Cloudwater Brew Co Love The Thought

Love The Thought

 

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

Collab with: Gorilla Brewing Co.
  IPA - Sour / Wild Winter
Score
7.16
ABV: 8.1% IBU: - Ticks: 6
Dashing through a sweetshop of fun, bright and easy flavours, tethered to maturity by a light background funk. Herbal hoppiness and hints of grapefruit further ground each sip.

This BA mixed fermentation beer used in-barrel-fermentation on a culture entirely new to us. Korean Nuruk added a new energy, and curiously bright flavour profile to our approach to modern BA beer.

A collaboration beer with Gorilla Brewing Korea
 

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

Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a golden orange with a white head. Aroma is herbal, funky, citrus, piney, fruity. Taste is sour, acidic, bitter, fruit, light grain, citrus, piney.

Tried on 10 Aug 2025 at 00:49


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

Appearance is clear amber, with a small white head which quickly goes. Aroma is apples, sherbet lemon, funky hoppy hints, pressed apple juice, white wine. Taste is citrus, tart fruit, apple, orange peel hints, sherbet lemon, tart sour fruit, cider, berry fruit undertones, funky notes in the finish. Well-crafted.

Tried from Bottle at Cloudwater Brew Co on 22 Feb 2025 at 06:37


6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 3

10th February 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear gold beer, no head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Acetic sourness, some ripe lemon. Cooling pine. Mild dried fruits. Semi dry finish. Starting to make the back of my throat itch. Tasty but for me, not quaffable in any quantity.

Tried on 10 Feb 2025 at 19:28

gave a cheers!

7

Overripe grapefruit peel, funky, dry aftertaste

Tried from Draft on 29 Jan 2025 at 18:50


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

4.1. Thanks SirA. Pineapple Brett. Super Soft and zesty. Jammy and intense. Funky indeed.

Tried on 23 Jan 2025 at 18:00


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

Bottle at home, from Cloudwater online, 30/12/24. Moderately hazed golden orange with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is yuzu, funk, damp cloth, pissy green berry nip, hay bale, oak. Taste comprises soured citric sherbets, grape must, guava, lemon zest, hay bale, herb, damp oak. Medium bodied, fine spritzy carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic spike. Solid kit.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2024 at 17:40