Dark
Hockley Valley Brewing Company in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.40
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Our Brewmaster had a penchant for English ale, so he created something better, combining two styles of ales he fancied while studying and brewing his way across the UK. It’s an ingenius hybrid of a Northern Brown Ale and a Midlands Mild, with a body tweaked to give it a lighter, more North American appeal.
Hints of roasted nuts, caramel, chocolate, and coffee combine to make this award winner one of Ontario’s best-selling craft beers.
Hints of roasted nuts, caramel, chocolate, and coffee combine to make this award winner one of Ontario’s best-selling craft beers.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can RBESG 07 ... Deep red ... sweet roast malts ... sweet fruity malt nice malty balance.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2007
at 03:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at RBESG 2007. Some good toffee on this, it was fine. Thanks to the two Canadians who brought this across.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2007
at 10:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Canned at RBESG ’07. Dark brown. Sweet and fruity with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Roasty malt gives me coffee and butter, there’s notes of apples before a carefully bitter finish. Quite good!
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2007
at 03:46
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Canette, 500 ml, purchased on March 7 2006; eye: dark brown with burgundy and some golden reflections, coffee head that disappears rapidly, no lacing, no ’effervescence; nose: roasted malt, a bit of vanilla; mouth: roasted malt right at the start followed by a rapid decline in flavors, becomes watery, finale of roasted malt and bitterness with a little hint of acridness and a hint of caramel, lighlty swee, moderately bitter, light body, nice carbonation; overall: disappointing after providing such a nice look FRANÇAIS Canette, 500 ml, acheté le 7 mars 2006; oeil : brune foncée, reflets bourgognes et dorés, mousse de couleur café qui s’affaisse rapidement, pas de dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : malt rôti, un peu de vanille; bouche : malt rôti au début, baisse appréciable des saveurs, devient aqueuse, finale en torréfaction et amertume avec une petite pointe âcre puis une pointe de caramel, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps léger, bonne carbonatation; en résumé : décevante lorsqu’on regarde plus loin que la robe
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2006
at 13:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear dark color ale with nice foamy dark brown head with good retention. Aroma of English malt with floral undertone is easily distinguishable. Taste is very refreshing wit a good roasted malt presence and a bitter finish with a good balance of what seems like English hops. Body is a bit thin but overall this is a very enjoyable drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2005
at 13:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to a friend who brought it from Canada. Thick, fluffy tan(ish) head, dissipates at a medium pace. Extremely dark red/brown. Brown ale ? Maybe. Dunkel like. Malty aroma, nothing special, but nothing bad. The flavor consists of liquorice, caramel malts and nothing much else, simple but nice. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2005
at 15:33
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
This Ale pours a black colour with a tan frothy head. First scents are a little metallic with a scent of dark malt. A little bit of molasass too. First sip is smooth and has a definate molassass taste. Quite smooth but a little watery. Very roasted palate, similar to a weak stout. All in all a good beer.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2005
at 21:22
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
2005, I assume, pub can from Sammy, thanks! Orange-amber-brown with a beige head, which is well retained leading to questions of whether there is a widget in there (there isnt). Quite creamy and lasts atop the beer at couple centimeters through most of the glass. No lacing, however. Smells foremost of light caramel, hazelnuts and mineral water, with some notes of anise and light yeast as well. Flavor begins with toffee, biscuits and a simple caramel-additive-like sugar. Citrus and cardboard mix for the finale. Watery to the max. Plant stalks, some earthiness that I wouldnt quite call roast. Tobacco ash mixed in to water on the end, as well, as it gets rather dirty. Forced carbonated mouthfeel, with just tons of wateriness, I must reiterate. Some sweet cherries and toffee linger on the aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2005
at 17:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber-brown colour. Slightly toasty aroma. Flavour is toasty, chocolatey. It’s a little thin but tastes fine enough.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2005
at 11:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark red coper ale, with a light alcohol aroma and sweet caramel. Sweet malt, butterscotch, and decent hops. Nuts and alcohol in finish. Oily mouthfeel.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2004
at 17:28