Youngs 175th Anniversary Ale

Formerly brewed at Youngs
Style: English Strong Ale
Wandsworth, England

Poured with a light and short-lasting head. Amber colour. Aroma nice, clean. A hint of typical English-style hoppiness in the nose. Quite malty at first with a lingering bitterness at the end, nicely alcoholic for an English ale. Well balanced, a very good beer.

Pours deep gold with copper core and thin white head. It has a mild aroma of soft subtle malt sweetness, mild caramelized malts and more sweetness. The taste is much the same as the nose with smooth blended malts and creamy floral hops (could that be right?), hints of spices like coriander and other less discernables. Wow, so smooth and crazy drinkable. Ends with lingering light colored fruity esters and a sense of dryness. YUM!!

500ml bottle - Lot no. 3403. Pours clear orangy amber with a creamy white snow head. Aroma is flowery from hops with deeper tones of dark dried fruit. Quite powerful when it enters your mouth - quite malty then turns visnious and peppery then finally quite bitter.

500 ml bottle. Bottle no. #03833. Clear amber colour with a nice medium-sized white head. Lots of carbonation rushing towards the surface. Sweet cherry-like malty aroma. Crisp bitterness that leans onto the malt and the caramel. Rich beer. Smooth texture balanced by carbonation.

Bottle. Clear amber with a huge head. Raisins, toffee and some hoppy aromas- a great combination. Flavours are rich with raisins and caramel, but with good balancing bitterness. Good body, dry mouthfeel. A great way to celebrate the anniversary (though cutting their roots in Wandsworth is not).

Bottled. A clear, golden, lightly sparkling beer. It has a quite malty nose, with beefstock, hops and pine. The flavor is beefstock, malt, sweetness and maybe a bit low on the hops. Full to medium body, quite silky. A really lovely beer that is well suited for an anniversary. Thx to KnutAlbert for this rare gem. (070213)

500 ml bottle, at the Lamb, Holborn. (Takeaway bottles were available as of last week). Amber ale with a firm head. A very vinous ale, you feel the 7.5% in this, with a warming alcohol. There are some of the Young’s trademarks in the aroma, both fruit and hoppy bitterness, but it is a pity that this ale does not make it to the very top of their beers.

Pours a deep clear golden with a diminishing white head. Sweet honey aroma with a soft nuttiness and a spicy aroma. The body is med. heavy with light CO2. The flavors are pretty hop forward. Lot so yeast esters and a ton of orangey, spicy hops. Tons of sweetness and alcohol. Nice beer.