Hook Island Red
Five Points Brewing Company in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.71
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A full-bodied, hoppy Red Ale brewed with rye malt. Peppery notes with a hint of spice held up by a big, bold, malty backbone. It’s complex, flavourful and interesting.
But, it’s not all about the malt with Hook Island Red. Kilos of West Coast hops – Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe – add flavours of resinous pine with a hint of passionfruit.
But, it’s not all about the malt with Hook Island Red. Kilos of West Coast hops – Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe – add flavours of resinous pine with a hint of passionfruit.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle from Sourced, St. Pancras. Pours amber with a reddish hue, bit cloudy. Confusing aromas, rye spice, resin hops, burnt sugar all competing for attention. Taste continues the theme, but it doesn’t seem to hang together well enough for me. There’s a good beer in there somewhere.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2013
at 11:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle. Appearance - cloudy amber with a very thin lace head. Nose - fruit and malt combination, gives something like dry bread. Taste - dry burnt raisins, some dry maltiness on the finish. Palate - medium bodied, slightly tangy texture and a dry finish, but still like it even if there’s some astringency. Overall - good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2013
at 06:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ LCBF 2013. Pours a reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2013
at 15:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Taster, draught at London Craft Beer Festival. Clear, red-amber coloured body. Lacing rings, minimal head. Herbal hoppy nose. Flavours of dark leafy hops mingled with semi-sweet malts. Rounded dry bitter finish. Medium bodied. Smooth, oily palate. Fine drinkability. (London 16.08.2013).
Tried
on 01 Oct 2013
at 01:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
330ml Bottle - Amber/copper in colour. Toffee, raisins and grapefruit in the aroma. Hoppy, tangy and fruity taste with raisins, grapefruit, toffee, apricot and syrup. Enjoyable and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2013
at 14:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the table during GBBF ’13, 16/08/13. Murky dark amber with a moderate sized light tan head. Nose is caramel malts, bitter orange, light pine, sugars. Taste comprises biscuit malts, caramel, dark fruit notes, sugar, hops, light pine. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry in the finish. Solid hopped up amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 07:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
GBBF 2013 backlog. BOTTLE. Thanks to the RateBeer team.
Colour: red-brown.
Aroma: caramel, juicy, hops.
Taste: caramel, hops, zesty.
Colour: red-brown.
Aroma: caramel, juicy, hops.
Taste: caramel, hops, zesty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2013
at 14:24
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Pretty red color. Nose of caramel, earthy hops, cherry. Quite average red ale. Unexciting and not quite together yet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2013
at 00:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy amber with a small tan head. Aroma is oily hops. Toffee, solid grapefruity and light pine. Bitter and toasted malty. Dry, bitter and slight oily finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2013
at 08:53
6/10
Tried
on 16 Aug 2013
at 08:53