Cloudwater Brew Co Backyard Facade

Backyard Facade

 

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

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Dreaming of California and the rugged beauty of the Tasman Bay whilst reclining in the late summer sun in British suburbia.

This is a twist on our modern West Coast IPA, Volley, brewed with a blend of our hand selected New Zealand hops.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can from Lullaby, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light grassy hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a fresh, crisp, grassy, weedy, light citrus, mineral, light floral, dry hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Can at Lullaby on 26 Mar 2022 at 14:19


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

440ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, golden colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Grassy, herbal and minimally fruity, hoppy aroma, rather multifaceted hints of grass, hay, scrub, copse, a touch of white grapes, grape sugar, yuzu. Taste is dry, papery, herbal hoppy, somehow bitter and peppery herbal, some bitter zesty aspects as well. Watery texture, dry palate, medium to fine, prickly carbonation. Delightful nose, slightly strange and minimally unpleasant taste (concerning the kind of bitterness) - not exactly Cloudwater's best effort.

Tried from Can on 08 Dec 2021 at 20:44


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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours hazed gold with a small, frothy white head. Light-medium sweet flavour with floral hops, assertive piney notes, sun-kissed pale malts, a little rind and grass. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly resinous to finish, lemon rind, grass, grapefruit pith, sturdy pale malt support, a little peach. Lingering bitterness. Nice one.

Tried from Can on 02 Nov 2021 at 21:58


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

Can from Premier Hop, Pudsey, W.Yorkshire. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, grapefruit, pine aroma/taste. Quite bitter and a bit lacking, not one of Cloudwaters best but drinkable enough.

Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2021 at 15:50


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

Cloudy orange body and pretty good foam. Kind of a musty hop aroma, soft papaya and weedy hops, too subtle. Taste is good pney papaya, soft honeydew melon, finishing oily and a little chewy. Smooth nonetheless. A nice meld, a little casual but working well in that way.

Tried on 23 Oct 2021 at 04:56


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Split with SirAlex and Chocolate Joseph. Pours hazy deep Golden with a small White head. Mega dank. Tropical. Green. Weedy. Smooth and soft. Gentle bitter grassy finish.

Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2021 at 18:39


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

Can at home picked up from CW online. A translcuent golden orange coloured pour with a frothy white head that fades to loose bubbles. Aroma soft bready grains, citrusy hop, orange rind, pine, some grass. Flavour is composed of rustic bready grains, aggressive bitter citrus, grapefruit, lemon, pine, numbing grassy hops linger. The bold bitterness is a welcome break from the norm, but it is perhaps a little harsh. Palate is grainy, numbing hop oils, spritzy carbonation. Pithy bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2021 at 16:36


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught keg at Ebeneezer's, Nantwich. Light to mid-gold, hazy with a fluffy white head. Pink grapefruit aroma, it's lively but hard to detect much of anything else. Bittersweet taste, leaning toward the butter edge, with kore hard citrus mid-sip. Some sweeter notes toward the nicely balanced long finish. Carbonation is pretty heavy. It's a good beer which got better with each sip (always a good sign).

Tried on 02 Oct 2021 at 18:39


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

Can. Beer Stop, Dronfield. Pretty full haze on a medium gold. Thin CW swede. Nose has light caramel malt. Some ripe pineapple. Some piny notes. Sweet citrus. Taste has upfront malty sweetness with a moderate pithy, grassy bitterness. Quite dry on the palate. Fine carbonation. Dry and light bitter finish. Don’t particularly see what makes this West Coast, but it’s decent overall anyway.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2021 at 18:53


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

Can on the train back from Kingswear, from CW online, 28/08/21. Hazed orange with a decent off white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is orange zest, floral notes, grass, ripe melon, pineapple. Taste comprises orange squash, grass, melon, pineapple, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close splashed with balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness. Decent enough IPA.

Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2021 at 19:02