Shadows of the Moon
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.25
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Made with 500kg of blackberries and fermented with 500L of aged foudre ale before being transferred to rye whiskey barrels. This 1 to 1 ratio of fruit to beer yields a rich and powerful fruit expression.
Robust rye whiskey notes and spicy aromas are balanced with sweet blackberry and hints of blackberry leaves. A clean and oaky flavour profile from its long maturation in the barrel is complemented by a vibrant acidity derived from fermentation and fruit infusion.
Robust rye whiskey notes and spicy aromas are balanced with sweet blackberry and hints of blackberry leaves. A clean and oaky flavour profile from its long maturation in the barrel is complemented by a vibrant acidity derived from fermentation and fruit infusion.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
9/2/2024. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours hazy pale reddish brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is woody, blackberry, rye, whiskey, musty apple. Moderate sweetness and bitterness with medium tartness. Medium body, average to soft carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2024
at 11:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from CW online Xmas box '23, 03/02/24. Moderately hazed Ribena red with a crimson cap cap that veers edgewards. Nose is funk, tarte berry skins and pips, hedgerow, grains, barnyard nip. Taste comprises sharp berries, funk, herb, kiss of whisky, berry pips, bramble berry, blackberry yoghurt, sharp citric backnotes. Medium bodied, fine to light spritzy carbonation, drying close with a balanced puckering edge. Tidy BA sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2024
at 18:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced from the brewery online shop. Pours mostly clear purple with a fizzy, pink head. Light sweet flavour with fairly sharp acidity, tart berries, some fleshy blackberries, mild seedy bitterness, grape, a little acetic twang. Light to medium bodied with spritzy carbonation. Quenching, tart and lightly drying to finish, more sharp and jammy berry character. Decent stuff overall, but sharp though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2023
at 22:32