Cross Bay Brewery Reviews

reidyboy	3.3 Cross Bay Zenith Very slightly hazy pale gold with a frothy/creamy white head but no major aroma. Medium bodied with a refreshing, zesty mouthfeel, fruity and fresh, a little kick of hop bitterness and a bittersweet finish Friday, January 19, 2024
reidyboy	3.5 Cross Bay Sticky Coffee Near black with a creamy light tan head. Coffee and toffee on the nose, light bodied (thin) with roasted malt predominant, hints of coffee, caramel and maybe some treacle poking through Friday, January 19, 2024
imdownthepub	2.8 Cross Bay Citra Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival '23, Oxon. Hazy pale gold with white head. This proved to be a bit of a caramel bomb unfortunately, some pithy, light citrus breaks through, some lemon zest. Okay(ish) Saturday, November 11, 2023
Martinsh	3.3 Cross Bay Double Cross Cask at Brunswick, Derby (23/9/23). Pours a dark burgundy with minimal off-white head. Aroma is mainly roasted malts with a hint of floral hops. In the mouth it has dark fruits, cola and malts with some traces of liquorice. Later on some floral hops come through as well leading to a slightly bitter finish. It’s reasonable but a bit on the bland side. Friday, October 13, 2023
theprof	3.3 Cross Bay Halo Poured clear golden body white thin lace. Citrus aroma. Taste lightly sweet to medium bitter. Medium bodied smooth texture average carbonation and a bitter finish. Sessionable Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Salian	3.3 Cross Bay Hops Be Trippin' Smooth, golden style pale that dials down the fruit for a pleasant malty beer, some freshness but not silly hoppy. Saturday, April 8, 2023
Lubiere	3.3 Cross Bay Many Moving Parts A golden ale with a thin creamy off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy British hops, light cereals character, pleasant and smooth. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy British hops, loads of cereals, pleasant. On tap at Ship and Mitre. Tuesday, January 31, 2023
ManVsBeer	3 Cross Bay Night of the Living Red Cask @ Gas Works Brew Bar, Manchester. Copper-amber with a creamy-frothy head. Crisp enough despite a dry texture, and it has a lovely hop-malt balance with a gentle bitterness. Saturday, January 21, 2023
ManVsBeer	2.9 Cross Bay Guell Mosaic Cask @ No.13 Bonny Street, Blackpool. Golden with a head. A session hoppy brew and clean tasting with the faintest hint of fruit. Tuesday, January 3, 2023
imdownthepub	3.2 Cross Bay Night of the Living Red Cask conditioned at the Wellington, Birmingham. Copper with off white head. There is a drying, bitter maltiness to this from the off. Reasonably crisp, grainy cereals, some viscosity. It's okay. Friday, December 9, 2022
allmyvinyl	3 Cross Bay Wave Breaker Cask at Tap and Vine, Penwortham. Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Light sulphur and banana aromas, citrus. Taste is light biscuit and orange. Light sweet finish. Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Theydon_Bois	3.3 Cross Bay Zenith Cask at GBBF '22 day 4, 05/08/22. Clear golden blonde with a white covering that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is orange zest, melon, grass, pale malts. Taste comprises orange peel, light breads, airy malts, melon, lemon rind. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with mellow hop bitterness. Fine. Saturday, August 6, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Cross Bay Dusk Cask Handpump at Piano Pub & Kitchen, Congleton 27/09/2014 Floral aroma. Small white head. Copper coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a hint of bitterness in a dry and nutty finish. Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Mr_Pink_152	3.3 Cross Bay Zenith Cask at the Newark beer festival 2022. Golden colour with a white head. Light sweet citrus and pine aroma and taste. Medium body. Friday, May 27, 2022
Mr_Pink_152	3.2 Cross Bay Hoplite Cask from the Newark Beer Festival 2022. Pale golden and a white head. Grainy and slight floral. Light sweet light body. Thursday, May 26, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Cross Bay Zenith 1. Cask Handpump at Brinsop Country Inn, Westhoughton 25/01/2013 Hop aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured hoppy smooth on the palate and slightly floral with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at Lord Mountbatten, Congleton 27/09/2014 Large white head. Floral hop aroma. Clear golden coloured pale hoppy and fruity with a zesty citrus flavour. A hint of bitterness in a dry malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at Hops Belgian Style Cafe Bar, Crewe 10/10/2015 Fruit and hop aromas. Small white head. Golden