Young's Light Ale - Wells & Young's Ltd

jazzyjeff13

United Kingdom (England)

3.03/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A 275ml bottle with a BB of May 2012. Part of a 4-bottle gift-pack from Morrisons (sold off cheap after Christmas).

Poured into a straight pint glass. A clear golden-amber colour wtih medium carbonation. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. Aroma of distinctly grainy malt with hints of candy sugar, fruity ale yeast and subtle flowery hops.

Tastes of grainy malt with a dry bitter finish. Mild notes of earthy yeast and stewed hops, with faint aromatic hints. A reasonable stewed hop bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is light, dry and tingly, but a little thin. Somewhat astringent. Aftertaste of grain and faint stewed hops.

Not bad, but lacking in character. The graininess is quite nice - conjures up an image of fields of ripening barley. Not too much hop aroma or depth of flavour. Drinkable but nothing special. No need to seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2012 22:18:33 | More by jazzyjeff13

sfprint

Germany

3.43/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

review from 10/20/2011, exp 1/28/12
A: Medium tea brown with very minimal rising carbonation, virtually no head.
S: Weak but fruity.
T; Pleasantly dirty hoppiness, unsweet rootbeer, sun tea, mild bitterness, toasted seaweed malt.
M: mild astringency
O: relatively full flavored for a light ale. decent.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2011 17:58:23 | More by sfprint

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.48/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

275ml Brown bottle, best before 1st May 2011, poured into a 'Good People' glass, all the way from Birmingham ALA.

looked fine, light amber clear body and a full off-white foaming head on top.

No huge aroma, but the Fuggles and Goldings give it a slight hop smell.

The taste is crisp and sharp, a good blend of ingrediants. You'd never guess it is only 3.2%ABV by the flavour it holds. Having said that, it is a light ale, so it wasn't going to be rich and heavy in anything really.

Easy to drink and ideal to quench a thirst without taking on board to much alcohol.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2011 16:28:30 | More by BlackHaddock