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Brewed by J.W. Lees
Style: Strong Ale - English
Middleton, England

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RATINGS: 399   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.69/5   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 219   ABV: 7.3%
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Bottle: Filtered.
Launched 2001 in a collaboration between Giles Dennis, J.W. Less head brewer, and Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery, New York.
Ingredients: Ale malt, Chocolate malt; Grist Goldings, Styrian, Hallertau hops; Yeast.
Manchester Star was a brew discovered in an old recipe book (from about one hundred years ago). Manchester Star is a 7.3% abv, dark ale, with chocolate, malty overtones and a warming finish made from 100% British ale malt, chocolate malt and Goldings hops.

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3.6
Jerseyislandbeer (4833) - JERSEY - FEB 27, 2021
UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 Old rating from Nov 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours black with a small creamy white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, toffee, Maderia, spices, toffee, raisins, earth & malt. Medium body. Slightly sweet moderate bitter finish

3.6
czgr (1915) - Opole, POLAND - JAN 26, 2021
UPDATED: JAN 26, 2021 Pite jakiś czas temu. Ocena w celu uzupełnienia profilu. https://www.instagram.com/czgr_

2.4
AndySnow (16554) - Huddinge, SWEDEN - OCT 2, 2020
UPDATED: OCT 2, 2020 How: Bottle. Where: Tasting at Björn, 2020-09-17. Appearance: Hazy dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma: Roasted malt, caramel, coffee, dried fruit. Body: Medium body and carbonation. Flavour: Roasted malt, caramel, dried fruit, some spices.

2.7
omhper (40150) - Tyresö, SWEDEN - SEP 17, 2020
UPDATED: SEP 17, 2020 Bottled, at Beerbear tasting. Clear dark brown, small head. Caramelly nose. Very sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, black currant and saccharine. Sugar lingers.

3.3
Paddycairns (143) - - JAN 5, 2018
UPDATED: JAN 5, 2018 Fruity sweet caramel aroma. Taste is spicy with again some sweet and fruity notes

3.4
weihenweizen (6989) - Charleston, West Virginia, USA - SEP 26, 2017
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a English pint glass. Black with medium beige head. Aroma is caramel, medium body, lower carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is caramel, chocolate, and a little subtle fruit (mostly plumb).

4.2
GingerBeerbird (1) - Bradford, West Yorkshire, ENGLAND - SEP 18, 2017 does not count
Love this Beer. The Brooklyn Choc Stout is surprisingly a little too sweet and sickly for me so this is a perfect Girl Brew :)

3.7
Jabic (983) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - AUG 11, 2017
Ar: Fig, burnt sugar; ash and red wine grape. caramelized pineapple. Ap: Deep true brown, almost opaque; very small light mocha head, leaves a ring of thin, medium bubbles. T: Clean alcohol and lots of ripe pineapple and burnt sugar; sherry and nougat notes; coffee and slight fruit leathers; bitterness is medium-low; peppery booze on the finish; very peppery. P: Very firm body despite extremely low carbonation; finish is medium-dry. O: A really unique strong English ale; lots of pineapple and burnt sugar notes; rich and powerful, with a clean booze backbone.

3.4
Grumbo (19917) - Ipswich, Suffolk, ENGLAND - MAY 20, 2017
Bottle from Sainsbury at Machester Piccadilly railway station. Poured dark brown with an average sized off-white to beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, light coffee, dark fruits and alcohol. Toward heavy sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.

3.2
Davros IX (895) - Hertford, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND - MAY 2, 2017
An old ale with sweet stout flavours. Forward alcohol and a nice colour and head. However it really wasn’t my thing.


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