Manchester Union Brewery

Microbrewery in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Manchester Union

Established in 2019

Contact
96D North Western Street, Manchester, M12 6JL, England
Description
Manchester Union Lager is brewed at Manchester's first and only dedicated craft lager brewery located in Ardwick.

Traditional central European lager brewing techniques are used with a modern local twist to create a unique legacy beer that the people of Manchester can be proud to call their own.

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Drinking this one looking at a Lowry-esque wall painting of the area old and new. Quite a modern lager for this part of the world, with a very good and crisp helles style, which is dry tasting and a tad sweet.

Tried from Draft at Craftbrew on 15 Nov 2025 at 16:30


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

330ml can from Beermoth. Pours a red/dark brown with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, biscuit, liquorice & dark malt. Medium body. Sweet finish. Very enjoyable

Tried from Can on 19 Jan 2025 at 17:12


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml can. Clear amber, small creamy white head, some retention. Aroma of sweet malts, light caramel, malts and citrus noted hops; quite fresh and clean. Taste has a nice fruity light yeastiness to it, caramel malts, citrus, a touch watery boiled sweet in the middle to end which is a shame, light bitterness running through, grains also. Almost an excellent lager but its still good.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg @ Northern Monk Refectory, Manchester. Black with a very light-brown head. Crisp lager, cannot really feel the dark malt, or even lager qualities too much in taste, mostly in aftertaste and they are better in aroma too. Drinkable regardless. BA version apparently although I didn't get this too much.

Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2024 at 19:53


6.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keg @ Crown and Kettle, Manchester. Dark clear golden with a creamy head. Healthy tasting Vienna style as nice and clean texture. Some bready sweetness available.

Tried on 10 Apr 2024 at 04:35


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Manchester Craft Beer Festival 22 July 2023. Medium bodied, smooth & sticky. Heavy malt, chocolate, roasted & berry tastes. Nice

Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2023 at 19:52


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml can - Pours a clear amber colour with an average sized foamy off-white head. The aroma is grainy, lager malts with some light grassy hops. A moderately sweet taste, grainy, sweet malt flavours, a hint of boiled vegetable with a light hoppy bitterness.

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2023 at 16:49


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg @ Cask, Manchester. Golden with a head. Clean tasting inoffensive lager with a hint of citrus about it.

Tried from Cask on 23 Nov 2022 at 17:38


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Nose is treacle, toast, nutty, hint of toast and soy. Taste is chocolate, hint of treacle, fruity, lots of malt, hint of cola in the lightly dry finish finish. Slick mouthfeel. Good.

Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2022 at 21:08


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Keg @ Smithfield Market Tavern, Manchester. Clear amber with a thin head. Has a sweet nose with a very sweet taste, but clean tasting.

Tried on 27 Sep 2022 at 16:40


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