Born to Brew
J.W. Lees in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Special|
Score
6.60
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For Wetherspoon’s beer festival October 2025.
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Olut (21769) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#19 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Clear copper-amber in colour. Traditional brew with caramels, hint of wood, floral notes, malts in aroma. Decent.
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Classic bitter with a twist! Copper coloured with a frothy white head and a soft toffee aroma. Light bodied, fresh, sweet caramel malt, subtle fruity notes, mellow floral hop bitterness and a dry grapefuity bitter finish.
LazyPyro (9998) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Bank House, Cheltenham. Clear copper with an off-white head. Aroma of fruity, biscuity malts. Taste is malty, biscuit, fruity, light citrus, light bitter. Light bodied.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
8/10/2025. Cask at wetherspoon beer festival, at Cricketers, Ipswich. Decent pour, nice creamy head. Aroma is malty, caramel, leafy, rye biscuit, orange marmalade, light dried fruits. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Good body. Smooth. Soft carbonation. Drying chalky finish. Quite enjoyable. Improved a lot on first impressions.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Half pint on cask at the bankers Draft.
Thin off white head. Clear golden amber pour. Light bitterness.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Bull & Stirrup, Chester. Pours “bitter brown” with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma has malts and a hint of marmalade. In the mouth it is slightly sweet to start with but bitterness soon makes its presence felt. Flavour majors on malts and rye plus hints of grapefruit, pine and (later) spice. Finish is slightly dry. It’s reasonable.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Metropolitan Bar JDW London. Clear mid brown colour lasting off white head. Some malt in the mouth. Some dusty hops on the finish. Mostly a nutty bitter. That. Is. Not very bitter. Its OK.
eurosoba (18570) ticked Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Born to Brew from J.W. Lees 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A golden amber pour with a close white head; biscuity aroma; fruity malt taste but; and a gentle fruity bitterness to finish.