9th Birthday DDH IPA
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA - New England / Hazy Special|
Score
7.71
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Our Birthday DDH IPA blends Riwaka alongside Nelson Sauvin for a unique flavour profile. A deliciously dank aroma sets the stage, followed by ripe mango and papaya flavours enveloped in a lusciously smooth body and a tangy bloody orange finish
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8/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 13:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at home and don't remember where I bought it. I was planning a dry night, but having finally got things under control at work after 2 weeks away I decided a celebration was in order. Good pour and looks great in the glass. Good aroma and really good hops flavour. Well balanced between the sweet and bitter, but more bitter and all the better for it. Had it with a bit of cheese and that only helped matters. Loads going on for what is actually a sensible abv.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2024
at 18:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at BeerHeadZ, Lincoln. Hazy to cloudy pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are Tropical fruity and sweet malty, dank. Smooth body.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2024
at 12:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
1st May 2024
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth light pale malts, an airy creamy sweetness. Hops bring soft pine and soft but quite savoury skunk. Soft lime and lime peel into a modest winey grape. Light crisp pine. Pinch of hop spice before a light and semi dry finish. Tidy IPA, reasonable, by 2024 standards, Nelson presentation. Overall, solid.
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth light pale malts, an airy creamy sweetness. Hops bring soft pine and soft but quite savoury skunk. Soft lime and lime peel into a modest winey grape. Light crisp pine. Pinch of hop spice before a light and semi dry finish. Tidy IPA, reasonable, by 2024 standards, Nelson presentation. Overall, solid.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2024
at 18:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Hazy, orange golden colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Tropical fruity and slightly spicy-grassy and minimally zesty, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, oaty and wheaty malty background, notes of mango, some guava, papaya, grapefruit peel, a touch of mandarine, orange. Taste is slightly zesty, citrusy fruity and minimally spicy-grassy hoppy, oaty and minimally raw wheaty malty basis with some residual sweetness, hints of kiwi fruit, gooseberry, grapefruit, blood orange, grapefruit peel, some mango. Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Harmonious composition of matching fruit flavours with nice zesty and grassy-spicy aspects, pleasant sweetness - enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2024
at 15:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Smooth, juicy and intensely herbal hoppy with some tropical notes, citrus, grapefruit, pineapple, grapes, hints of dry earthy bitterness and grass. Quite hoppy but perhaps a bit unbalanced
Tried
on 12 Apr 2024
at 19:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can. Hazy yellow. Massive orange and dank weedy hops, like a very fruity marihuana. Then there's oats, resin, mango and grapefruit zest. Medium sweet and bitter. Creamy oaty medium body. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Mar 2024
at 20:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Murky yellow, white head. Aroma of white wine, grape, tropical and earthy. Taste is quite vinous, Nelson dominates, white wine, grape, gooseberry, tropical fruits, Riwaka unfortunately rears its ugly savoury/earthy/bacon head, though it's just the earthiness that comes through so it's not insufferable at all, slightly sweet with a citric bitterness. Medium bodied. Solid IPA just a shame they paired Nelson with Riwaka. Literally any other hop would've been better!
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2024
at 16:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance is hazy murky yellow, with a pillowy rocky head. Aroma is pineapple, mango, juicy hoppy fruit, grapefruit, lots of fresh fruit, hop resin. Taste is sweet fruit, grapefruit, pineapple, tropical fruit juice, hop resin. Bitter finish with mango. Good stuff.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2024
at 06:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Beer Central. Souped up gold. CW swede. All in order here. Nose has green hop leaf. Touch of allium. Zested sweet lemon. Orange peel. Cereal malts as a backdrop. Taste is sweet and oaty. Gets pithy and citrusy bitter. Bit of a creamy mouthfeel. Big pithy bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2024
at 19:06