11th Birthday QIPA
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA - Quadruple New England / Hazy Special|
Score
7.83
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A birthday celebration calls for a QIPA! There’s nothing more us than a big-hitting banging beer and we’ve held nothing back for this birthday QIPA. Brewing beer to this strength always provides a backbone of ethanol sweetness so we’ve used Clean Fusion™, developed by our friends at One Drop, to clean up the liquid and extract every last drop of flavour in the hops.
We’ve blended Idaho 7, Motueka, Citra Cryo, Strata CGX and Mosaic to pull towards a fruity and dank flavour profile. Fresh melon, white grape and a Chinese green tea characteristic is layered on top of a gentle black pepper spice paired perfectly with a tropical lychee round off, keeping the bitterness and sweetness perfectly balanced in this boozy beer.
We’ve blended Idaho 7, Motueka, Citra Cryo, Strata CGX and Mosaic to pull towards a fruity and dank flavour profile. Fresh melon, white grape and a Chinese green tea characteristic is layered on top of a gentle black pepper spice paired perfectly with a tropical lychee round off, keeping the bitterness and sweetness perfectly balanced in this boozy beer.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Spotty white head on a thick milky golden coloured body.
Onion, weed & citrus aroma.
Full bodied, syrupy with a lightly carbonated back.
Mango, pineapple, herbal, boiled sweets, melon & bitter hop tastes with a peppery finish.
Too many flavours in my taste buds - Hop overdose.
Excellent 👌
Onion, weed & citrus aroma.
Full bodied, syrupy with a lightly carbonated back.
Mango, pineapple, herbal, boiled sweets, melon & bitter hop tastes with a peppery finish.
Too many flavours in my taste buds - Hop overdose.
Excellent 👌
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2026
at 21:25
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Appearance- murky yellow, with a small fizzy white head. Aroma- mango, pineapple, grapefruit, citrus fruit, hop resin, big tropical fruit. Taste- fresh hops, hoppy resin, citrus fruit, peppery hops, pineapple juice, fruit smoothie, thick and full, lots of tropical fruit. Green tea is in there. Dank fruit. Tasty and chewy.
Tried
from Can
at
Cloudwater Brew Co
on 03 Apr 2026
at 05:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from Cloudwater online. A milky orange coloured pour with a greenish hue and a loose white head. Aroma is meaty citrus, creamy, vanilla, pinch of salt, orange creamsicle, some stewed hops. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, creamy, double cream, vanilla, orange creamsicle, meaty mango, lactose , custard creams. Palate is thick and chewy, creamy, moderate carbonation. some alcohol presence in the finish. Bit muddled and over the top. Wish i only had a third of this.
Tried
from Can
at
Cloudwater Brew Co
on 28 Mar 2026
at 23:51
8.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 22:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Paddington, London. A hazy golden/orange/yellow coloured pour with a decent white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, pine, melon, lychee, green tea, grape, tropical fruit aroma and taste. There is a lot going on here, really complex and enjoyable, very decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2026
at 23:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Panda from Colin. Cheers. Hazy light orange. Frothy bubbly white head. Aroma has chewy stone fruit and porridge. Flavourwise it combines sweet syrupy fruit with a boozy bitterness. Thick. Creamy. Flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Yep.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2026
at 23:42
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Murky yellow with a white head. Aroma of guava, papaya, grape, melon. Taste of fresh and juicy exotic fruits, guava, lychee, melon, grape, hops are intense but stop short of giving any hop burn, there is some warming booze though. Full bodied, smooth.
Can't believe it's 2026 and we're still doing QIPAs, but I have to admit, this was a great one.
Can't believe it's 2026 and we're still doing QIPAs, but I have to admit, this was a great one.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2026
at 22:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Keg at Brewdog Lothian Road. Pours milky yellow with no head. Aromas of booze warmth and ripe tropical fruit. Taste is more of the same. I expect a bit more for £8 a third.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2026
at 10:41
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
21st February 2026
Panda thanks to Cloin. Hazy and slightly yellowish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Slightly thin bodied pale malts, a nice light creamy sweetness. Dunno who wrote the description for this brew but, fuck me, superb palate! Exactly as described for the hop side, sweet green tea, lychee and black pepper. There is a tangy hop spicy bitterness over a melon streaked citrus and stone fruits. Airy and semi dry finish leaves a long hop spicy linger. Very nicely done. So light and dangerously drinkable and also, a bit off the beaten track.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Hazy and slightly yellowish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Slightly thin bodied pale malts, a nice light creamy sweetness. Dunno who wrote the description for this brew but, fuck me, superb palate! Exactly as described for the hop side, sweet green tea, lychee and black pepper. There is a tangy hop spicy bitterness over a melon streaked citrus and stone fruits. Airy and semi dry finish leaves a long hop spicy linger. Very nicely done. So light and dangerously drinkable and also, a bit off the beaten track.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2026
at 21:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Pours very hazy dull gold with a medium head. Aroma is very dank, hop burn, mango, onion and a little alcohol. Taste has overripe mango and hop oils throughout, with a sweet onion hop finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2026
at 21:03