J.W. Lees Reviews

ManVsBeer	3.1 J.W. Lees Session Ale Cask @ Gulliver's, Manchester. Deeper golden with a lightening glow. Session it is, easy hopped brew. Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Rune	2.9 J.W. Lees Stout Half-pint, 4.1 % abv, draught at Piccadilly Tap. Shared with Finn. Dotted spots on the glass from a stable beige head, deep dark brownish body. Plain roasted malty aromas, smooth. Dark malt-driven flavours of soot, dark chocolate, and bread. Smooth, roasted grainy nose. Just alright, a bit thin on the palate. (Manchester, 21.03.2024). Monday, April 8, 2024
wslydiate	2.9 J.W. Lees Session Ale Decent session ale Saturday, April 6, 2024
wslydiate	3.2 J.W. Lees Founders Really nice traditional ale Saturday, April 6, 2024
harrisoni	3.3 J.W. Lees Moonraker (Bottle) Bottle at AndrewC. Dark brown colour no head. Soy sauce. Got some age. Slightly oxidised. Oxidised. It's OK some raisin. Deep malts. Dark plum dark cherry. But over carbonated. As I say once past the aroma it's fine. Friday, April 5, 2024
Rune	3.2 J.W. Lees / Ossett Boilerhouse Black Rose Cask ale, half-pint, shared with Finn at Bridge Hotel. Deep black body with a brownish shade, filmy layer that laced quite well. Smoothly roasted chocolate malts on the nose, sweet. Sweet chocolate and grain to the taste character, lactose backbone. Roasted ending, rather sweet mouthfeel. Pretty nice, just a tad too sweet. (Newcastle upon Tyne, 18.03.2024). Friday, April 5, 2024
Rune	3.4 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars 1/2 pint, cask at Crosse Keys. Shared with Finn. Wetherspoon Beer Festival, March 24. Next-to-clear dark amber body, stable beige head that laced quite well. Inviting aromas of bread and leafy hops. Tasty with moments of resinous hops, bread and biscuit. Piney note towards the finish. fine depth to it. Pleasing. (London, 16.03.2024) Monday, April 1, 2024
ozzy70	4.2 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (Calvados) Bottle. Courtesy of rennat42 from years ago now. Thank you Tanner. 2011 vintage. Pour was clear dark amber. Aroma of apple brandy, raisin, dried fruit, woody oak notes, candy. Taste was sweet, caramel, apple, woody, brown sugar, apple brandy for sure, vanilla, toffee, nice flavors, enjoyed this one. Thursday, March 28, 2024
ManVsBeer	3.2 J.W. Lees Boilerhouse Opus Storm Keg @ Founders Hall, Manchester. Clear golden with a very thin head. Belgian style beer, strength and its bubblegum flavours and aromas are very noticeable for this. Wednesday, March 27, 2024
ManVsBeer	2.9 J.W. Lees Boilerhouse Four Seas Keg @ Founders Hall, Manchester. Pale lightly hazed light golden with a creamy-frothy head. Crisp, but not particularly stated with the fruit that's just about evident, and it hoppy notes come across somewhat bland too. Tuesday, March 26, 2024
wheresthepath	3 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Cask at the Falcon (JDW), High Wycombe. Amber with an off-white head. Bread and earth with a floral hint and a touch of spice. Mild bitterness; a tad thin for the strength. A bit dull and twiggy, but ok I guess. Saturday, March 23, 2024
ManVsBeer	2.9 J.W. Lees Boilerhouse Fallen Again Cask @ Founders Hall, Manchester. Clear golden with a very small head. Hints of citrus and some chocolate malts in taste, but nothing too stated means it's a fair effort at best. Friday, March 22, 2024
Finn	2.7 J.W. Lees Stout 4.1%. Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Pen massespotlacing. Syltynn sjokoladearoma. Smaken røstet malt. Fortsatt tynn. Tørr avslutning. Kakao. Thursday, March 21, 2024
Finn	2.9 J.W. Lees / Ossett Boilerhouse Black Rose Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget luftig skum. Beskjeden sjokoladearoma. Smaken litt tynn. Kakao. Spor av sjokolade etter hvert. Tørr avslutning. Monday, March 18, 2024
ManVsBeer	3.1 J.W. Lees Founders Cask @ Founders Hall, Manchester. Darker clear golden-amber with a creamy-smooth head. Has an easy malty-bitterness infused with some fruit, and is very smooth in the palate. Saturday, March 16, 2024
Finn	3.5 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Delt med Rune. Wetherspoonsfestival -24. Mørk stråfarget. Klar. Lavt tett skum som daler veldig sakte. Litt lacing. Aroma av ripsbær. Smaken passe bitter. Fortsatt bær. Saturday, March 16, 2024
GuideDogSaint	3.2 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Cask pint at the Assembly Rooms, Epsom which from the description I assume is the winter one. Pours clear amber with a white head. Aroma of malt. Malt taste with toffee and biscuit. Bitter finish. Friday, March 15, 2024
