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Young & Co's Brewery started off in 1831 in Wandsworth, England on a site that had a history of brewing since at least 1576. In 2006 Young's merged with the Charles Wells Brwery, forming Wells and Young's Brewing Company. They are the largest family owned brewery in England and have continued to expand, including getting exclusive UK brewing rights to Jamaican beer Red Stripe, acquiring the Courage line of beers and distribution rights for the Spanish brewery Damm and more. This double chocolate stout is so called because it uses both chocolate malt and real dark chocolate.
It is very deep dark brown in colour with a light brown foamy head, which clings to the side of the glass.
It smells very strongly of chocolate and malt, with nice sweet and floral undertones of the chocolate and the sugars mingling with the hops, with a nice bitter-spicy note also lingering on the nose.
It starts off with a big roasted malty flavour, with the bitterness of the hops coming in quickly before being overtaken by the chocolate flavour which mingles with the roasted malt creating a chocolate-nutty flavour, without being overly sweet, with the spicy cocoa notes lingering on the tongue.
This is a nice dessert beer, but not so sweet it wouldn't pair with foods well. It goes great with red meat and rich foods. It is a unique taste and well worth a try (or several tries....)
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