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.
7.4/10
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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.
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.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 10:23
7/10
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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
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean.
Malt, stone fruit, orange & booked sweets tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Deece
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2025
at 17:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 13:02
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2024
at 22:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
3rd December 2024
Cask at Pig's Ear. A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a fair dose of creamy sweetness. Decent hops, cooling pine, semi ripe but rich citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Bright and drinkable.
Cask at Pig's Ear. A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a fair dose of creamy sweetness. Decent hops, cooling pine, semi ripe but rich citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Bright and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2024
at 18:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Glenridding Mini Market. Pours a deep reddish amber, good off-white head. Herbal, spicy, malty aroma. Quite a spicy red rye to taste, nice sappy hoppy bite. Flavoursome, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2024
at 21:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can from Beer Ambleside. Hazy pale yellow with a white head and a light fizz. Melon and grapefruit. Some floral notes in a moderately bitter finish. Very thin and watery. Average overall; the thin body lets it down.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2024
at 22:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can from beergb. Gluten Free. Clear yellow gold colour, foamy white head and aroma of malt, grain, hay, straw, grassy. Taste is sweetish malt, grainy, fruity, with straw and grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2024
at 16:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can from beergb.com. Gluten Free. Orange gold colour, foamy white head and aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, fruity, spicy, citrus, pine with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, tangy hoppy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2024
at 17:04