Martinsh	3.8 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark chestnut with a small off-white head. The aroma is mainly traditional hops with hints of rye and spices. Traditional hops to the fore again in the mouth where it is quite bitter overall with a creamy texture. Flavour has marmalade and spices too plus hints of ginger, autumn fruits and alcoholic strength, leading to a decidedly dry finish. This is rather nice – much better than I was expecting ! Thursday, March 14, 2024
dojken	4.3 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (All Vintages) Flarra till ost i soffan! Doftar röda bär o torkad frukt. Smaken framför allt söt med små fina bubblor. Sedan dadlar o fikon o till slut en underbar avrundning med massor av smaker. Här kommer maltigheten sötman fruktigheten o en fin beska! Riktigt bra gjord öl! Gillar den verkligen! Wednesday, March 13, 2024
deanso	3.3 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Pint on cask at the red lion during their beer festival. Medium creamy off white head. Hazy amber pour. Light bitterness Monday, March 11, 2024
AshtonMcCobb	3.5 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars On cask. Appearance - clear copper with a thin white head. Nose - bready and floral hops. Taste - fresh and dried citrus. Bread and toffee. Palate - light bodied, with a lightly sweet finish. Overall - decent. Monday, March 11, 2024
GuideDogSaint	3.2 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Cask half at the Moon on the Hill, Sutton. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of malt with a a hint of rye. Similar taste. Cloying bitter finish. Sunday, March 10, 2024
allmyvinyl	3.3 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Cask at the Standing Order. Pours clear copper with a thin white head. Aromas of malt and floral hops. Taste is dried mixed peel and toffee. Light sweet finish. Sunday, March 10, 2024
berkshirejohn	3.4 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars [Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A copper coloured pour with a tight white head; sweet barley aroma; syrupy in the mouth with a malty taste; then a very dry finish with a light herbal bitterness. Very good. Friday, March 8, 2024
reidyboy	3.3 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Clear amber with a frothy off-white head. Soft sweet maltloaf aroma, medium bodied with floral hops, some mellow toffee and hints of fruit and a dry, very slightly bitter finish Friday, March 8, 2024
simontomlinson	3.3 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Thin creamy off white head stayed on a copper coloured body, Medium bodied, light over the tongue with a dry clean back. Malt, tea, rye, caramel & raisin tastes with a bitter finish. A bit mixed up but decent enough. Wednesday, March 6, 2024
mr_h	3.5 J.W. Lees Copper and Stars Wednesday, March 6, 2024
ManVsBeer	3.2 J.W. Lees / Ossett Boilerhouse Black Rose Bradford Beer Festival 2024. Near black in colour and smooth roasted, but not stated in this respect. Wednesday, March 6, 2024
charlotte	4.1 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (All Vintages) Bottle.Dark ruby colour with small head.Aroma is vinous and sweet of dark dried fruit honey caramel and chocolate nice warming taste nice note of leather and jam nice by style. Wednesday, February 28, 2024
ManVsBeer	3.3 J.W. Lees Campfire Stories Keg @ Gulliver's, Manchester. Somewhat cloudy dark amber with a creamy head. Its smokiness is evident in aroma, but much more stated in taste where there's a fusion with a paler style too. Wednesday, February 28, 2024
AndySnow	3.9 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (Lagavulin) How: Bottle. Where: Systembolaget. Appearance: Hazy dark amber/brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, some smoke, alcohol. Body: Medium to full body, low carbonation. Flavour: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, smoked, some sweetness, alcohol. Tuesday, February 27, 2024
deanso	3.1 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Sample on cask at the Gate house JDW. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. OK. Sunday, February 25, 2024
ManVsBeer	3 J.W. Lees Brown Ale Cask @ Gulliver's, Manchester. Clear dark amber with a thick creamy-frothy head. Nice dryish hop, but not particularly a stated brown in style - but good traditional ale taste. Sunday, February 18, 2024
imdownthepub	3 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Gold to amber with white head. This proved to be a fairly basic, malty bitter. Drying grainy, mid roasted malts, baked bread, dry husky notes. It's okay. Saturday, February 17, 2024
