Young's Special
Eagle Brewery in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.23
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Available filtered and pasteurised in 500ml bottles and cans.
With its fresh natural taste, delightfully smooth palate, full rounded flavour and great hop aroma, no wonder its Special.
100% malt brew: Marris Otter and crystal malt with Fuggle and Goldings hop creates a satisfying rounded pale ale.
With its fresh natural taste, delightfully smooth palate, full rounded flavour and great hop aroma, no wonder its Special.
100% malt brew: Marris Otter and crystal malt with Fuggle and Goldings hop creates a satisfying rounded pale ale.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Lamb, Lambs Conduit. Light malty aroma with a touch of sour berries. Light brown. Creamy bubbly white head. Light sour start before the malts kick in. Pretty boring. Ligh bodied. Thin if slick. Average carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Boring bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2021
at 21:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Bell Inn, Launceston. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, fruits, bitter hops and has a nice bitter and sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2019
at 12:16
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Cask at The london pub, near royal national hotel. Cloudy amber small smooth offwhite head. Sourish aroma. Flavor is sourish, citrussy, flowery with a base malty bready bitterness. It does taste off/sour, not sure if this is the way it should taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2019
at 21:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Håndpumpet på min gamle stampub ved Borough Market, The Wheatsheaf, nov-18: klar kobberfarget med fint skum som varer. Deilig aroma og enda bedre smak i en solid maltkropp - jordaktige toner, karamell, urter og en lett krydret bitterhed i afslutningen. Lang ettersmak. En stilsikker øl som har drikkegleden innebygd.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2018
at 13:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
10/4/2018. Cask at the Lamb, Bloomsbury. Pours amber with an off-white head leaving good lacing. Aroma of malt, hop, fruit, caramel and flowers. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2018
at 11:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ King’s Arms, Oxford. Clear brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 170218
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2018
at 17:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2017
at 04:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pint at The Old Ship in Chiswick. A slight upgrade to the Young's Bitter with a bit more interest on the flavour and a touch of that soapiness that I do enjoy. It was however quite basic and not one to seek out in the future.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2017
at 03:24
Tried
on 15 Apr 2017
at 09:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at the Guildford Arms. Appearance - amber with a decent head. Nose - mainly toffee. Some light dry biscuit. Taste - more of the same. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - old style beer but solid enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2016
at 08:27