Brew York HYG - 40th Anniversary Edition

HYG - 40th Anniversary Edition

 

Brew York in York, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
Score
7.10
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 4
HYG is a rebrew of a beer we cannot mention, originally made in tribute to a film that wasn’t made 40 years ago which we also cannot mention, based on the flavours of a chocolate bar we also probably shouldn’t mention. Those flavours are of course indulgent chocolate, creamy caramel and mouthwatering marshmallow all rammed into a thick and creamy milk stout.
 

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

pours clear brown, settles dark brown with a small creamy light brown head.
aroma feels thin, but loaded with adjuncts, flavoring stuff, vanilla, milk chocolate, the white caramelly'ish bits in toblerone, only faint roasted malts.
flavor is milk chocolate, vanilla, white caramel, white chocolate, a faint strange burnt caramelly bitterness, a pear or apple like fruity note.. hardly any beer flavor, only all the added stuff - and the flavors does not really feel like they might be side effects of yeasts or malts and the proces.
In my book, the base beer is WAY too weak for all the stuff put in it. The same stuff put into a heavy double mashed imp stout might become interesting, but right now its candy and vodka in a water bucket for me.

Tried from Can on 17 Dec 2025 at 18:17


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Keg draught at the Ale Pole, Daventry. Dark brown, opaque with a smattering of beige head. The aroma, baby, is ruthless. Sweet milky chocolate, nougat, nutty notes. They nailed it. The taste is so close to too sweet but the caramel lashings are just too lively to complain about. Nougat in the aftertaste. Medium body with carbonation on the heavy side. Very recommended.

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2025 at 17:02


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tried from Draft at Green Dragon on 31 Oct 2025 at 22:01


8

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2025 at 12:39