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
Copper Dragon Brewery team of Gordon Wilkinson and his team Dave Sanders and Matthew Taylor based at Recoil. It brews the original three beers, also a pilsner ("Silver Myst"). and lager ("Radka") have been added. Copper Dragon Brewery Copper Dragon Brewery is a brewery originally established in Skipton, North Yorkshire in 2002 and which has now moved to West Yorkshire. The brewery produces 3 permanent Cask Ales: "Golden Pippin" one of the original Blondes at 3.9% also available in 500ml Bottles, "Best Bitter" a traditional Northern-style Ale at 3.8% ABV also available in 500ml Bottles, "Scott's 1816" created to commemorate the original Skipton