On 23rd May 2006 London brewer Young’s combined its brewing operations with Charles Wells of Bedford to create a major new national force in the brewing industry. The new company, Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited, began operations on October 2nd, brewing all of Young's beers in Bedford alongside the Charles Wells brand portfolio.

Wells & Young’s Brewing Company Ltd is now a leading supplier of speciality beers in Britain and one of the top three brewers of cask beer in the country, with two of the fastest growing national brands, Young’s Bitter and Wells Bombardier.

They also produce the ‘World Famous’ Double Chocolate Stout and a range of fine English ales under both the Wells and Youngs brands.

Wells and Young's Brewing Company is the UK's largest privately owned brewery and is a leader is cask ale and premium lager. With some of the UK's best loved beers, Wells and Young's is a leader in its field.  With passionate farmers and expert brewers, the beers are brewed using techniques over a hundred years old, but in one of the UK's most modern breweries.  And all the beers are brewed with the accredited natural mineral water from the brewery's very own well, sunk over 100 years ago.

At the 2008 Australian International Beer Awards Wells & Youngs was awarded the Trophy for Best New Exhibitor. The Double Chocolate Stout picked up a Gold Medal and the Trophy for Best Stout while the Bombardier picked up a Gold Medal in it’s class.

 

Bombardier

Tasting Notes:  A burnished copper colour, it has a rich, tempting aroma of   peppery hops and raisins, while the palate is dominated by more dark fruit,  juicy malt  and tangy hops.

 

Food to Match: Perfect with a shoulder of lamb or a great steak

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol Strength: 5.2%

Drinking Temp: 5° - 8°

Style: English Bitter

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Regularly Stocked

Awards: 2008 AIBA’s Gold Medal

                Monde Selection Awards Grand Gold 2007, Silver Medal 2005

Courage Directors

Tasting Notes:  This amber ale is full of character, with a distinctive spicy hop aroma, the perfect balance of caramel malt with crisp, fruity, peppery hops and a lasting finish.With over 200 years of brewing pedigree, Courage Directors Bitter was originally brewed exclusively for the Directors of the Alton Brewery and not for public sale

 

Food to Match: A perfect match for veal cutlets or lamb shanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol Strength: 4.8%

Drinking Temp:  5° - 8°

Style: English Ale

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Regularly Stocked

Tasting Notes:  Luxurious  and at the same time with a hint of decadence,  delivering a satisfying, indulgent taste without ever becoming overly sweet. Chocolate malt and real dark chocolate are combined with Young’s award winning rich, full flavoured dark beer.

 

Food to Match: Perfect with traditional desserts or just by itself.

Young’s Double Chocolate Stout

Alcohol Strength: 5.2%

 

Drinking Temp: 8° - 12°

 

Style: Stout

 

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

 

Availability:

 

Regularly Stocked

Awards:: 2008  AIBA’s Trophy Champion Stout

               2008 AIBA’s Gold Medal

Youngs Waggle Dance

Tasting Notes: Amber beer with a touch of honey on the nose and palate. The sweetness is balanced by  a healthy dose of hops to provide the bitterness that gives a wonderfully delicate flavour.

 

Food to Match: Excellent with white meats, marinated grilled chicken or pasta.

Alcohol Strength: 5.0%

Drinking Temp: 5° - 8°

Style: Honey Ale

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Regularly  Stocked

Awards:  CAMRA Awards Silver Medal 2005

Banana Bread Beer

Tasting Notes: Tropically fruity; its ripe banana flavour, emphasised by a hint of bitterness, comes from the addition of real fair trade bananas and finishes with an emphatic, steely dryness.It has the fruity roughness of winter barley and toffeeish sweetness of crystal malt... hugely tempting aroma of bananas, creamy head, and a  firm, silky body.

 

 

Food to Match: Great with sweet desserts such as Bonafee pie.

Alcohol Strength: 5.2%

Drinking Temp: 5° - 8°

Style: Fruit Beer

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Regularly Stocked

Winter Warmer

Tasting Notes: Rich, ruby-coloured beer, almost red in bright light. Complex fruity nose with hints of candy. Luscious and full-bodied, with a powerful    mouth-coating malt flavour, with undertones of chocolate and toasted biscuit, and a light  handful of hops leading to a bittersweet, vinous finish.

 

Food to Match: Goes well with traditional desserts and white meats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol Strength: 5.0%

Drinking Temp: 6° - 9°

Style:  ESB

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Seasonal

Ram Rod

Tasting Notes: Aged copper colour, Ram Rod’s creamy, tiny bubbled lace sticks well to the sides of the glass. Big buttery, fruity and hop aromas. Very smooth with a moderate carbonation and slightly chewy mouth feel. Flavours of ripe fruit, malt sweetness push up against a straight-up hop bitterness that does a good job of keeping things in balance. Finishes with lingering steely caramel malt sweetness and faint buttery tones.

Food to Match: Great with Pork and Game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol Strength: 5.0%

Drinking Temp: 6° - 8°

Style:  ESB

Pack Size: 275ml Bottles

Availability:

Intermittently

Awards:  Brewing Industry International Awards (Munich) Gold Medal 2005

Christmas Pudding Ale

Tasting Notes:  With it's warming, dark ruby character and splendid luscious    flavours of dried fruit, Young's Christmas Pudding Ale has a very festive taste.

If you are seeking an ale to accompany the season's festivities, look no further than Young's Christmas Pudding Ale.

 

Food to Match: Great with dried fruits and cheeses

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol Strength:  5.5%

Drinking Temp: 6° - 9°

Style:  Strong Ale

Pack Size: 500ml Bottles

Availability:

Seasonal