Cromarty Brewing Co. Kowabunga

Kowabunga

 

Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.43
ABV: 4.6% IBU: 45 Ticks: 35
Totally bodacious, American hopped pale ale destined for your inner pizza loving ninja turtle. A luscious sweet malt base gives a good body to this beer whilst vigorous late hopping in the kettle from 5 varieties of hops provides a unmistakably juicy flavour and aroma.

Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Cara
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Chinook, Centennial, Cascade
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle, pours cloudy golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, fruits, hops & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2025 at 14:12


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

50cl bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark blonde, kind of opaque, with fine white foam. Aroma is cereal and biscuit. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderate in sweetness, with some bitterness providing dryness.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:11


7

Keg at Fiddlers Drumnadrochit - clear gold body, no head but loads of carbonation bubble lines. Not much in the way of distinction in the nose, clean bittersweet citrus taste. Yum.

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 16:07


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 50 cl. Clear golden with a lacing white head. Nose more spicy than citrusy. Medium body, dry fruitiness, subtle bitterness. Not super fond of the hop composition. 240719

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2019 at 12:13


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask. Clear amber color with soapy white head. Aroma is earthy hops, some cheesy hops, light toffee. Taste is the same. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Not great.

Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2019 at 10:04


5

Tried from Growler on 11 Jan 2019 at 13:49


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Deva, Chester [040518]
Amber, light haze, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of light citrus fruits, sweet malts, sweet cereal
Taste - sweet pale caramel background, bit of cereal, some honey, soft citrus
Palate - Medium body, too sweet. Finish of sweet caramel malts, sweet linger, light zest
Overall - Haven't had a Cromarty beer for nearly 5 years - this is disappointing

Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2018 at 00:27


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

Cask at CBC, Islington on 26th May 2018. Clear copper with thin off-white film and scant lacing. A nutty malt aroma with spiciness. Lime zest citrus, nutty and caramel malts in-mouth. A savoury touch. A tart fruity finish. Engaging texture and medium body.

Tried from Cask on 25 May 2018 at 23:31


Bland

Tried from Cask at The Ale House on 31 Dec 2017 at 23:39


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR. [ As Cromarty Kowabunga ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, grass, fruity. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, fruity, pale malt, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151012] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2017 at 13:43