Cloudwater Brew Co A•W18 One-Off Dry Hopped Belgian Ale

A•W18 One-Off Dry Hopped Belgian Ale

 

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

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production
Score
7.03
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
This Belgian Ale uses classic Belgian yeast for peppery banana and clove flavours balanced by a tropical and citrus dry hop. The aroma blends grapefruit and bananas, with citrus and clove flavours and a peppery but low bitterness finish and lively carbonation.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating - First draft pour of the Streetlife festival, St Helier, Jersey. Pours a yellow hazy colour with a white head. Aromas of banana & hops. Tastes of banana, bread, cloves & yeast. Dry finish. As with everything by Cloudwater, very good.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2025 at 12:14


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tried on 07 Oct 2019 at 14:42


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From tap at Muted Horn, Berlin, 30.03.19. Very pale translucent straw colour. Diminishing white head and lacing. Aroma and taste of tamarind, lychee and bitter citrus. Bitter and good! Lingering citrus, tropical fruits and bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 31 Mar 2019 at 00:22


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (01/03/2019) - light hazed golden pour with a white head. Sweet fruity and malty with some notes of citrus fruit, some sweet caramel, white sugar, medium body, spices into the sweet malty lingering close. --- Beer merged from original tick of A�W18 One-Off Dry Hopped Belgian Ale on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:39 - Score: 7

Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2019 at 09:20


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. A hazy yellow beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, spices, lemons, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Feb 2019 at 17:06


7

Cloudwater Tap Takeover

Tried from Draft at Dynamo - Bar de Soif on 22 Feb 2019 at 16:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Kwg at the cloudwater tap room bermondsey. A light hazed mid orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is dry bready grains, orange rind, clove and fennel Belgian yeast notes, Flavour is composed of semi crisp, rustic bready, firm grassy bitterness, lemon rind, light flint and straw. Nice mellow Belgian yeast character. Palate is crisp and frothy airy carbonation. Drying finish. Good. Lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2019 at 19:33


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

On tap at 73 Enid St. Pours hazy orange gold with a decent white head. Aroma is bubblegum, a little sweet fruit, cloves and coriander and hay. Taste is bubblegum, hay, coriander and cloves with a nice lingering hop bitterness. Nice and smooth. Decent stuff.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2019 at 17:28


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at 73 Enid Street, 14/02/19. Bad jazz meets Star Trek in the background ! Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is bubblegum, candied fruit rinds, yeast esters, straw, peach, dusty hops. Taste comprises sweet malts, peach, candied orange peel, grass, airy malts, light yeast esters, soft breads. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with balanced hop bitterness. Solid hoppy Belgian affair.

Tried from Can on 14 Feb 2019 at 16:20


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at the hanging bat. Pours orange, nose is plum, banana, lemon, taste is banana, plum, juicy, sweet.

Tried on 13 Feb 2019 at 08:07