Proper DIPA - Riwaka Edition
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.86
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled at TCBW 2025.
Poured hazy and deep yellow in color.
Lovely NZ aromas here. Medium bodied, juicy and fresh. Grapefruity, quaffable dipa.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
TCBW2025. Hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma is catpissy, some citrus, mild sweeet malts with a bit pineapple to it. Flavour is pineapple, some mango and mild citrus with some slight dankness to it.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Murky yellow colour and small white head. Pineapple, some grass in the nose. Medium-bodied. Pineapple, stonefruit in the flavour. Sweetish. Ok. TCBW 2025.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can at home picked up from 73 Enid Street. A milky golden orange coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is lovely big pissy NZ hops, tarmac, smoked hops, white grape, Nelson Sauvin. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, creamy wheat, white grape, smoked hops, big NZ vibes, tarmac, pissy citrus. Lovely. Palate is semi sweet, creamy wheat, moderate fine carbonation. Lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Eltham Wines. Nose is mango, popcorn, pineapple, peach. Taste is peach, pineapple, orange, mango. Thick fruity mouthfeel. Sweet fruity punch with a lightly hoppy aftertaste. Nice.
Dense juicy fruity with punchy hits of lime and mango, grapefruit, passion fruit, some pine, sweet malty backbone, assertive dank hoppy finish. Lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml can. Murky pale yellow, white head. Aroma of tropical mango and passionfruit, dank, herbal, slightly smokey/bacon. Taste is sweet and juicy, tropical mango and passionfruit, grapefruit, dank herbal NZ hop finish with a little bit of Riwaka's smokey bacon thing going on. Full bodied and smooth. Another great addition to the series albeit not a favourite hop of mine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
15th March 2025
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth light pale malts, a light creamy sweetness. Crisp bright pine. Juicy exotic fruits. I always find it hard to pin down, a kinda lychee, pomelo thing, much more to it than that, but very nice. Crisp fruity finish. The Superdelic IPA was a let down for me, this Riwaka dipa is the opposite, this is a stellar dipa.