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Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.31
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This beer uses a water profile emulating the central coast of California, providing the perfect foundation for a simple malt base that supports an absolutely classic hop grist - Columbus, Simcoe, Cashmere, Amarillo and Centennial are all used throughout the boil. An extra whirlpool addition of Chinook and Simcoe provides sticky orange, stonefruits and a hearty pine resin bitterness. This underpins a charge of Centennial, Citra and even more Simcoe in the dry hop to provide a refreshingly clean, robustly bitter expression of one of our most beloved styles of beer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Appearance is golden, fairly clear, a 2-3 finger white foamy rocky head. Aroma is orange, tangerine, citrus fruit, mango hints. Taste is hop bitterness, malt, pine notes, orange peel, bit of grapefruit, peach, peppery hop bitterness at the end, a bit malty, lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Cloudwater Brew Co
on 12 Apr 2026
at 16:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head, good retention. Aroma of orange and grapefruit, piney resin. Taste of orange, grapefruit, pine, resinous, biscuity malt and a hint of caramel, strong bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Bright IPA if often synonymous with "watered down westie" but this is really good, much like a proper WC style pale.
Bright IPA if often synonymous with "watered down westie" but this is really good, much like a proper WC style pale.
Tried
from Can
from Cloudwater Brew Co
on 28 Mar 2026
at 22:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Keg at Cloudwater Enid Street. Opaque-hazy gold. Frothy foamy white head. Aroma is dank and malty and citrusy. Tart citrus and herbs. Flavourwise is similar, bitter with a sour edge. Light-medium bodied. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom)
on 06 Mar 2026
at 18:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at 73 Enid Street, 04/03/2026.
Almost clear golden orange with a lasting off white crown.
Nose is melon, soft malts, breads, mandarin.
Taste comprises orange zest, bread dough, putty, melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy pale.
Almost clear golden orange with a lasting off white crown.
Nose is melon, soft malts, breads, mandarin.
Taste comprises orange zest, bread dough, putty, melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy pale.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2026
at 10:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazed yellow gold with a decent white cap. Solid malty hit, bit of caramel, some bready notes, sticky orange, sharp citrus notes. Nice clean bitter finish with sticky orange coming through but not breaking the bitter dry finish. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Can
at
73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom)
on 13 Feb 2026
at 22:55