Crooked River Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England 🏴
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Description
We are Crooked River Brewing Co; a craft beer company based on the fringe of the Lake District in West Cumbria.
Our story began in 2022 when our town’s last active brewery; Jennings announced it’s closure. This loss represented over 150 years of deep historical significance and posed a threat to the integrity of our regions brewing heritage and cultural identity.
This motivated us to step up and do something to keep that heritage alive, and so, Crooked River Brewing Co was born.
Our beer is brewed at Tractor Shed Brewing in Workington thanks to the lovely team there who gave us a place to brew, sharing our vision to see greater diversity and reputation for great locally made beer.
Our story began in 2022 when our town’s last active brewery; Jennings announced it’s closure. This loss represented over 150 years of deep historical significance and posed a threat to the integrity of our regions brewing heritage and cultural identity.
This motivated us to step up and do something to keep that heritage alive, and so, Crooked River Brewing Co was born.
Our beer is brewed at Tractor Shed Brewing in Workington thanks to the lovely team there who gave us a place to brew, sharing our vision to see greater diversity and reputation for great locally made beer.
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Last Zebra. It pours every so slightly hazy yellow with a lasting white head. The aroma is fragrant, zingy, tangy, lemon parfait, sherbet, grapefruit, tangerine, some lychee, touch of soap and pine. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, nip of bitterness, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, orange, tangelo, lemon, sherbet, metallic twang, green, pine needles and well hidden alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and perhaps slightly too high carbonation. Only complaint is the high carbonation. Nice overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Last Zebra
on 24 Jun 2026
at 11:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Keg at Scott & Brassey, Carlisle Train Station. I5 pours hazy orange with a sturdy off-white head. The aroma is vibrant citrus, tangy blood orange, tangerine, kumquat, pink grapefruit, pomegranate, pine and resin. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, sappy, sticky, resin, pine, pithy, blood orange, pink grapefruit, tangerine, waxy citrus peel, nip of booze, fragrant florals and dry wood with a drying, bitter finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Rather impressed with this. Hearty and flavourful.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2026
at 10:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Gravity pour.
Creamy tan head on a mahogany coloured body.
Sweet malt & sweaty aroma.
Medium bodied, creamy & thinning out to a clean finish.
Red berry, toffee, wine gums & chocolate tastes with a tangy hopped finish.
Solid.
3.60
Creamy tan head on a mahogany coloured body.
Sweet malt & sweaty aroma.
Medium bodied, creamy & thinning out to a clean finish.
Red berry, toffee, wine gums & chocolate tastes with a tangy hopped finish.
Solid.
3.60
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2026
at 20:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at ash's. Pours hazy brown, nose is chocolate, roasted, nutty, taste is similar. 6
Tried
on 02 May 2026
at 10:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at ash's. Pours hazy orange, nose is pineapple, coconut, hint of mango, taste is dry, funky, juicy fruit, dry coconut in the finish. 7/6/6/6/6
Tried
on 02 May 2026
at 10:22
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
can at ashs ..red ale coloured ...small tan head ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel ..not a stout
Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 14:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Can from Beer Ambleside.
Appearance - deep brown with a slightly off-white, creamy head.
Nose - brown bread, burnt toffee and faint chocolate.
Taste - chewy toffee, malt loaf and honeycomb.
Palate - medium bodied, roasty finish.
Overall - not sure that ticks all the boxes for the style. The base beer seems too light.
Appearance - deep brown with a slightly off-white, creamy head.
Nose - brown bread, burnt toffee and faint chocolate.
Taste - chewy toffee, malt loaf and honeycomb.
Palate - medium bodied, roasty finish.
Overall - not sure that ticks all the boxes for the style. The base beer seems too light.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Ambleside
on 02 Mar 2026
at 14:50
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can thanks to McCash. Pours clear brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of light chocolate cake. Taste is sweet and thin. Faint fruit. Thin roasty finish.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 14:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can thanks to McCash. Pours solid orange with no head. Aromas of mango and coconut. Faint lactic sour. Taste is more coconut, mango. Thin, soapy finish. Doesn't really hang together well, can't find the pineapple.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 14:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 5
Can from Beer Ambleside.
Appearance - golden yellow and fairly solid. Wispy head.
Nose - creamy mango mainly, some nuttiness, although no mention of coconut on the ingredients list.
Taste - coconut mainly with some fragrant tropical fruit, not necessarily mango or pineapple.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy and sweet.
Overall - dessert sour, so not sour at all. A bit disjointed.
Appearance - golden yellow and fairly solid. Wispy head.
Nose - creamy mango mainly, some nuttiness, although no mention of coconut on the ingredients list.
Taste - coconut mainly with some fragrant tropical fruit, not necessarily mango or pineapple.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy and sweet.
Overall - dessert sour, so not sour at all. A bit disjointed.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Ambleside
on 02 Mar 2026
at 13:58