Cloudwater Brew Co 41 Free Spaces

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

  Sour / Wild Beer Special
Score
7.47
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Rich, smooth malt flavours find harmony with tart fruit notes and a warming spice presence in this spiced Imperial Sour. Evocative of a Devil's Share cocktail, this highly-original, malt-forward beer was soured gently over four months in bourbon barrels and given additions of allspice, ginger and nutmeg. It both enlivens the senses and demands you take time to explore its nuances.
 

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8.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

The eighth of twenty-one beers for our 11th wedding anniversary. Ajrín's. More than four years aged. Hazy, dark copper colored. AROMA- plum, cherry, bourbon, nice spices, ginger, nutmeg, dates. FLAVOR- quite sweet, lightly sour, lightly warming, dates, plums, cherries, strawberries, dark grapes, jam, decent ginger and spices, touch of bourbon, red wine. Full, syrupy body. Great liquid dessert.

Tried on 01 Apr 2024 at 20:02



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

Murky brown with a ring bubbly tan head. Aroma of herbs, spice, nutmeg, ginger, weirdly coming out like cola, lime notes. Strange stuff. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2020 at 20:22


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

Bottle shared. Murky brown with small beige bubbly head. Cloves, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, sweet malts, cola, vanilla, soft bourbon, a lot of lime, sweet caramel malts, blueberries. Solid medium sweet, under medium bitter and light sour. Over medium bodied. Quite some mix of spices, but overall really not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2020 at 20:21


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Lots of rich maltiness, body, sweetness. Toffee, caramelly, even a bit chocolate. Very carefully soured, well incorporated funk, med-light spice intensity. Very good balance, very tasty, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2020 at 19:40


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Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2020 at 17:13


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Can’t recall where from. Faint haze on a dark plum colour. Super fine halo of off white head. Nose has cake mix. Sour red wine. Touch of cinnamon. Ginger biscuit malt. Taste has a sticky sweetness, alongside some tart, vinous bitterness. Medium body. Fine carbonation. A little slick. Sweet and tart vine fruit on the finish. Ok, albeit a little lacking condition. Having said that, I reckon CW’s barrel program will improve soon enough...

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2020 at 21:46


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 10/02/2020. From Cloudwater online. A thick chewy caramel brown coloured pour with a reluctant head. Aroma is chewy caramel, woody bourbon, white grape, jammy dried fruit, hint of ginger. Flavour is composed of big chewy toffee, sticky cola cubes, sugared ginger, brown sugars, toffee, cakey malts. Lingering warming bourbon, oak. Palate is medium sweetsticky, oily, mellow carbonation. Hides the abv very well.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2020 at 10:15


7

Bottle from Cloudwater online. Deep chestnut colour with a thin tan head. Aroma dried fruit and citrus. Taste is tangy sweet to light sour. Thick body.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2020 at 11:27


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

Bottle split at L6, thanks to Fergus, 10/02/20. Murky reddish to chestnut brown with nothing in the way of a head. Nose is vinous, tarte dark fruit rinds, funk, dry rot, hint of glue. Taste comprises bitter sweet fruit esters, dates, light balsams, red berry skins, stoned fruits, barnyard notes. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a kiss of alcohol and a balanced acidic wash. Not bad, masks the alcohol well but no great here.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2020 at 08:20