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Youngs Special (Cask) 3.05 107

Youngs Special (Cask)

Percentile
51
overall
Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Bitter

Bedford, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1073.07/5.03.05/5.04.5%75.2English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular.
A best bitter.
Production moved from Youngs to Wells & Youngs in 2006
Ingredients: Maris Otter and Crystal malts; Fuggle and Golding hops.
Abv reduced from 4.6% to 4.5% in 2005.
"Amber in colour, Young's Special has a fruity, slightly estery nose with a good hop aroma and full round flavour, a fine balance between malt and hops."
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 kwik-lime (225), London, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20

Nov 1, 2009  
Slightly spicy, hoppy bitter. Quite smooth with light bitterness, a decent beer but nothing ’special’ IMO.

 harrisoni (6828), Ashford, Kent, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 29, 2009  
Cask handpull at The New Wheatsheaf, Borough. Used to be one of my favourite and from Kent, a bit of a rarity apart from when coming to London. Mid brown colour. Lasting thin head. Its a decent bitter, little bit of watery ness in middle but some decent hop sting on finish. It’s an ok bitter. Good character on aroma, just lacks a bit of malt in mouth. Some biscuit develops.


 OleR (2095), Oslo, Norway
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 16, 2009  
From cask@The Blue Blazer, Edinburgh. A thin layer of foam covering a reddish, golden colored body. Predominant apple juice aroma. Biscuity malts and peppery hops in the background. Taste is more fruity than malty; red berries and apples supported by some lightly toasted and bready malts. Oily mouthfeel. Short, fruity, peppery and slight hoppy finish.


 Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Cask @ The Warf , Aalborg.Pours dark golden with a tiny head.Generic fruitiness ,malt and some hops in the nose.Flavor is malty with some fruitiness and hops.Bitter finish.Medium body ,soft carbonation.


 rane (505), Nibe, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/510/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Cask. Dark golden with off white head. Aroma hoppy. Taste hoppy and quite bitter.


 gunnfryd (3599), Kristiansand, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, citrus, malt, hop. Flavour is sweet, citrus, malt, hop. Bitter finish. Ordinary beer.


 joergen (8617), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Cask at Charlies. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, cookies and hops. Fruity flavour of caramel, grass and hops with notes of citrus. Hoppy finish.


rabidbarfly (57), London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/513/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Dark amber in colour, bit of fruit on the nose, very malty taste that has little left on the palate but smooth malt.



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