tommann	3 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Cask at the Cross, Kingswinford. Pours dull gold with a small head. Aroma is bready malt. Taste is none descript bready straw, some spicy rye. Sunday, February 11, 2024
ClarkVV	3.7 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (Calvados) 2015 bottle from warm shelf drunk 2/9/24. Clear caramel. Smattering of beige head. Herbal-grass notes in the nose are weird, maybe something to do with the calvados? Light pepper, other distilled phenols? Regardless of all that, there's a load of oxidation, unsurprisingly, given its filtration, pasteurization and warm shelving. Some rum raisin, caramel, lots of cardboard. At least it's malty with a good texture. Warm raisins and toffee-caramel ward off a good deal of oxidation. Light liquor on the finish redolent of Calvados, I guess, though I'd never be able to pick it out blind. Pepper, spice, not boozey. Saturday, February 10, 2024
Cool_Bond	4.1 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (All Vintages) Taste and aroma of malt, hops and yeast. A little bitter. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook and Instagram for more pictures and ratings. Vintage 2020. Tuesday, February 6, 2024
ManVsBeer	2.5 J.W. Lees Light Keg @ Gullivers, Manchester. Clear golden with a head. Regular style lager, crisp with a light sweetness and a honeyed maltiness. Sunday, February 4, 2024
imdownthepub	3.1 J.W. Lees Stout Draught at the Llandoger Trow, Bristol. Black with cream head. This proved to be quite a thin beer from the off with a tarty fruity character. There is some roasty bitterness. Nitro smoothness. It's okay. Saturday, January 27, 2024
ManVsBeer	3 J.W. Lees Boilerhouse The Grey City Keg @ Gullivers, Manchester. Pinkish-golden with a glow and a small head. Has some lactose and fruit with a low sourness factor, but the fusion certainly hides its lower strength, feeling and tasting fuller. Nothing gets that stated here but it's decent. Saturday, January 20, 2024
theprof	3.2 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Poured golden body white lace. Aroma pale malt berry hop. Medium sweet to bitter with good balance. Medium bodied smooth texture average carbonation and a bitter finish. It's a session bitter and true to type Friday, January 19, 2024
DJMonarch	3.2 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Cask Handpump at Manchester & County, Manchester 14/01/2024 Fruit aroma. Small white head. Amber coloured, smooth on the palate, fruity and malty with hints of dryness and bitterness in a slight roast finish. Wednesday, January 17, 2024
BlackHaddock	3.1 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Hand-pulled half-pint in the William Webb Ellis (Spoons), Twickenham on 13th January 2024. Golden amber body, weak white cap. Decenr enough blend of bittering hops and semi-sweet malts; orchard fruits and a touch of caramel. Saturday, January 13, 2024
Dogbrick	4 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (Sherry) 2013 bottle sampled during the "OMT Advent Day 10: Ten Years Old" event on 12/10/2023. OMT 2023 Advent Calendar Day 10 - 10 Years Old #4. Friday, January 12, 2024
Beese	3.3 J.W. Lees Stout Keg at Waterloo Tap. Near black with an offwhite pillow head. Nose of dark fruit, brown sugar and prunes. Grainy, malt loaf flavour. Nice. Thursday, January 11, 2024
ManVsBeer	2.7 J.W. Lees Boilerhouse Send Me The Location Keg @ Gullivers, Manchester. Hazy dark amber-gold with a thin head. It's not a lager but its Euro hops certainly point towards this. It's marketed as a pale ale but again it's not a traditional one if so. This is a long way if saying something in-between!!! Wednesday, January 10, 2024
berkshirejohn	3.3 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) [Cask at The Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] An amber pour with a thin cream head; spicy malt aroma; sweet fruity malt taste with a little winter spice; and a creamy finish. Monday, January 8, 2024
wslydiate	2.5 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Pretty average Saturday, January 6, 2024
mr_h	3.5 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) 1/2 pint (4.2%; seasonal ale) by handpump at The Prestwick Pioneer, Prestwick on 4 Jan 2024: weak resiny, grain aroma, clear amber yellow, creamy off-white head, film of lacing, floral, malty, grain flavour, creamy texture, medium body, soft carbonation, sweetish finish. Thursday, January 4, 2024
ladnewton	3.3 J.W. Lees Game On (Winter) Cask at the Briar Rose, Birmingham on 29th December 2023. Clear amber green yellowy white foam and full lacing. Pungent aroma with maltiness. Caramel and nutty malts in-mouth, and a finish of caramel malt and sweet and tart fruits. Light body and a smooth mouthfeel. 646314 Sunday, December 31, 2023