Small Pale
Cloudwater Brew Co.
- From:
- Cloudwater Brew Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 2.9%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 25, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This beer combines our love of British beer heritage, famed for session-strength beer and effortless drinkability, with the bold flavours we love from our DIPAs, and the technical challenges of brewing lower-strength beer that's big-bodied and full-flavoured. This is a great choice for times when you’re taking it easy, but still want a big, hoppy hit from a dry-hopping rate most commonly seen in stronger beers.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
3.42/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
A 440ml can, canned on 4th March 2020, and a freshest flavour before date of 24th May 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy straw golden yellow colour with a two finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Aromas are a bit weak, but there is sweet mandarin and citrus zest.
Taste: Biscuit malt, lightly bitter, orange, citrus zest, notes of unripe mango, and hints of pepper.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Aromas and flavours were not as strong as I hoped for, and the regular Pale Ale at 3.7% abv just seemed more crushable to me with what I felt was a lighter body and more spritzy carbonation.
May 19, 2020Appearance: A hazy straw golden yellow colour with a two finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Aromas are a bit weak, but there is sweet mandarin and citrus zest.
Taste: Biscuit malt, lightly bitter, orange, citrus zest, notes of unripe mango, and hints of pepper.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Aromas and flavours were not as strong as I hoped for, and the regular Pale Ale at 3.7% abv just seemed more crushable to me with what I felt was a lighter body and more spritzy carbonation.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
4.46/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a hazy, golden amber coloration with a medium, fizzy head. Smells of biscuity malt and citrus/tropical hops, with notes of grapefruit, tangerine and papaya, as well as a light grassiness. Taste is an excellent balance of biscuity malt and citrus/tropical hops, with the citrus dominating with notes of grapefruit and tangerine, as well as just a hint of papaya and grassy, herbal accents. Finishes with a light bitterness and some citrus and herbal accents lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a light body and medium carbonation.
For a brew that is below 3% ABV, this is absolutely amazing, featuring some vibrant, almost zesty citrus notes and none of the typical, chalky aftertaste that I've come to expect from such low-ABV Session Pale Ales, although it does have just a touch of that hop pellet character to it, which really isn't too bad though. It's rather light-bodied, obviously, but with a surprisingly good mouthfeel. An absolutely terrific brew for the very low ABV.
Jan 30, 2020For a brew that is below 3% ABV, this is absolutely amazing, featuring some vibrant, almost zesty citrus notes and none of the typical, chalky aftertaste that I've come to expect from such low-ABV Session Pale Ales, although it does have just a touch of that hop pellet character to it, which really isn't too bad though. It's rather light-bodied, obviously, but with a surprisingly good mouthfeel. An absolutely terrific brew for the very low ABV.
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