Blue Monkey Brewery Blue Monkey Brewery Blue Monkey Brewery is a 20 barrel microbrewery located on the border of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Founded in Ilkeston in 2008, the company doubled its capacity and moved to Giltbrook in 2010. It produces award-winning beers, including Ape Ale and Guerrilla Porter. It currently has four outlets; The Organ Grinder Nottingham, The Organ Grinder Loughborough, The Organ Grinder Newark and The Coffee Grinder Arnold Blue Monkey Brewery was founded in the Manners Industrial Estate, Ilkeston on 8 October 2008 by John Hickling, with a capacity of ten barrels. Prior to the brewery venture, Hickling worked in a
Shotover Brewery and John Henry Export India Pale Ale (7.1% abv) in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the university. Shotover Brewery The Shotover Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, founded in 2009. The brewery has an 8bbl (1300 litre)brew length and has a core range of four ales (Prospect 3.7% abv, Trinity 4.2% abv, Scholar 4.5% abv, and Oxford Porter 5% abv,) sold in cask and as bottle conditioned ale. Trinity was voted CAMRA Champion Beer of Oxfordshire 2014/15. The brewery also occasionally produces special historic beers. Examples include Plot