Young's Double Chocolate Stout - Wells & Young's Ltd

mjn5036

New Hampshire

3.93/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16oz nitro can is opened with a loud, elongated hiss. It is poured immediately into a large tulip glass. The beer leaving the can is a dark, Coca-Cola brown; almost black. As it hits the glass it turns into the classic nitro pour that I have grown to enjoy immensely. As the head slowly shrinks in size, a deep, dark, opaque liquid takes its place in the glass. The head is quite nice looking as well; it appears to be three-toned in color and look thick and impenetrable. Great head retention and a moderate amount of lacing as I empty the glass.

The nose is hard to pick up on in this beer. It is faint, consisting mostly of dark roasted malts and a light dusting of coco powder. I honestly think that the head on the beer is keeping the nose from truly opening up because as it settles I can smell a bit more.

The taste is quite similar to the nose. It is mild chocolate well balanced with a bitter roasted malt backdrop. It is light in all facets - lightly sweet, lightly roasted, lightly bitter notes. I was hoping for a bit more sweetness out of this considering its style.

It is light bodied in that it is extremely easy to drink and almost water-like, but it is very fluffy and seems very creamy in the way is fills your mouth with a small sip. Carbonation is well enough. It is incredibly smooth on the palate.

Overall this is a tasty stout but seems a bit more subdued in most categories than I was hoping for. Still a really solid beer though, now just wishing I had some dessert to compliment it. The price of the four back is a bit more than I would want to pay again but I hear this is phenomenal on tap so I will keep an eye out for it.

Serving type: nitro-bottle

04-12-2011 01:02:15 | More by mjn5036

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S: Coffe and other toasted malts, very sweet and atractive.

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M: The coffe bitterness with the hop bitterness combined bring a sensation unique. With a bittersweet end.

O: Great to cold days this beer is delightful and complex, but is not my favorite kind of beer. Anyway it is great in its style.

Serving type: bottle

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