Youngs Double Chocolate Stout

Really nice double chocolate stout - if anything it is a little bit light tasting as I was expecting a pretty full on chocolate flavour so while a tad light for a stout its quite nice all around. Young’s are generally reliable when it comes to beer and they have not disappointed here it has to be said. I also like the label.

Poured black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate. Lots of bitter chocolate. Syrupy.

500ml bottle from legends. Choclately!, malt. sine nire cgicikate, a little sweet.

I’m a big fan of stouts but tend to be a bit wary of chocolate stouts because it seems the balance of flavor can be poor with some of these. However this beers flavor balance was very well done with a smooth chocolate finish. Not overwhelming at all. Definitely a good Chocolate Stout

I love this beer. I start out every drinking session at the local pub with one of these. It’s getting to the point that the barkeep already has one ready when I walk in. It looks absolutely beautiful on draft, and it has one of the most pronounced malty chocolate tastes I’ve tried.

500 ml bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar (Escondido, CA). Pours an opaque blackish brown with two fingers of dark beige thick head. First whiff brings you back to childhood and the smell of the Hershey’s cocoa powder you used to spoon out of the metal canister with the round hole in the top. Tastes of roasted malts, slightly smoky. Chocolate flavor does indeed show up in the taste but it’s again more like the cocoa powder -- not the "dark" chocolate that the label indicates. Finish is creamy and smooth. Quite drinkable, but nothing exciting.

Very nice stuff! The beer has a dark brown body like a plain chocolate and a creamy beige head like a hot chocolate. It smells like the cocoa powder in my childhood with some spicey vanilla and with a nice roasted malt aroma. Smooth mouthfeel with the character of plain chocolate, fine cocoa-beans, delicious vanilla and a balanced roasted malt taste. Absolutly exciting one, very fine! It is underrated at the moment!

500ml Bottle. A super dark brown color with loads of light tan head,and lots of lacing when it finally receeds. Aroma of dark chocolate and almost burnt malt grain. Flavor is dominated by chocolate, both milk and bittersweet, with some coffee behind that and again the echo of roasted malt. The mouthfeel was ultra-smooth, the body slightly watery and the carbonation delicate, a slightly sweet coco aftertaste. Very sessionable and fun to try.