London Stout
(has 1 batch)
Young's in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
6.82
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Young’s London Stout is brewed with Young’s secret yeast culture and oatmeal to deliver a smooth and creamy beer which has a richer and slightly sweeter taste than Irish stouts.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On keg at the Guildford Arms. Appearance - opaque dark brown to black. Nice creamy head. Nose - elusive but milk chocolate in there. Taste - more creamy milk chocolate. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly fresh finish. Overall - i think this gets into sweet stout territory. Decent though.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2015
at 08:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Old Ship Inn, Hackney. Poured a dark mahogany with a frothy off white head. The aroma is caramel malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light smoky roast malt bitter, light coffee / chocolate palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2014
at 12:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Old Ship Inn, Hackney. Pours very dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roast, light lactose touches, toffee and fudge. Flavour is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2014
at 12:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at the riverside. Opaque black coloured pour with a steadfast creamy head. Aroma is soft roast, choc and light berry. Palate is smooth and somewhat creamy. Flavour is milky choc, lactose sugar, soft roast. OK
Tried
on 14 Nov 2014
at 15:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Swan, Great Horwood, halfway through a 20-mile stroll on the North Bucks Way. Pours black with a thick nitrokeg cream head. Lovely creamy coffee up front, then a mild roastiness followed by some blackberry. Once you eventually get past the head the underlying beer is a little thin and fizzy for my liking, but then that’s keg beer for you. Overall though it’s pretty decent- but I did feel it could have been so much better on cask. Shame.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2014
at 13:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Wheatsheaf, Borough Market, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a healthy creamy beige head on top. Sweet, coffee, chocolate aroma. Tastes slightly sweet with chocolate and a hint of coffee, rather milky. I quite enjoyed this offering from the ’new’ Young’s of Bedford. Would certainly drink it again if stranded in a Young’s pub with work colleagues.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2014
at 13:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Typical representative of the oatmeal stout style revived by Samuel Smith in the seventies. Loose, irregular, yellowish beige head, colour near black with reddish hue, clear. Strong malty aroma, roasted grains, caramel, coffee, toasted bread, dried plums, candied dates, raisins, subtle spicy hops. Mellow, creamy and velvety palate, very soft, fruity with a gentle, not too sharp roasted bitterness, dryish but not so much as an actual dry stout, long finish with elegant spicy hoppiness, subtle.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2014
at 07:46