London Gold / Kew Gold (Cask)
(Batch of London Gold)
Young's in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.05
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ABV 4.8% bottle, 4% cask
Young’s London Gold is key member of the Young’s range. As the name suggests it’s a golden beer with a refreshing taste.
London Gold is available as a cask beer and also as a bottle conditioned beer.
The bottled conditioned variant is an unpasteurised, living beer, matured in the bottle for a fuller, more complex, multi-dimensional, fresher taste. With no artificial carbonation, the only fizz is the natural effervescence created by fermentation.
Young’s London Gold is key member of the Young’s range. As the name suggests it’s a golden beer with a refreshing taste.
London Gold is available as a cask beer and also as a bottle conditioned beer.
The bottled conditioned variant is an unpasteurised, living beer, matured in the bottle for a fuller, more complex, multi-dimensional, fresher taste. With no artificial carbonation, the only fizz is the natural effervescence created by fermentation.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Fox & Anchor in Smithfield. A true to form golden ale with the simplicity that I have come to appreciate from the brewery. Lots of bitter hops and a good balance of malt made this really rather lovely and very thirst quenching.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2018
at 13:15
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the 2018 Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear pale gold with a lasting white to off-white head. Aroma of hop, malt, caramel and fruit. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2018
at 18:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
10th August 2016
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, patchy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Clean malts, mildly sweet. Sweetish floral mid into some ripe citrus. Light semi dry finish. Clean and drinkable if quite conservative.
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, patchy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Clean malts, mildly sweet. Sweetish floral mid into some ripe citrus. Light semi dry finish. Clean and drinkable if quite conservative.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2016
at 06:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Five Tuns at Heathrow terminal 5. Hazy, golden. Light head. Aroma and taste are both light, tangy fruit. Citrus, pump clip claims apple as well but I found the citrus a bit sickly and overwhelming. Not my cup of tea but not terrible.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2015
at 09:15
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Appearance: Uncelar golden color with a fine white head. Some lacing.
Aroma: Mild malty and mild herbal.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Mild malty, mild fruity and mild herbal.
Overall impression: Ok mild session ale.
Personal stats: On tap at The Wheatsheaf in Borough/London, England
Aroma: Mild malty and mild herbal.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Mild malty, mild fruity and mild herbal.
Overall impression: Ok mild session ale.
Personal stats: On tap at The Wheatsheaf in Borough/London, England
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2015
at 08:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap, half pint at Goat Tavern, London. Clear golden color with thin creamy white head and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of grassy hops, grainy malt, mild fruitiness with some dusty notes. Taste starts with light sweet bready malt, follows refreshing but mild fruity with rather dry mouthfeel and light bitter finish. Light to medium body, slick texture and soft carbonation in palate. Not much better than average lager...
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2015
at 03:23
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask at the Old Cock Inn, Harpenden. Slightly murky gold with a large white head. Tastes of old straw that dirty sweaty horses have spent a restless and possibly incontinent night rolling in. More than a hint of bad homebrew. There might have been a long-deceased mouldy lemon in it, but that’s the best I can offer. Really grim. Can’t believe the dross that Wells are selling under the once-great Youngs name. And to add insult to injury I had it in one of the all-too-numerous shitty Wells’ pubs with their shitty slow service and shittily conditioned beers. Wells are just shit through and through, aren’t they?
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2014
at 09:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Travellers Rest, London Victoria. Pours clear dark golden with an off white head. Aroma of light malt and hops. Flavour is light to light moderate sweet and bitter. Nice citra coming out on the palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2013
at 12:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Cannie Man, Bracknell. Amber with a tight white head; floral aroma with some underlying malts; grainy body with a sweet orange fruit taste and a light bitterness before a dry biscuity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2013
at 06:11