Cloudwater Brew Co Valley of the Shadows

Valley of the Shadows

 

Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular
Score
7.33
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 13
A new 5% Pale Ale showcases a dynamic trio of three bold, flavourful hops. Cashmere adds a hint of lemon and lime to complement Motueka's lime sherbet notes, while Idaho 7 delivers more intense, juicier flavours.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home picked up from 73 Enid street. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a sticky off white head. Aroma is nice waxy citrus, hockey puck, peach, soft wheat, bready. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, bready wheat, lilt, peach, floral orange, tallus like hop, sabro. waxy hockey puck. Palate is semi sweet, floury wheat, bready, lime juicy, Palate is soft rounded, creamy, Really nice hop character.

Tried from Can at 73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom) on 22 Nov 2025 at 00:23


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Appearance- hazy yellowy orange, with a very big pillowy white head, clings a bit. Aroma is grapefruit, citrus fruit, big piney hops, mango, tropical fruit. Taste is citrus fruit, mango, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, lime hints, zesty refreshing fruit, juicy finish.

Tried from Can at Cloudwater Brew Co on 28 Oct 2025 at 20:26


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, picked up from 73 Enid Street, 12/10/25.
Hazed orange topped with a just off cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is ripe tropical fruits, grass, melon, mandarin, tangerine, herb.
Taste comprises mandarin, orange pith, grapefruit, grass, pine needle.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Solid punchy pale.

Tried on 12 Oct 2025 at 17:29


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Op tap bij Borefts '25. Mistiggouden kleur, witte kraag. Flink hoppig, iets fruitig, steenvruchten, citrus, limoen, bitter, mooie pale ale, lekker. Lichte body.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2025 at 12:20


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

A hazy bright golden yellow beer with a white lacing. Aroma of fresh juicy hops, stone fruits, yeast. Taste of fresh grassy hops, yellow stone fruits, mango, moderate bitterness, easy to drink

Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2025 at 18:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at Borefts 2025. Smooth pale malt, citrus, orange, oats, tropical notes. Moderate bitter, light sweetish. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2025 at 08:05


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Süffiger, trocken herber Beginn. Wenig würzig, hell brotig, helles Malz, kurzer Abgang. 9/7/8/8//8

Tried from Draft on 19 Sep 2025 at 15:48


keg at Borefts 2025 Friday ...hazy yellow ..thin white lacing .. soft dry floral fruit nose ..soft sweet onion floral hop fruit

Tried on 19 Sep 2025 at 15:46


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at Borefts 2025. Tropical fruit aroma and flavour. Its got plenty of fruit flavour. Golden cloudy lasting white head. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Some a lovely dancing fruity hop start and flavour and a bitter finish. What's not to like ?

Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 19 Sep 2025 at 15:39


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Zeer troebele gele kleur en fijne witte kraag. Geur is heerlijk dank en juicy. Smaak is licht zoet en licht bitter. Lichte body. Iets toenemende bitterheid. Erg lekker.

Tried from Draft on 19 Sep 2025 at 12:01