Once Upon A Time In Manchester: Northern Stout
Cloudwater Brew Co.
- From:
- Cloudwater Brew Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Stout
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 7.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 09, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 25, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Classic Heritage Styles From Manchester.
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. Our take on an export stout adds a subtle sweetness to temper the alcohol, giving hints of dark fruit and chocolate when allowed to warm a little.
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. Our take on an export stout adds a subtle sweetness to temper the alcohol, giving hints of dark fruit and chocolate when allowed to warm a little.
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.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Spike from England
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
440ml can.
L: Glossy black with ruby edges and one finger of mocha head that collapses to a cap with a single ring of lacing. Gorgeous colour.
S: Coffee cream chocolate.
T: A Cadbury Roses Strawberry Dream chocolate plus filter coffee and licorice. Low bitterness, some sweetness.
F: Incredibly soft & smooth mouthfeel.
O: A fantastic (higher ABV) English stout. Amazing toasted malt flavours: not harsh or burned; full of red berry and coffee and cocoa. Proper good.
Apr 09, 2025L: Glossy black with ruby edges and one finger of mocha head that collapses to a cap with a single ring of lacing. Gorgeous colour.
S: Coffee cream chocolate.
T: A Cadbury Roses Strawberry Dream chocolate plus filter coffee and licorice. Low bitterness, some sweetness.
F: Incredibly soft & smooth mouthfeel.
O: A fantastic (higher ABV) English stout. Amazing toasted malt flavours: not harsh or burned; full of red berry and coffee and cocoa. Proper good.
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.5/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours jet black with fluffy chocolate colored head.
Smell is roasted and a bit sweet with notes of coffee, honey, dark chocolate, leather and hazelnuts.
Taste is roasted and a bit fruity. Notes of coffee, honey, chocolate, truffles an hazelnuts with a soft bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft, pillowy and well carbonated.
Overall, a terrific stout, flavorful but drinkable.
Nov 02, 2024Smell is roasted and a bit sweet with notes of coffee, honey, dark chocolate, leather and hazelnuts.
Taste is roasted and a bit fruity. Notes of coffee, honey, chocolate, truffles an hazelnuts with a soft bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft, pillowy and well carbonated.
Overall, a terrific stout, flavorful but drinkable.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.78/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Canned in a big old tallboy crafty craft can and purchased from Sadler’s cat as a carry out
Pours a jet black body with thick tan head
Aroma is choc ice
Flavour is choc ice with real vanilla
Aug 25, 2024Pours a jet black body with thick tan head
Aroma is choc ice
Flavour is choc ice with real vanilla
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