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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7/10
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2024
at 03:26
7/10
Roasty, thick, chocolate
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2024
at 20:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
15th June 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Not quite clear deep brown beer, small and short lived bubbly tan head. Light and semi dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin dark malts but decent dark chocolate and coffee grounds. A little dark malt cream. Modest ripe fruits. Light finish. Tidy.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Not quite clear deep brown beer, small and short lived bubbly tan head. Light and semi dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin dark malts but decent dark chocolate and coffee grounds. A little dark malt cream. Modest ripe fruits. Light finish. Tidy.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2024
at 18:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester. Very dark brown, opaque with a quickly dissipating tan head. Gritty dark malt aroma,some slate, some cooking chocolate, maybe salt plum on the edges. Sweet taste, chocolate to the nth degree, some earthy flavours, maybe a touch of liquorice. Big thick body, soft to medium carbonation. A fairly basic strong stout,but no less amazing for it.
Tried
on 09 May 2024
at 19:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from Craft Beer Central.ie, 06/05/24. Black with a good sized lasting khaki head. Nose is roast malts, charr, chocolate shavings, dried red berries, spice, Taste comprises dark malts, dried fruit rinds, liquorice, spice, charr, dates, toffee, raisins, chocolates. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Solid old skool leaning stout. Full flavoured with no gimmicks.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2024
at 15:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance is very dark, with a 2-3 finger light brown rocky head. Aroma is chocolate, dark malt, caramel, biscuity notes, toffee, some nutty notes. Taste is chocolate, toffee, caramel biscuit, roast malt, coffee, milk chocolate, nutty, chewy chocolate with hints of caramel. Good sweet stout.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2024
at 05:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours an oily, leggy black with some beige head. Nose had malt and honey and molasses and treacle and some cocoa. Flavor has all the sweet stuff. Tootsie roll and molasses and cocoa and kahlua. Full bodied, sweet finish. Not bad, but not their best.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2024
at 20:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap at 73 Enid Street. An opaque black coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is nice and robust roast, earthy, some charred earth, toast, fresh. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded roast, roasted barley with some rounded sweetness, charred wood, cakey malts, spicy dried fruits in the finish. Lovely. Palate is semi sweet rounded, light spicy finish. Palate is lovely, semi sweet full, spicy, massaging carbonation. Really well done. Long lingering robust roast.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2024
at 18:53