# J.W. Lees & Co. — Manchester, Greater Manchester

> J.W. Lees & Co. in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England scores 3.75 out of 5 — Fine, #16 in Greater Manchester. 254 beers tracked, mostly Strong Ale.

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J.W. Lees & Co. is a brewery in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.75 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #16 in Greater Manchester. Of the 254 beers we track, 29% are Strong Ale and 26% Amber Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.75 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #16 in Greater Manchester · #200 in England · #7,899 worldwide
- Popularity: Well rated
- Beers tracked: 254

## About

JW Lees is a family brewery company which was founded in 1828. We are based in Middleton in North Manchester and own JW Lees Brewery, JW Lees Pubs, The Alderley Edge Hotel, The Trearddur Bay Hotel and Willoughby’s Wine Merchants. JW Lees is a sixth-generation family business which employs just over 1,200 people, 141 at the brewery and site in Middleton Junction in North Manchester and 865 in its 47 Managed Pubs, Inns and Hotels, as well as letting a further 100 tied pubs to self-employed tenants.

Cask beer is at the heart of JW Lees and we brew six cask ales as well as three lagers, three smooth beers and six limited edition seasonal cask ales which are available throughout at different times of the year. Willoughby’s is our wines and spirits company and we stock over 500 wines from all over the world.

## What they brew

- Strong Ale — 29% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 26% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 23% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 5% of the beers we track
- Winter Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- Coordinates: 53.5419065, -2.1748793
- Website: https://www.jwlees.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [LWC Drinks](https://finding.beer/brewery/lwc-drinks-11007.md) — 2.47, Limited — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 0.6 mi away
- [Phoenix Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/phoenix-brewery-9671.md) — 3.05, Limited — Heywood, Greater Manchester — 3.4 mi away
- [Joseph Holt](https://finding.beer/brewery/joseph-holt-7256.md) — 2.70, Limited — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.3 mi away
- [Blackjack Brew Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/blackjack-brew-co-6444.md) — 3.53, Poor — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.4 mi away
- [Big Trip](https://finding.beer/brewery/big-trip-27947.md) — 3.70, Fine — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.4 mi away
- [Runaway Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/runaway-brewery-11064.md) — 3.49, Poor — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.4 mi away
- [Green Arches](https://finding.beer/brewery/green-arches-28394.md) — 3.45, Poor — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.5 mi away
- [Six Sided](https://finding.beer/brewery/six-sided-27712.md) — 3.43, Poor — Manchester, Greater Manchester — 4.5 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Manchester, England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england/manchester.md)
- [Best breweries in England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england.md)

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