Hi from a newbie!

[El Gordo]

Hmm. Monkman's Slaughter is a new one on me, but a quick search shows that it's a hefty 6%-er from a place called Cropton in North Yorkshire.

Here in Huddersfield I've resisted the temptation to call in at the The Sair for a pot or two of Enoch's Hammer, brewed on the premises, and named after Enoch Taylor, the local foundryman who made the hammers used by the Luddites to smash the looms. "Enoch makes 'em, Enoch breaks 'em".

According to one internet survivor, "The beer's strength is a mystery but no living man has ever had more than 4 pints and walked home...."