Young's Golden Zest
Young & Co Brewery PLC
- From:
- Young & Co Brewery PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 4.35%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2005
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
Retired following relocation of Young's brewing operation to Bedford (09/2006).
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.74/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted it at home on 10/06/05, and the bottle bears the BBE date of Jan. 06.
Appearance: in a goblet it pours a orange, dark golden colour with an initially foamy, thick white beerhead which disappears all too fast; for a bottled beer the carbonation is very restrained.
Smell: at the front is very rich, sweetish malt, reminiscent of some mixed-fruit candy and orange-flavoured sponge cake with some buttery edge; also considerable is intensive, wild-flowery honeyish and fruity hoppyness mixed quite well with the malty body. Smelling very pleasant indeed.
Taste: quite the same as the nose, malts dominate the palate--rich and fruity; but soon a flat, lightly dryish fruity hoppy flavour follows. The finish is rather short, with clean and balanced mouthfeel of malts and light zesty hops and very low bitterness, while the overall flavour stays for quite a while.
Mouthfeel: overall a medium-flavoured and light-bodied pale ale, it could've been more pleasant if the body is enriched either with more hops, or being dry-hopped, or with extra dose of malts.
Drinkability: a very easy drinking ale, though I'd go for just one before trying richer brews by the Young's in any single session.
Jun 10, 2005Appearance: in a goblet it pours a orange, dark golden colour with an initially foamy, thick white beerhead which disappears all too fast; for a bottled beer the carbonation is very restrained.
Smell: at the front is very rich, sweetish malt, reminiscent of some mixed-fruit candy and orange-flavoured sponge cake with some buttery edge; also considerable is intensive, wild-flowery honeyish and fruity hoppyness mixed quite well with the malty body. Smelling very pleasant indeed.
Taste: quite the same as the nose, malts dominate the palate--rich and fruity; but soon a flat, lightly dryish fruity hoppy flavour follows. The finish is rather short, with clean and balanced mouthfeel of malts and light zesty hops and very low bitterness, while the overall flavour stays for quite a while.
Mouthfeel: overall a medium-flavoured and light-bodied pale ale, it could've been more pleasant if the body is enriched either with more hops, or being dry-hopped, or with extra dose of malts.
Drinkability: a very easy drinking ale, though I'd go for just one before trying richer brews by the Young's in any single session.
Reviewed by Doiv from England
4.07/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.07/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a bright amber colour with a white head. Aroma is malty and crisp, with a distinct lemony tang along with a nice honey note.
Taste is refreshing, clean, orangy and lemoney, and still has a good honey flavour. Aftertaste is soft and hoppy.
Smooth mouthfeel and goes down unbelievably well.
Apr 30, 2004Taste is refreshing, clean, orangy and lemoney, and still has a good honey flavour. Aftertaste is soft and hoppy.
Smooth mouthfeel and goes down unbelievably well.
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