Autumn + Winter - Small Vic Secret Pale
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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This is the second iteration of our new Small Beer series, brewed to be refreshing and low in strength, yet full bodied and boldly flavoured. Vic Secret takes the lead in a 12 g/L dry hop.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, 30/12/17. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is papaya, pine needle, cantaloupe melon, juicy hops, light floral notes, orange wine gums. Taste comprises orange pith, pine resin, light yeast load, toasted bread, airy malts, citric sherbets, splash of grapefruit. Lighter end of medium body with fine massaging carbonation splashed with a juicy wave of hoppage. Exceptional flavour for the ABV ... an eminently crushable hop machine.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2017
at 15:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg @ Station. Pours a misty pale yellow, good white head. Good fruity citrus on the nose. Taste is super juicy for the strength, drinkably light body as expected, some pithy citrus, lime, grapefruit. If Cloudwater should ever decide upon a core range, this should be in it.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2017
at 16:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Murky orange colour with a small head. Aroma of tropical fruits, herbal. Taste of juicy tropical fruits, mandarin, passionfruit, pineapple, light sweetness, very low bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. One of the best low ABV beers I've ever had, and a marked improvement over the first iteration.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2017
at 16:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Beer Central, Sheffield. Very hazy, pale, yellow gold. Thin and messy, lacing, dirty white head. Nose has fresh squeezed lime and orange. Pine cone. Tinned mandarin. Just a hint of the oaty grist. Taste is dry, and pithy, piny bitter. Light and clean mouthfeel. Crisp carbonation. Short, pithy bitter finish. This seems much more hop forward than the Mosaic version, ditching that oaty thing on the way, and as a result is way easier drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2017
at 13:08