Cloudwater Brew Co UMAMAMAM

UMAMAMAM

 

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

Collab with: West Coast Brewing (Japan)
  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Special
Score
7.14
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 3
Our first collaboration with West Coast Brewing, one of Japan’s leading hop forward breweries, was brewed in parallel in Manchester and Shizuoka for a shared release.

Inspired by the idea of hops as umami, this beer is built not around a single hop note, but the full spectrum. Through layered dry hopping, we’ve combined dank and piney depth with citrus, white fruit, tropical and herbal aromatics. Each hop plays a supporting role, enhancing the others to create a bold, mouth filling hop character.

The result is a beer where complexity comes from balancing a hop expression that’s rounded, expressive and deeply satisfying
 

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7.6

Sweetish, slightly fruity and tropical with hints of stuffiness, floral notes, grass and citrus, creamy fluffiness.

Tried on 27 Feb 2026 at 17:03


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

440ml can. Murky golden with a well-retained white head. Aroma of overripe tropical and stone fruits, dank, herbal. Taste is quite sweet, overripe and candied tropical fruits, chewy caramel malt, umami/savoury notes, pineapple, peach, apricot, herbal, dank, piney. Medium-full bodied, pillowy soft.

Tried from Can on 21 Feb 2026 at 23:29


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

Pours hazy gold with a thin white cap that fades to islands. Citrus fruit, hint of melon, herbal notes with a piney dank hop. Piney dank bitter finish with a citrussy uplift. Decent.

Tried from Can at 73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom) on 13 Feb 2026 at 18:52