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Cloudwater Brew Co.
- From:
- Cloudwater Brew Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.37 | pDev: 1.83%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 12, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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It's fair to say that we have a bit of a thing for hops, and so do our friends from Highland Park Brewery in Los Angeles. So, for our first collaboration, we decided to brew an all-Strata DIPA simultaneously at both locations, using the same recipe bar one key change - each brewery used their own hand selected hops. Ours features crop year 2020 Strata from Indie Hops.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a hazy, bright orange coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of light biscuity malt and tropical hops, with notes of passion fruit and mango, as well as just a hint of dank weed. Taste is an excellent balance of light biscuity malt and fruity, juicy, slightly dank hops, with strong tropical and lighter citrus and stone fruit notes of passion fruit, mango, grapefruit and apricot, as well as some herbal, spicy weed also coming through. Finishes with a light/medium bitterness and some passion fruit and mango lingering in the aftertaste. Soft, pillowy mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.
Considering that this is single-hopped with Strata, the flavor spectrum is quite incredible here. There is that typical, musty passion fruit character in spades, but also some mango and even citrus and stone fruit accents, while a distinct dankness is also present here, as would be expected from Strata. The hop aromatics are quite vibrant, expressive, well-defined and just bursting with tropical goodness and dank weed. Overall, this makes for a terrific Double New England IPA with quite vibrant and varied hop aromatics as well as a great, fluffy mouthfeel that drinks dangerously easy for the ABV, without a hint of booziness.
Aug 15, 2021Considering that this is single-hopped with Strata, the flavor spectrum is quite incredible here. There is that typical, musty passion fruit character in spades, but also some mango and even citrus and stone fruit accents, while a distinct dankness is also present here, as would be expected from Strata. The hop aromatics are quite vibrant, expressive, well-defined and just bursting with tropical goodness and dank weed. Overall, this makes for a terrific Double New England IPA with quite vibrant and varied hop aromatics as well as a great, fluffy mouthfeel that drinks dangerously easy for the ABV, without a hint of booziness.
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.45/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours a hazy orange with low, fine head.
Smell is juicy and a bit grassy with notes of pineapple, gooseberries, grape skins and some dank and herbal hints.
Taste is juicy with some dankness and herbal hints. Notes of grass, pineapple, grapefruit, grapes, gooseberries and pine with a slightly wooden hint. Soft but defined bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft and pillowy with good carbonation.
Overall, a terrific DIPA, as usual.
Jul 31, 2021Smell is juicy and a bit grassy with notes of pineapple, gooseberries, grape skins and some dank and herbal hints.
Taste is juicy with some dankness and herbal hints. Notes of grass, pineapple, grapefruit, grapes, gooseberries and pine with a slightly wooden hint. Soft but defined bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft and pillowy with good carbonation.
Overall, a terrific DIPA, as usual.
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