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Manchester Star 1884:



Picture: Manchester Star 1884 16.9oz bottle.

Malt Advocate's 2002 Beer of the Year:
Manchester Star Porter, Volume 12, Number 1, 2003, page 55/56

The recipe comes from an 1884 Lees brewing notebook, a hoppy strong porter, brewed in November of that year, called "Star." At 7% ABV, this is more like a Baltic porter in strength but surprisingly light on the palate. There's no caramel malt only pale and roasted malt. Most porters then were brewed with amber malt or brown malt, which hardly exist today, if at all. It is smooth and supple in the mouth, full of chocolate notes and an understated bitterness that only reveals itself fully in the lip-smacking dry finish… with a subtle added background of flavors: cashew, ripe plum, orangey fruit, and just a pubby hint of an open pouch of moist Cavendish tobacco. Manchester Star dries into a long, almost wine-like finish.

Product Details:
Type: Strong Porter
Hops: Kent Goldings
Alc./Vol.: 7.0%
Formats: 12 * 16.9oz bottles
30L & 50L kegs

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