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Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Collab with: Menno Olivier BrewingIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
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Score
7.53
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We had the pleasure of hosting Menno Oliver to brew up a rare beast of a Black IPA. Nelson & Riwaka take the lead with a touch of Sabro to balance the dark malts and bold hops.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear black pour with a slightly tan head. Malt, hops, some olives, coffee, blackberry, some smoky notes as well
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2025
at 19:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at home, best before 11-2025 - black beer, small head. Aroma is roast, coffee, malt, hops. Taste is the same, bitter, roast, coffee, hops. solid
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2025
at 20:19
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Can at home. Black color, full sized beige head. Aroma is malts, soft roast, brown malts, hops! Flavor is malts, brown malts and soft roast, with a superb hoppiness that -as is of crucial importance for a black IPA imo- can "compete" as it were with the (roasty) malt baseline of the beer. Can't say anything else than this is a very solid, good example of a classic Black IPA. Very well done!
Tried
on 29 Nov 2025
at 14:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with average to huge, frothy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty, dark malty and slightly citrusy fruity and grassy, hoppy aroma, hints of coffee, coffee grounds, lemon, orange, lime, some instant coffee, green olive, a touch of coconut, minimally zesty, waxy overtones. Taste is citrusy fruity, slightly herbal-leafy and minimally grassy hoppy, roasty, dark malty basis, hints of lemon, coffee, some tobacco, green olive, umami, coconut.
Oily texture, smooth, minimally greasy, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, dense, soft carbonation.
Slightly unusual flavours, some subtleties, nevertheless discreet, easy drinkable, homogeneous, unspectacular; cannot decide where to place this unobtrusiveness in a spectrum between ingenious balance and boring uniformity - pleasurable.
Oily texture, smooth, minimally greasy, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, dense, soft carbonation.
Slightly unusual flavours, some subtleties, nevertheless discreet, easy drinkable, homogeneous, unspectacular; cannot decide where to place this unobtrusiveness in a spectrum between ingenious balance and boring uniformity - pleasurable.
Tried
from Can
from
Pakhuis Twente
on 08 Nov 2025
at 22:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Caramel, chocolate & dark fruits in the nose. Taste is raisin, chocolate, blackberry jam. Lingering bitter hops on the palate, very lozenge-y. Whisper of smoke in there too.
Tried
from Draft
at
Rusty Bucket - Eltham
on 10 Oct 2025
at 21:48
7/10
Magus,mõru, kohvine, röstine, vesine, kuiv. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2025
at 23:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared at Thijs tasting. Dark brown, tan head. Huge weedy hops, roasted malts, coffee, red currants, lime zest. Medium sweet and bitter, astringent finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2025
at 15:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A very dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of fresh grassy hops, dank, hay, some dark malt. Taste of yellow stone fruits, some caramel, nuts, dank.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2025
at 12:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance is nearly black, with a 2-3 finger beige head. Aroma is coffee, earthy malt, liquorice hints, some hops, toast. Taste is chocolate, coffee, treacly malt, fruitcake, earthy and slightly smoky hints, hoppy fruit in the background, citrus fruit and chocolate orange.
Tried
from Can
at
Cloudwater Brew Co
on 28 Jun 2025
at 20:41
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Almost black pour with a big beige head. Aroma of chocolate, citrus fruits, gooseberry and grape. Taste is very chocolately initially, very fruity too, citrus, gooseberry and grape, pine, roast malts, and a touch of coconut, bittersweet finish. Medium bodied. Brilliant BIPA, interesting hop choices, loved this one.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2025
at 22:21