coloured smooth on the palate floral and hoppy with hints of dryness and bitterness in a slightly creamy malt finish. Tuesday, March 29, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Cross Bay Winter Moon (4.3%) Cask Stillage at NWAF 2013, Sheridan Suite Miles Platting, Manchester 23/01/2013 Fruit and some roast aromas. Dark coloured rich on the palate and fruity with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness in a bitter finish. Tuesday, March 29, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Cross Bay Nightfall Cask Handpump at Victoria Hotel, Leeds 14/04/2012 Floral hop aroma. Large white head. Golden coloured and hoppy with a hint of bitterness in a full malt finish. Sunday, February 6, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Cross Bay Sunset Cask Handpump at Crescent, Salford 07/09/2011 Floral aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity with a plum flavour. A little creamy on the palate with a dry damson and malt finish. Sunday, January 23, 2022
SamVimes21	3.3 Cross Bay Guell Mosaic Wednesday, December 8, 2021
imdownthepub	3 Cross Bay Simplicity Pale Ale Cask conditioned at The Clarence, Bury, Gt. Manchester. Hazed burnished gold with white head. Malt lead beer, cereals, grainy with a caramel sweetness. Not really getting too much in the way of hops, some citrus perhaps. Basic but okay. Friday, July 30, 2021
Martinsh	3.6 Cross Bay Zenith Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a golden orange with a small white head. Has a reasonable aroma of oranges with a hint of mashmallows. General first impression in the mouth is light and hoppy. Later this resolves to an initial flood of caramel which fades to traditional hops and summer fruits overlaid on a base of biscuits. Finish is quite bitter. This ais a quaffable English style IPA and not an ESB. I rather like it. Friday, July 9, 2021
WingmanWillis	3.4 Cross Bay Simplicity Pale Ale Saturday, June 19, 2021
fonefan	3 Cross Bay Omega Cask @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Cross Bay APA - Omega ]. ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light yesty, fruity yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration. fruity malt, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807] 6-3-6-3-12 Tuesday, December 15, 2020
fonefan	3.3 Cross Bay Nitro Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Cross Bay Nitro - Mint Chocolate Stout ]. ABV: 5.4%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, spicy - minty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, spicy - mint, dark malt - chocolate - mint chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180124] 7-3-7-3-13 Wednesday, July 8, 2020
fonefan	3.2 Cross Bay Vesper Cask (gravity) @ 34th Pig's Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2017, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Cross Bay Vesper ]. ABV: 3.8%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, grain, sweet malt, fruity hops, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, grain, grass, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171208] 6-3-7-3-13 Tuesday, June 30, 2020
simontomlinson	3.3 Cross Bay Zenith Fluffy white head stayed on a translucent, pale amber coloured slowly carbonating body. Confectionery & faint malt aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a fuller cloying back. Pale malt, confectionery, light hops & caramel tastes with a sweeter fruity finish. Well balanced! Wednesday, April 29, 2020
simontomlinson	3.5 Cross Bay Red IPA Rocky off white head left a frothy cover on an unclear reddish brown body. Sweet fruity berry aroma. Medium bodied, tickly on the front with a soft clean back. Red berries, sweet fruit & lightly hopped tastes with a long tangy finish. Nice one! Friday, April 24, 2020
Dedollewaitor	2.4 Cross Bay Hope & Glory Cask @ The Clarence, Bury. Pours Golden with a White head. Toffee and peach melba. Poor condition. Wauw. Shame Saturday, February 22, 2020
saxo	3.1 Cross Bay Sunset Bottle from Crosby Beer Shop, Crosby, Liverpool. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, little grass and has a light bitter finish. Sunday, February 9, 2020
Rasmus40	2.7 Cross Bay Sunset Bottle from Crosby Beer Shop, Liverpool. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 090220 Sunday, February 9, 2020
AshtonMcCobb	3.1 Cross Bay Zenith On cask at Romney's Gastro Pub, Kendal. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - lemon but dominated by caramel. Taste - more of the same really. Palate - creamy and light to medium bodied. The finish could be cleaner. Overall - so so. Sunday, January 5, 2020
