Tasting Notes: Wells and Youngs: Mackeson Stout

Wells and Youngs: Mackeson Stout (England: Sweet Stout: 3% ABV)

Visual: Frothy coffee cream head on a still black body.

Nose: Caramel, treacle and cream. Slightly milky (milky coffee). Roasted nuts. Surprising rounded for so low ABV. Christmas herbs and spices.

Body: Smooth, nutty. Just slightly fizzy and frothy. Charred wood. Cola. Sugar. ( Together makes for cola bottle sweets?)

Finish: Treacle, lots of roasted nuts. Quite sickly sweet – cream and condensed milk. Caramel. Almonds.

Conclusion: What an unexpectedly robust beer. Despite its low ABV and canned nature it still manages to come out with a lovely nose and a decent sweet stout body.

Its almost sickly sweet, so despite the low ABV you would not want to drink that many in one go, but it makes for a fine stout to go with a fish or pork meal.

Also I have found it makes for a good stir fry sauce.

A remarkable cheery can of joy.