Young's Bitter
Eagle Brewery

Young's BitterYoung's Bitter
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From:
Eagle Brewery
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English Bitter
ABV:
3.8%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.8 | pDev: 14.74%
Reviews:
56
Ratings:
132
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 06, 2021
Added:
Apr 16, 2008
Wants:
  31
Gots:
  14
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia

2.98/5  rDev -21.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Pours a golden colour with a slight orange tinge. Good, steady carbonation. A bit of head when first poured, doesn't really hang around. Decent-looking, and very English.

Bit lacking fragrance-wise, but nice for what's there. A bit sour with a slight hint of citrus, quite a lot of hops, but could use more.

Surprisingly sweet on the front palate, elements of candied orange, but that's really it. Mostly watery and quite refreshing with a slight bitterness on the finish. Again, that's about it. Slight bitterness. I guess this is all in keeping with the style, smooth drinking with a minimum of flavour. Mouthfeel is a bit full, like swallowing soapy water. The body feels heavier than expected, given the lack of flavour.
Apr 01, 2009
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
One of my favourite English session bitters from a big brewery (I’ve had it many times cask conditioned in London). Less common after Young's left London to merge with Charles Wells.
May 06, 2021
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Reviewed by Zapsincl from England

4.96/5  rDev +30.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My favorite beer of all time. Hard to find nowadays apart from Young's pubs but woth searching out.
I've nothing bad to say about this beer and is how all beers should be made.
Not quite as good as when it was brewed in Wandsworth but still the best.
Jan 28, 2021
 
Rated: 3.56 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Jan 18, 2020
 
Rated: 3.56 by Beerasaurus from Virginia

Mar 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Brob245 from Missouri

Aug 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by trevorpost from Pennsylvania

Jan 07, 2018
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Rated by maxarvo from England

3.37/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pretty average.
Jan 06, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by Silkience from Illinois

Dec 25, 2017
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)

3.34/5  rDev -12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Served on tap at the Bull and Gate in London along with a delicious roast lamb for a late lunch. Served cool into a pint glass.

Appearance - a yellowy golden color with incredible amounts of haze. A nice finger of white heads sits on top and lingers for a short while.

Smell - some light fruits and some malty aromas. A gentle leafy hop presence. Not a big nose.

Taste - some fruitiness with dark fruits, minimal malts and a tremendous and lingering bitterness. There was a slight sourness that I think put me off, I wasn't expecting that. Not my favourite but a decent beer.

Mouthfeel - smooth and light bodied, however this was also a touch flat which detracted.

Overall - perhaps purchasing a bottle might be a worthy choice, to see if tastes have changed and maybe the tap I received this beer from was faulty or the keg was old. Either way I was a left a little less than impressed, but the but was simply marvelous.
Jul 30, 2017
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Reviewed by Offa from California

4.84/5  rDev +27.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This is an incredible bitter - although I've only had it bottle-conditioned instead of cask, which I long to try.
Dark gold/pale amber, it has a small white head soon thinning to a thing ring.
Aroma is rich yeasty bread, wet tea leaves.
Taste is an incredibly complex, balanced, and well-rounded character, the epitome of how an English bitter should taste in terms of packing in lots of complexity for low alcohol. Zesty, full-bodied but light caramelised bread, yeast, herbal bitterness, lightly nutty - great balance of sweetness and bitterness.
May 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by kjkinsey from Texas

May 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by cryptichead from Illinois

Mar 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Adamostella from Washington

Jan 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.59 by windowside from Germany

Nov 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Mattias from Sweden

Jul 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by hunteraw from China

Jul 20, 2016
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

3.72/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From Hipercor Sevilla Este. In Ikea's english pint glass. At dinner, with chicken steaks + fideos soup + magnum almendrado. Very drinkble. Smooth, with a plesant and balanced english bitterness and fresh hops. However, its still a style that lacks some punch for me
Jun 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.21 by Allegue04 from Spain

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.29 by drummerdwzp from Connecticut

Mar 20, 2016
Young's Bitter from Eagle Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 132 ratings