YP Young Pretender
Isle of Skye Brewing Co. in Uig, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.14
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Malted barley is the cornerstone of Scottish brewing. Hops, less so. However, we wanted to try something very different – and made Young Pretender our driest, hoppiest ale
Shimmering gold and refreshingly full-flavoured, Young Pretender is an ale to challenge received wisdom.
Much like the Skye Brewery itself – very much an upstart in an industry sometimes reluctant to embrace the new.
Available in bottles at 3.8% ABV, draft at 4%.
Hops: Challenger
Malts: Maris Otter, Medium Crystal
Shimmering gold and refreshingly full-flavoured, Young Pretender is an ale to challenge received wisdom.
Much like the Skye Brewery itself – very much an upstart in an industry sometimes reluctant to embrace the new.
Available in bottles at 3.8% ABV, draft at 4%.
Hops: Challenger
Malts: Maris Otter, Medium Crystal
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Sligachan Hotel. Pours yellow golden with white head. Malty and grainy, light citrus and grass. Sweetish. Average.
Tried
from Cask
at
Seumas Bar (Sligachan Hotel)
on 05 Mar 2016
at 14:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at benleva hotel. Pours golden orange, nose is sweet toffee, taste is very sweet, quite fruity. --- Beer merged from original tick of Young Pretender on 10 Aug 2013 at 21:17 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask at benleva hotel. Very sweet, quite fruity.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2014
at 06:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, Day 1 - London. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a white cream head. Nice lemony hops, straw, mile doughy pale malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Balanced finish with pale grain sweetness, light bitter grass and citrus rind. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2014
at 03:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF ’14, day 1, 12/08/14. Clear pale golden with moderate off white edgework and spotting. Nose is pale malt, light citric, straw. Taste comprises straw, pale malt, light cereals, citric pangs. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so - golden blonde surely not a bitter??!!??
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2014
at 15:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12th August 2014
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Lightly haze gold beer, untidy off white head. Palate is light and semi dry and a little crisp. Light pale malts. Hops are slightly lemony. Mild floral tones. Light dry finish. Okay.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Lightly haze gold beer, untidy off white head. Palate is light and semi dry and a little crisp. Light pale malts. Hops are slightly lemony. Mild floral tones. Light dry finish. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2014
at 09:27