Trolleo	2.2 Cross Bay Strawbs 'n' Cream Sweet aroma, light winter spices, maybe mulled wine, light strawberry, rye. Slightly hazy golden color with no head. Tastes like sweetened lager, malty cheap lager base with artificial sweetness and really unpleasant bitterness in the aftertaste. Thin body, average carbonation. Friday, November 22, 2019
downender	3 Cross Bay Witching Hour Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 6/11/2019. Pale gold in colour, with a slight, white, head. Light, grainy malts, some leafy hops, a touch of yeast stone fruits before a moderately bitter finish. Ok. Friday, November 8, 2019
theprof	3 Cross Bay The EPA Pale malt and berry hedge hop. Pours clear golden with white lace. Taste is medium bitter with light sweet note before the biscuit malt brings it home. Palate is medium bodied oily texture soft biscuit bitter finish. Not a fan Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Salian	3.2 Cross Bay Zenith Golden pour, good head. Light grain and citrus, hoppy and dry, old British IPA style bitter served in glorious surroundings in Cumbria. Monday, September 9, 2019
wslydiate	3.1 Cross Bay Zenith Zesty but creamy. Bit of a kick. Pretty good Saturday, September 7, 2019
imdownthepub	2.7 Cross Bay Strawbs 'n' Cream Cask conditioned at Charters Bar, Peterborough, Cambs. Gold with white head. This proved to be heavily caramelised, strawberry toffee, artificial notes. Only just okay. Monday, August 26, 2019
Trolleo	3.1 Cross Bay Twisted Tap at Pi Altrincham. Citrus, lemon and lime aroma, hints of tartness but there is no ice cream. Slightly hazy golden color with minimal sized white head. Hint of cinnamon but that's still just the lime, citrus, no sourness, bitter. Thin body, gassy, high carbonation. Not bad, but there is no connection with ice cream whatsoever. Sunday, August 25, 2019
wslydiate	3.1 Cross Bay Sunset Creamy caramel tasting golden ale. Very nice Friday, August 9, 2019
ManVsBeer	3.2 Cross Bay California Dreamin' Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Hazy golden-amber with a dense tasting hoppy-fruitiness. Citrus is prevalent but not with much bitterness to it. Tuesday, July 16, 2019
MarcinG	3 Cross Bay Halo Pinata @The Tap. Chester. Złoty kolor. Piana biała,kremowa o średniej wysokości opada dość szybko. Dominują słabe cytrusy, marmolada,morele,słód,trawa. Delikatne o małym wysyceniu i oleistej teksturze. Tuesday, July 9, 2019
imdownthepub	3.2 Cross Bay Two Four Cask conditioned at Beer on the Wye '19, Hereford. Amber with white head. This proved to be quite a malty bitter, mid roasted with a nutty note, biscuity with an amarillo hint. Some caramel, dryish. It's fine. Monday, July 8, 2019
ManVsBeer	3.7 Cross Bay Nitro Cask @ Dockyard, Salford. Extremely dark ale with a very stated mint chocolate chip flavouring to it. Wednesday, July 3, 2019
theprof	3.5 Cross Bay Zenith Aroma of fruit hops and pale malts. Pours bright golden pale body with white lace. Taste is medium sweet to bitter with a floral citrus note. Palate is medium bodied oily texture average carbonation and a light bitter finish. Better than most golden ESB. Tuesday, June 25, 2019
HogTownHarry	3.3 Cross Bay Vesper June 6, 2018 - at Craft Beer Co. (Clerkenwell) - on handpull cask. Clear amber-gold with a lasting frothy/creamy off-white head. Decent malty golden ale - grassy, slightly acidic, slightly sweet biscuity malt (7-). Taste ... that's an ESB to me - floral, sweetish malt, noticeable alcohol - nice enough. Average body, mild carbonation, medium finish - starts malty, finishes bitter and ultimately a little harsh. Sunday, June 9, 2019
mr_h	3.6 Cross Bay Sunset Half pint (4.2%) by hand-pump on 24 May 2019: grainy, citrus aroma, golden yellow, good bubbly off-white head, excellent film of thick lacing, citrus hops, creamy maltiness, some honey sweetness, smooth, bitter hop finish. Sunday, May 26, 2019
Grumbo	3.5 Cross Bay Citra 19/4/2019. Cask at the Briarbank Easter Beer Festival, Ipswich. Pours slightly hazy golden colour with a small off-white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, grapefruit, grass, white grape and a hint of banana. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Quite nice. Saturday, April 20, 2019
ManVsBeer	2.9 Cross Bay Red IPA Cask @ Swan With Two Necks, Pendleton. Clear copper with an amber glow and a creamy head. It’s fairly malty and quite sweet, with its gravity feeling stronger than the ale is. Wednesday, April 3, 2019
ManVsBeer	3 Cross Bay Buddy Cask @ Flying Horse Hotel, Rochdale. Hazy dark brown with a creamy head. Smoothish, it has a mild sweetness and light wheat beer character, but with a darker malt taste. Chocolate is light but evident. Monday, March 18, 2019