Sloefmans (15519) reviewed John Youngs Christmas Ale from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Orange-amber; disparate foam. Quite hoppy nose, smells of dandelions and good British hops. Bitterish, hoppy flavour, dry, overlying ambrée/cookie malts, virtually no sweetness left. Grapey, but bitter finish, very long. Light body, despite dryness bit watery texture, dissolved sugar-like. OK bitter, but how it makes this an X-mas ale is beyond me. Another Albion perfidity?
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Kew Brew from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Pale amber beer; little, transparent-white head. Chalky, creamy initially, very little else, really. Extremely remarkable vegetable taste - absolutely knolselder (tuber-celery?); sweetish, bit medicinal, keeps in the aftertaste. Very watery, light bodied. Yeah, watery, not much else. I fear the hopharvest at Kew Gardens is very modest.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Golden Zest from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Orangey-gold, very carbonated to thick, puffy, off-white head, not stable. Light caramel, honey, grassy hops, jute, cat’s pee. One good thing first: it’s sourish, hoppy-ish, and NOT sweet. In fact, hopflavour dominates the whole taste & palate, again grassy and jute-ish hops. But nothing else. Very light, even watery texture; bit of hopoil in the aftertaste. Worth existing - but nothing more. Mind you, if this were cool cask, and outside 30°C summer, I might talk differently. WHY the clear glass bottle, for cats Peete’s sake?
TBone (30380) reviewed John Youngs Christmas Ale from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled (BB 06/2005)
Copper brown, small head. Fresh, crisp nose of Goldings hops - typical Young’s aroma. Medium-bodied, good malty and soft hoppy palate with trefoil flavors. Oily, a bit fruity hoppy finish. Good but from where Christmas comes?
MiP (20379) reviewed John Youngs Christmas Ale from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Slightly dark amber colour. Hoppy aroma. Slight hoppy aromatic flavour.
TBone (30380) reviewed Dirty Dicks Ale from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (BB 03/2005)
Nut brown, small but steady and creamy tanned head. Mild floral and sweet nose, a bit smokey. Mouthfeel has dry, roasted dunkel-like character. Long dry aftertaste.
TBone (30380) reviewed Triple A from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught
Dark honey yellow with steady yellow whip cream head. Sweet and floral aroma with Liberty hop aroma. Fruity, grassy, trefoil flavor with late bitterness. Mouthfeel is smooth though palate is a bit thin. Good session beer.
caesar (10841) reviewed Pilsner from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Clear yellow color, short head. Unimpressive pilsner. Soft, bit bitter, bit hoppy.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Kew Brew from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle - great rich hops and malt aroma - extremely pleasant. Dark tan with light brown head. A well-balanced brew - excellent hops flavor with no bitterness (must be something in those Kew hops).
Oakes (33770) reviewed Dirty Dicks Ale from Young's 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Golden-brown colour. Light caramelly taste. Fairy quick. Hint of cardboard. This type of by-the-numbers bland bottled ale is why so many Americans (and others) think English ales aren’t very interesting.