Cloudwater Brew Co Once Upon A Time In Manchester No. 1: Stout

Once Upon A Time In Manchester No. 1: Stout

 

Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout Series
Score
7.42
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 17
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.
 

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7.4
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.

Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2025 at 14:40


7.8
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
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
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
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

Slightly nutty malts. Nice roasted bitterness and creamy mouthfeel.

Tried on 14 Jun 2025 at 22:50


8.3
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
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