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Youngs Special London Ale 3.52 677

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
6773.53/5.03.52/5.06.4%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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 Cirrhosis (623), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 11, 2009  
Dark golden brown body with a noisy off white cap, retention is ok but no lacing what so ever. Aroma very mild and hard to detect but honey and bready malts are noticeable. Wood and mild rubbing alcohol are the first flavours I notice, secondary flavours are liquorish, caraway seeds, and maybe honey. Mouth feel is light a nicely carbonated but a burning sensation remains on my tung. Very clean and crisp and enjoyable you cant go wrong with this beer.


 nate2g (1132), Brisbane, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Bottle. Pours amber with a medium white head. Aroma of caramel malt, fruit and earthy notes. The flavour is caramel malt, fruit and hops. Medium bodied and finishes sweet and bitter.


Badger1503 (3), Essex, England
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 6, 2009  
A nice fresh mineral aroma with resinous overtones. It has beautiful honey colour and rocky head. Flavours of citrus fruit followed by a linguering hoppy and slightly alcoholic finish. Very nice.


 DerBiermeister (520), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/105/58/103/516/20
May 27, 2009    Updated: May 28, 2009
Smells strangely like the paint thinner I used to use on my model airplanes. This beer is strange and with a sour taste which my experience can only compare to a Flemish Sour Ale such as Rodenbach. Very pleasant, interesting, and quite unique / rare.Sometimes you might taste a hint of banana, but mainly it is the acidic orange flavour, often leaving a slightly bitter aftertaste. Not quite as good as Rodenbach, as it seems like the peels of the oranges were used a bit too much, leaving too much bitterness.


 Beer2000 (1828), Kristiansand, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
May 18, 2009    Updated: Nov 1, 2009
500 ml bottle. Light brown/amber body with a medium off-white head. A very delicate aroma of malt, caramel and citric fruity hops. Flavor is mild and balanced malt, caramel and fruity bitterness. Nice and smooth bitter finish. Well made.


 Defreni (1027), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
May 9, 2009  
Flaske: Superlækker diskret citrus slår en i møde fra denne lækre øl. Smagen er velhumlet på en god karamel maltbase der gør at øllen virkelig glider ned. Dejlig øl.


 jfb (427), Weihenstephan, Germany
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Apr 27, 2009  
(bottle) pours a clear golden colour with a frothy white head. aroma of fruity, piney hops, honey, bread and sweet spices. flavour is the same, with a spicy dry grainy character and a lightly bitter fruity hop finish. medium body and carbonation, a wonderful ale.


 Grovlam (3810), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 26, 2009  
bottle. Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare display of lacework. Light cloudy golden color. Sweet fruit, light ash, grass, mild toasted malt, nutty, floral. Medium bodied, average carbonation, light dry texture. Moderated sweet and bitter flavor. Light bitter dry ash, flower grass finish.



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