Hooky
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.05
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Hooky is a subtly balanced, amber bitter, hoppy to the nose, malty on the palate - the classic session beer, eminently drinkable. Cheers!
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4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. It’s lightly unclear, dark golden to amber in color and with a small, white head. The aroma has quite a lot of bready maltyness, caramel hints and some dried fruits. Dms hints and a littl fruityness. The flavor too is on the malty side, bready and wort-ish, with caramel, some dried fruits and a little bitterness. Medium body, quite dry, with soft carbonation. Some bitterness in the finish. Not very good this one, but probably sessionable... in a way. 140608
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 12:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Old Joint Stock; hazy light amber pour with a off white head, grassy aroma, taste had light lemon a hint of honey, pale malts, nowt wrong with this.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2014
at 03:24
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Flaske 0,5l fra Eide Handel. Drukket hjemme 30 Mai 13. Mørk gylden. Pent luftig skum med litt lacing. Svakt metallisk aroma. Vassen smak. Antydning til syrlig frukt. Avslutter litt metallisk.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2014
at 05:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours golden brown with little-to-no white head. Low carbonation. Aromas of caramel, light lemon and herbal notes. Light fruit on the taste. Clean finish. Thin and watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 04:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Church Inn, Prestwich. Golden with a small head. Has a nice malt-hop mix character in a medium-full body.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jan 2014
at 10:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden ale in both style and appearance, although hardly any head on it. There’s a slight orange fruitiness to it and it slips down the palate with ease.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2014
at 14:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Duft av malt og aprikos. fin honnihgfarge. Lite skum. smak av bitterhet med en litt varig bitter ettersmak.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2013
at 10:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Eide Handel. Shiny copper coloured body. Off-white head with fine retention. Smooth leafy hops on the nose, semi-sweet. Flavours of caramel and leafy hops. Sharp, but short-lived, dry bitter ending. Not too thin. A decent session beer (shared with friends in Tromsø, 02.08.2013).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2013
at 05:33
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Brewdog Slovensko. Aroma caramel, light hops, very light fruitiness. Clear amber colour. Medium sized white head, very short duration. Taste is mostly hoppy right from the beginning. Hops profile is simple and uninteresting, earthy, with quite stong metallic tang. Finish is plain bitter and metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2013
at 07:30
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0.5l bottle. This one is clear dark nutty golden - almost bronze in the glass and it has a medium sized islandy and bubbly white head. Not to inviting on the aroma to be honest. Quite grainy with something bearing resemblance of vegetables. Also traces of both biter nuts and wet grass. Something that's not tickling my nose here, but hard to pinpoint what it is. It's really thin and watery this. Below average on the carbonation. Soft and watery flavors. Feels floral with a thin but still present bitterness. Actually not that bad, but the flavor is really generic and standard. Wish it could be a bit more challenging, but considering the genre and the abv, it's not all that bad. 26.04.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2013
at 22:48