Recent Tasting Notes

Youngs Bitter (7/20)
Fairly uneventful beer. Light flavours and aromas although the head and lacing was impressive; big, chunky and good persistence. Lager-like nose with a slightly off malt character. Flavours are very low key and I can’t pick much malt flavour. Mild bitterness on the finish.


Youngs Oatmeal Stout (14/20)
Pours particularly well with a massive and very rock head; coffee coloured and the body is quite a dark chocolate brown. Sweet chocolate on the nose, at least very early. Some dry roasty notes kick in as well. Palate and flavours show really good weight. Milk chocolate and hints of cocoa drive the flavours although they never really reach a level you would consider ‘intense’. Palate structure is quite soft and the fizz levels a re quite tame. I drank this slightly colder than room temp but I reckon it would be a very decent depths-of-winter session stout.


Bright Staircase Porter (15/20)
Angry and aggressive beer upon pouring. A massive white / tan head with a faint yellow tinge. Masses of chocolate and coffee on the nose. Heaps of power, so much so that this would be a great beer to illustrate porter and stout aromatics to the newbie. The flavour intensity translates very faithfully through to the palate, the chocolate just keeps on coming. I also picked up a definite hop note in the back, which does deliver an unexpected firm bitterness. These guys are doing a great job across the range and it shows here again.