Youngs Double Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Stout
Bedford, England

Serve in English pint

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Poured from the bottles, a dark black color, aromas of chocolate, dark malt, and a touch of vanilla. Flavor is all chocolate, touch of malt, little to none hop presence.

500ml bottle. Deep silky shooth black with creamy foam head. Smell is ofcourse of chocolate. After that some sweet malty and vanilla. It has chocolate flavor and toasty and roasty malt followed with dark bitter chocolate and smooth vanilla.

Bottle. An almost perfect beer for a large brewer. We bought two crates as it’s hard to find...even staff in Youngs pubs look at us blankly when we ask for it. Brewed WITH chocolate, my wife loves it too.

bottle: pours jet black, light brown dense ring. roasted malts, chocolate malt on the nose. more roasted malts, faint chocolate notes as I was expecting more chocolate for a double chocolate stout. Fluffy mouthfeel, yet a bit thin for my taste. somewhat dry and short finish. drinkable but nothing special.

dark brown, almost pitch lack. two finger head. both sweet and bitter with obvious chocolate and roasted malt. very nice.

Sweet and vaguely smoky nose with a distinct aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. The taste is round and soft, but unfortunately also slightly watery, with flavors of roasted malt and chocolate milk. A nice beer!

My 500th rating. Took a while. Hopefully the 600th will not take that long. Bottle from Unimarc Los Leones, Santiago . Pours an impenetrable deep-black color with a small tan head that laces well. I get a malty aroma with loads and loads of milk chocolate, licorice, light roast, pumpernickel bread, sesame seeds, lactose and traces of wild herbs from the hops. Taste is sweet with a distinctive roasted retronasal. Touches of dark chocolate, cocoa, toasted grains and bread, licorice and even some marzipan and chocolate cheesecake. Balanced and not exaggeratedly sweet like some Impy Stouts. Could be described as a more solid and sweeter version of Cooper’s Best Extra Stout. Medium body, long aftertaste of roastiness and chocolate. Perfectly-made Stout. A pleasure to drink. It would pair amazingly with oysters or Chilean wedge clams. Worthy of a half-milestone.

*-Pint served at the Sunset Tap and Grill in the Allston neighborhood of Boston,MA on 8/24/2009* Aroma- A surprisingly dry smell, but with that roasted, dark chocolate scent all at the same time. Appearance- Like a dry Irish stout: Dark with a creamy head. Taste- WOW! Like a dry Irish stout, but with a bittersweet chocolate taste. Not as thick as chocolate milk, but had that taste to it. Lots of coffee, maltiness to it as well. It just seems to have more in common with a dry Irish stout than it does with a milk/cream stout. Nothing like the Sam Adams Cream Stout. That is more of a porter to me, and tastes nothing like this or a Guinness-type stout. Palate- Real nice. Just like a dry Irish stout. Real soft and creamy, not heavy like the beer looks like it would be. Easy to drink do to how light the body of the beer is. It’s easy to drink with whatever you’re doing. *- WOW! I’ve been a fan of Irish dry stouts and have wanted to try this for a long time, and I’m glad I did! I never knew a stout could have such a interesting and decisive character and profile like this beer did.

Pours a nice thick black, nice hops with a soft bitterness that is complemented by the chocolate that follows. Great beer!

May 2008: 500ml Brown bottle, brewed in Bedford, best before date was one month before tasting. Poured into a Batemans pint sleeve glass. Very dark in colour, almost jet black. A wonderfully full head of beige foam bubbles sat on top, slowly reducing in size to just half an inch. Incredible chocolate aroma. Lovely flavours of a dark and milk chocolate mix alongside malted biscuits. This is as good as the brew from the old Youngs site in London without a doubt. The flavours of chocolate don’t fade away one bit, very impressive. Smooth, rich, creamy, all the good things a Milk stout should be. I had forgotten how good this was, I’ll try not to do so again!