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Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Collab with: Brouwerij FrontaalIPA - Rye Special
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Score
7.33
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Brewed with our friends from Frontaal in Breda, Netherlands, this hazy hop bomb has high portions of rye, spelt and oats for structure and flavour. To complement the delicate rye malt flavour we hopped with orange-forward Loral and
Simcoe, and the spicy and citrus Waimea from New Zealand, for an impactful but refined IPA.
Simcoe, and the spicy and citrus Waimea from New Zealand, for an impactful but refined IPA.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazed orange gold with a white fluffy head that fades. Aroma is orange, sticky hop, caramel, malt. Taste is orange, grapefruit, light malt, rye notes, bitter sticky hop finish. Taste is lighter than the aroma. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Can
at
Cloudwater Brew Co
on 23 Jan 2025
at 22:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is murky orange, with a thick clingy 1-2 finger white head. Aroma is lots of orange, tropical fruit, mango and papaya, hop resin. Taste is orange peel, pine, hoppy fruit, grapefruit, stone fruit hints. Nice and juicy.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2024
at 06:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from CW online. A haxed mid golden orange coloured pour with a lasting white head. Aroma is semi sweet, dusty orange, pithy, some grapefruit, mixed citrus, grass. spicy grains, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, loose wheat, spicy rye, orange rind, grepfruit, firm bitterness, rounded, . Palate is semi sweet, pithy, highish prickly carbonation. Unique ipa.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2023
at 22:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at the strait and narrow Lincoln. Cloudy pale yellow golden colour with a thick lasting white head. Crisp society’s juicy. Slight bitterness line and light floral. Smooth creamy body.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2023
at 15:53
7/10
Smooth, balanced, easy drinking
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2023
at 19:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Murky golden, white head. Aroma of rye, sweet stone fruits, citrus. Taste of sweet stone fruits, citrus, floral, rye, light herbal notes, piney rindy bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2023
at 17:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 08/09/23. Murky orange with a good sized lasting off white head. Nose is juicy citric flesh, grass, pine nip, melon, mixed tropical fruit esters, hint of apricot. Taste comprises bitter orange, light pine layer, grapefruit, grass, light breads, papaya. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with light juicy come resinous hop bitterness. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2023
at 09:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Mega hazy deep orange gold. Decent CW swede. Spicy grain. Rich ripe citrus. Piny and dankful. Real word that. A little grape like twang too. Lots happening. Lip sticking sweetness up front with rindy piny bitterness. Thick mouthfeel for a 6%er. Sticky and bitter finish. Tasty gear for sure. Found it a tad heavy tbh although it got necked.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2023
at 18:47