For me there is no contest, the Brookes is much more to my taste, it is a much easier drinking beer.Distinguishable malts and a slight hoppyness which doesn’t leave you with the galvanised nail sensation. The Young Henrys on the other hand has a slightly sour taste at the outset and a citus pithe bitterness, the malts while slight only started to come in as the beer warmed up.

I also preferred theBadlands Dark Ale to the Young Henrys which was a nice malt full flavoured beer.