Cloudwater Brew Co Festbier (2023-)

Festbier (2023-)

 

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

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular
Score
7.18
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 9
A classic German Lager with notes of honey and marmalade with a light toasted malt finish.
 

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

Easy drinking but not a lot of personality. A touch of rusted tin. Pours golden with OK head and lacing. Snally.

Tried on 22 Oct 2025 at 18:36


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pour at Snallygaster 2025. Poured a clear deep orange color with a small white head. Aroma was big malts, sweetness. Light honey, grassy, with a malty finish.

Tried on 11 Oct 2025 at 18:52


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home from CW online. Pours lightly hazed golden amber with no real head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hint of clove. Taste is similar. A decent, clean festbier. Solid.

Tried from Can at Cloudwater Brew Co on 23 Jan 2025 at 21:04


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home picked up from Cloudwater online. A clean orange amber coloured pour with a lasting rocky white head. Aroma is nice earthy cereal, leaft hop, sileage, grass, nutty. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty cereal malts, apple, hint of toffee, grassy hop, sileage nice spicy hop. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation, Tasty lager beer.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2024 at 22:21


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

Appearance is amber, fairly clear, a clingy foamy off-white head. Aroma is malty bread, caramel, raisin, brown bread, fruitcake. Some nutty malt. Taste is malty bread, nutty notes, hop bitterness, mild fruitcake notes, more malty bread, honey almondy notes, crisp clean finish, quite full mouthfeel.

Tried on 18 Nov 2023 at 06:40


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, from HOTM online, 25/10/23. Clear copper with a good sized lasting light egg shell white head ... looks the bollocks! Nose is Soreen Malt Loaf, stewed fruits, biscuit, herb, toffee, light spice. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, brown bread, light herb, almonds, straw, crisp malt base. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid flavoursome Marzen.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2023 at 17:32


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

On Tap at BeerHeadZ, Lincoln. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty caramel, slight bread and light floral. Crisp body.

Tried from Draft on 30 Sep 2023 at 11:01


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Crystal clear amber gold, large creamy head. Aroma of caramel and toasted malts. Taste is much the same toasted malts and caramel lead the way, moderately bitter grassy hop. Solid lager.

Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2023 at 17:33


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Cork & Cask. Clear deep golden body with an off-white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of toasted bread, dried leaves and caramel. Flavour of caramel, earth and nutty malt. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A rich, nutty lager.

Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2023 at 08:22