Once Upon A Time In Manchester No. 1: Stout
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Stout Series|
Score
7.44
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The first in a series brewed to celebrate Manchester's brewing heritage and scene-changing contribution to the UK beer industry.
A robust yet refined stout featuring complex roasted malt flavours of berries, honeycomb, and liquorice
JW Lees first brewed their Stout, Manchester Star, in 1884. It’s an honour for us to be able to use their house yeast – a culture that’s thousands of generations old - to brew our own Stout as a nod to Star.
Turning our hands to the classics is our way of saying thanks to trailblazing breweries for the part they played in the rich history of British Brewing.
A robust yet refined stout featuring complex roasted malt flavours of berries, honeycomb, and liquorice
JW Lees first brewed their Stout, Manchester Star, in 1884. It’s an honour for us to be able to use their house yeast – a culture that’s thousands of generations old - to brew our own Stout as a nod to Star.
Turning our hands to the classics is our way of saying thanks to trailblazing breweries for the part they played in the rich history of British Brewing.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at ash's. Pours deep ruby, nose is roasted, nutty, chocolate, bready, taste is sweet toffee, roasted, bitter, earthy. 8/8/8/8/7
Tried
on 22 Apr 2026
at 11:06
7.5/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 13:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can thanks to allmyvinyl.
Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Thin off-white head.
Nose - intense molasses and roasty wood.
Taste - prunes and toffee with some chocolate cake in the back.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle and sweet generally.
Overall - quite good.
Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Thin off-white head.
Nose - intense molasses and roasty wood.
Taste - prunes and toffee with some chocolate cake in the back.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle and sweet generally.
Overall - quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2025
at 14:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can thanks to cagarvie. Pours dark brown with a thick beige head. Aromas of toffee, chocolate and honeycomb. Taste adds light roast. Light bitter finish.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2025
at 14:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
can at dark black ...thick tan head ...soft sweet caramel woody toffee malts nose ..soft woody caramel ...soft chocolate roast malts ..dark rich woody malts
Tried
on 03 Nov 2025
at 14:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours almost black with a nice beige head, almost idyllic if it lasted a little longer. Aroma of roast malts, light earthy, some dark fruits and a hint of chocolate. Taste is nice and roasty, a little earthy, some dark chocolate and dried fruit flavours, a hint of liquorice, bittersweet with a moderate bitterness to finish. Medium bodied. Great no nonsense stout.
Tried
from Can
from Left Field Beer
on 10 Aug 2025
at 00:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, chocolate, some coffee. Taste of coffee beans, chocolate, roasted dark malt, some vanilla.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2025
at 08:54
7/10
Slightly nutty malts. Nice roasted bitterness and creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2025
at 22:50
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Silky and delicious. Luscious dark malts, mellow cocoa, soft roast, a little dark fruit accent, burnt toffee. Silky and velvety mouthfeel. Sweet finish, lightly fruity. Great stuff overall.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 26 May 2025
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Farmers Boy, St Albans, Herts. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, caramel, chocolate taste and aroma. Not at all sweet, really good stuff.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2024
at 20:44