Stung by the honey beer? (Young's Waggle Dance)

Member Name: giksy21

Product:	Young's Waggle Dance
Date:	13/09/07 (131 review reads)
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Advantages: smooth, crisp and sweet

Disadvantages: expensive

I have decided that i am going to try some of the more weird and wonderful beverages that my local off-liscence has to offer. I will try anything once.

Waggle dance.

Strange name, isn't it? Well, the waggle dance (for those who don't know.) is the way in which honey bees communicate in their little hive, in order to tell their little mates in what direction, and how far the nectar is from them. They make little figure of eight movements, and the number of turns, and the direction helps them to communicate.
So, whats the link with the drink? Well, as far as i am aware waggle dance is the only beer that is brewed with the addition of honey. South American honey to be precise (though what difference that makes i am not sure, but then again i am not a brewer.).

So, as the beer itself has been made with the help of the humble bumble, it has been associated with the summer. A drink that brings a little bit of warmth to you whatever the time of year.
well, what do i think of it? The bottle is nice, though uninspiring. Clear glass, with a black and orange label. On the label is a picture of said bee, flying towards a flower on a girls hat. above this is the sentence "a light and refreshing honey beer". It is described as being a pale ale. Weighing in at a descent 5.0% alcohol, it has strength in depth, and i am hoping that this gives it character.

So here goes!!!

Well, pours nicely. Plenty of head, nice and fizzy. Light and golden in colour. Bizzarely enough it is almost the exact colour of runny hunny.

And the smell? Light, and sweet. Very much like a lovely dessert that you would get with your sunday dinner.

But now for the moment of truth! Very smooth. Light in taste, but not without its own individual nuances. Sweet (strange that, isn't it?) but without being sickly so. The honey flavours are balanced by a healthy dose of hops, which makes it well balanced and delicate. Very easy to drink (perhaps a little too easy!). usually, i am not a fan of this type of beer, but this is very drinkable indeed. No after taste at all, it goes down easily, and is very agreable indeed.

Overall, this is a very nice little drink indeed. As this is my first, i cannot say what it is like to drink several of these. However i strongly beleive that they would not be too sweet. I thought on reading the bottle, that it might be sickly, though now i beleive that it most certainly would not be so.
It is not cheap, at around £1.50, to £2.00 a 500ml bottle. And i do not think that it is one that i will drink all the time. But for a change (and they say thats as good as a rest.), i think that this stuff is great. You could say i am sweet on the stuff! I got stung by the price, but now that i have tasted it I am buzzing with excitment! (do you like what i did there!?!?).

Try it, next time you are in tescos. I got mine there for £1.69. I just got the one, in case i did not like it, but i needn't have worried. Recommended. G

Summary: honey makes it sweet, smooth and lovely.