Young's Ram Rod - Wells & Young's Ltd

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159 Ratings

rAvg: 3.89
pDev: 10.54%
Reviews: 131
Hads: 28

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Wells & Young's Ltd

United Kingdom (England)

Style | ABV
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) | 5.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (118), on-tap (11), cask (2).

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Jason

Massachusetts

3.98/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On tap @ the Elephant & Castle, Boston, MA

Aged copper colour with a very mild chill haze, creamy tiny bubbled lace sticks well to the sides of the glass. Big buttery, fruity and hop aromas. Very smooth with a moderate carboantion and slightly chewy mouth feel. Flavours of buttery diacetyl, ripe fruit, malt sweetness push up against a stright-up hop bitterness that does a good job of keeping things in balance. Finishes with a lingering steely caramel malt sweetness and faint buttery tones.

A damn fine ale and I am very glad to find a place that has it on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

09-28-2002 06:51:25 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On tap @ the Elephant & Castle, Boston, MA ...

Bright copper in colour with a thin, laced, tight and creamy white head.

Smooth upfront with a semi-coarse leafy hop feel. Dry and astringent characters follow. This bitter is slightly malty (more so as it warms) with wood, bitter tea flavours and a background fruity flavour. The wood flavours embed themselves in the roof of the mouth, along with notes of earth. Thin tea-like floral finish.

A tasty and traditional bitter that would also make for a nice session beer. Nice find on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

09-26-2002 07:10:32 | More by Todd

BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

3.98/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presentation: 500ml (1pt 0.9fl oz) English brown bottle.

Appearance: Tawny, hazy orange with a thin off-white lace.

Smell: Mildly fruity and some hop in the nose.

Taste: Nice mellow malty palate with a building bitter sharpness that is amplified by the brews carbonation. Finishes slightly salty with a tea-like hops flavour. Really dry brew, all the way through.

Notes: An really nice bitter. True to style ... we almost forgot what a real English bitter tasted like.

Serving type: bottle

09-16-2000 00:00:01 | More by BeerAdvocate