Crooked River Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England 🏴
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.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Spotty beige head on a dull amber coloured body.
Light malt, cereal, melon, apricot & grapefruit tastes with a bitter hopped finish.
Nicely balanced.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pleasant and easy drinkable stout.
Ok complexity and not to sweet
Dark malt, chocolate, roast and coffee
[Cask at CAMRA Ayrshire Real Ale Festival 2025 in Troon, Scotland]
Brewery# 3127
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Crooked River Chocolate Stout
Cask at the Old Cross Tavern, Hertford on 21st August 2025. Deep ruby black with shallow tan foam and spot lacing. Rich dark chocolate roastiness in aroma. Dark chocolate and spiced cake fruits in-mouth, and a finish of quality dark chocolate and raisins. Full bodied with a velvet smooth mouthfeel. Superb.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can at the Strait and Narrow, Lincoln. Slight hazed golden colour with a white head. Slightly cordial and tropical fruity flavour. Light body
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked NZ Pale from Crooked River Brewing Company 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the Micro Bus, Gateshead, 14/05/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is orange zest, mandarin, papaya, grass, raw pineapple.
Taste comprises grapefruit, dank edged, grass, pine needle, light stone fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy pale.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Tight white head on a murky dull golden coloured body.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean.
Malt, stone fruit, orange & booked sweets tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Deece
fonefan (84534) ticked Kukrā from Crooked River Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
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Leighton (34941) reviewed Kukrā from Crooked River Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours clear gold with a bubbly, white head. Light sweet flavour with. Let’s of doughy pale biscuits, lemony hops, wheat, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. OK balance to finish, sweet pale malts. Drinks fine.