Once Upon A Time In Manchester No. 2: Barley Wine
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series|
Score
7.63
|
|
Classic Heritage Styles From Manchester
Deep malt flavours slowly unfold with each sip, demanding you take the time to appreciate every nuance.
J.W. Lees have brewed Harvest Ale every year for the past 39 years. 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 Barleywine.
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.
This barleywine gives aromas of sauvignon blanc, toffee apple esters, with deep sweet cherry cola flavours. A hint of foam banana esters lean into a full bodied strong beer which is full of complexity. It's a thing of beauty.
Deep malt flavours slowly unfold with each sip, demanding you take the time to appreciate every nuance.
J.W. Lees have brewed Harvest Ale every year for the past 39 years. 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 Barleywine.
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.
This barleywine gives aromas of sauvignon blanc, toffee apple esters, with deep sweet cherry cola flavours. A hint of foam banana esters lean into a full bodied strong beer which is full of complexity. It's a thing of beauty.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Muddy amber colour with small head.Aroma of figs and other dark dried fruit and berries nice note of caramel and wood nice smooth and we'll balanced beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Best of Beers - Vinspecialisten Aalborg
on 11 Apr 2026
at 06:58
8.4/10
Raisins, caramel, dates, sweet and a bit boozy
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2026
at 17:40
7.5/10
Tried
on 11 Jan 2026
at 16:18
7.1/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16oz can I brought back from London. Pours a muddy brown, legs, wispy white head. Treacle and caramel and malt on the nose. Buttery. Dried leaves. Root veg. Flavor has booze and caramel, sticky toffee pudding, all the malt. Full, sticky but sweet too.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2025
at 01:01
7/10
Caramel, raisins, sweet malts, strong
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2025
at 19:37
7.4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thursday 16th October 2025. Cobweb tasting session with four friends, almost every beer being very old or just 'out of date' (mostly very old). My place being the venue. 440ml can from Simon, in date and a lovely break from the cobwebs. Amber body, light brown bubbles on top. Sweet malty brew with a depth of alcohol that sits nicely within it's flavours, liked it.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2025
at 20:30
7.4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Light in overall flavour for a barley wine. Some fig, a little bit of florals, sweet tobacco. Pours orange brown with decent head. Snallygaster.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2025
at 15:36
7.5/10
Tasted at Snallygaster 2025.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2025
at 23:49
8.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can @ Best Of Beers, Aalborg. Pours Dark ruby amber with a creamy White head. Malty depth. Dried fruit, toffee, caramel and sultanas. Smooth and vinous. Delicious. 4.2.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2025
at 17:24
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft pour at Snallygaster 2025. Poured a dark amber color with a small tan head. Aroma was big caramel, raisin, sweet dates. Flavor was nutty toasted caramel, with some tobacco leaf.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2025
at 16:31