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Youngs Special London Ale 3.52 678

Youngs Special London Ale

Percentile
89
overall
Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: English Strong Ale
Bedford, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6783.53/5.03.52/5.06.4%92.9English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Bottle Conditioned. Occasionally available in the cask.
Production moved from Youngs to Wells & Youngs in 2007.
Ingredients: Maris Otter and Crystal malt; Fuggle and Goldings hops. Dry hopped with Golding and Target hops. Re-pitched with fresh yeast and wort in the bottle.
Young’s Special London Ale is the UK’s No.1 bottle conditioned ale. It is an unpasteurised, living beer, matured in the bottle for a fuller, more complex, multi-dimensional, fresher taste. Without artificial carbonation, the only fizz is the natural effervescence created by fermentation.
“A wonderfully balanced, deep-golden strong bottled ale, brewed from pure malt and a phenomenal amount of hops. A lively, fruity character with suggestions of banana and orange zest.”
CAMRA Champion Bottled Beer of Britain - 1999.
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 gpekar (229), Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Apr 15, 2008  
Poured a clear golden amber color with a nice tall head. There was a slightly sweet malty aroma. The taste had a mild hoppiness initially followed by a dry mild bitterness. The finish was kind of mediocre and lacked much of anything special


 hombrepalo (780), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Apr 11, 2008  
his beer looked and smelled much better than it tasted. The flavor is very confusing with a nice hop presence up front which quickly gets overpowered by a lactic, musty maltiness that is not very pleasant. I was hoping for more from this beer becuase of the great things I had read about it.


 joshwilfong (797), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 6, 2008  
golden appearance with slight head. flavor is very subtle with a strong malt component, possibly with some caramel malt and a mild hop flavor at the end. not bad, but was expecting more


pabstlbr (2), Pennsylvania, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Youngs Special London Ale does not count
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/103/53/20
Mar 26, 2008  
nice hazy color. could taste the bottle when poured into a glass(it was slightly out of date) but not to bad of an ale Alittle on the pricy side for an average ale


grikmok (93), Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/102/512/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Poured to a dark golden ale with a thick off-white head. Aromas of hops. Initial flavor of balanced hops and malts. Slightly bitter towards the end of the pull with carbonation being the main sensation to the palate. Not a bad beer. Refreshing and balanced.


 gam (1123), brisbane, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 9, 2008  
Good gold pour,frothy head,carbonation good,aroma stone fruit,peach toffee honey,flavour toffee honey,apricot,sugar,tangy drink,citrus at finish and tangy.


 porterhouse (1163), Alna, Maine, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 9, 2008  
(500 ml bottle (stamped "31/08/08") from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/scarborou target=blank>Oak Hill Beverage) Actually not that special...Pours slightly cloudy bright amber with three fingers of biscuit head that recedes to a foamy 1/4" or so. Aroma of pine, grapefruit, vanilla and caramel. Palate is smooth but thinnish, very lightly prickly. Lots of broken, weepy lacing. Tastes at first of almost all hops, and not very good ones at that - pine, grapefruit, bitter but rather bland and crappy tasting hop notes. Also has a sourish dishrag quality. As it warms things get a little better with some malt sweetness finally showing - a little bready with some caramel. Decent enough I guess but seems overrated.


 travita (1960), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 4, 2008  
Bottle. Golden in color with a decent head. Some hops aromas. Slight spiced stuff going on in the taste.



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