Going Along As We Make It Up
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Collab with: Beak BrewerySour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special
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Score
7.21
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This jammy delight of a collaboration with our pals at Beak Brewery was made by co-fermenting 500kg of fresh plums with wild ale, before being aged again in Marsala and Port barrels.
Fruit and barrel notes resonate through the aroma and flavour, giving sticky sweet plum, light oak and tannins, and hints of fortified wine.
Fruit and barrel notes resonate through the aroma and flavour, giving sticky sweet plum, light oak and tannins, and hints of fortified wine.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is dull amber, with a 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is lambic notes, yeast, apple, sour funky fruit, berries, vinous notes, woody tannins, grapes. Taste is wine, woody malt, berry fruit, apple juice, citrus hints, tannins, tart fruit, wild yeast, slightly sour finish.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 07:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Beer Stop Dronfield. Kind of got talked into this one. Hazed / murked plum red. Good thin dense lasting just off white swede. Nose has sweet Marsala. Plum flesh and stone. Red wine dregs. Taste is fairly sweet up front with an earthy vinous dryness. A little tart. A little bretty. Very decent mouthfeel is a bit smoothie like. Fine carbonation and no acidity makes for an easy drinker. Fruity oaky finish. Good gear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2024
at 21:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers! Pours hazy reddish purple with a small, creamy brown head. Moderately sweet with notes of zesty citrus, sturdy acidity, salty sweat. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Tart finish with notes of apple skins and tangy berries. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2024
at 20:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
3rd July 2024
CBJ Bottleshare. Bottle thanks to Fergus. Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Acetic fruits and a little pine. Touch of lemon acid. A little was okay, not sure I could even manage half a glass though.
CBJ Bottleshare. Bottle thanks to Fergus. Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Acetic fruits and a little pine. Touch of lemon acid. A little was okay, not sure I could even manage half a glass though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2024
at 16:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A thick plummy red coloured pour with a halo of dirty pink head. Aroma is horsey, plum, bretty, fatty, cow pat,. Flavour is composed tangy Victoria plum, funk, salty, tangy lemon, bretty funk, lemon rind,. Palate is semi sweet, sour, tangy, prickly carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2024
at 17:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at CBJ tasting thanks to Fergus. Pours murky umber with a think pinkish head. Aroma is jammy red fruit, oak, grape notes, acid sourness. Taste is jammy red fruit, oak, white grape, good sour bitter hit. Decent balance. 7 4 8 4 14
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2024
at 17:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the CBJ tasting, thanks to Fergus, 03/07/24,
Murky reddish orange topped with a crimson cap.
Nose is tangy fruit rinds, red berry nip, herb, damp grass.
Taste comprises sharp berry fruit, tangy plum, damp oak, vinous, faint tropical fruit esters.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced puckering edge.
Decent.
Murky reddish orange topped with a crimson cap.
Nose is tangy fruit rinds, red berry nip, herb, damp grass.
Taste comprises sharp berry fruit, tangy plum, damp oak, vinous, faint tropical fruit esters.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced puckering edge.
Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2024
at 13:39