoneâ€™s opinion would come out on top as Iâ€™ve got a bottle coming today

Cobra · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:07 am Post subject:

ralfy legend · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:26 am Post subject:

These words you keep putting into my mouth is starting to choke me hehe, like Iâ€™ve said Iâ€™m never going to pay Â£27 for the monkey , as Iâ€™ve tried the monkey all Iâ€™m saying I enjoyed the drink on the few nights that I did, anyway move on my friend as your starting to bore me ðŸ‘

Cobra · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:55 am Post subject:

Ok Iâ€™ll move on and maybe youâ€™ll get that monkey off your back I might even do a side by side comparison between monkey shoulder and some other blends at some point but Iâ€™ll let you bring your blood pressure back down my friend