Hooky
(has 2 batches)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.07
|
|
Hooky is a subtly balanced, amber bitter, hoppy to the nose, malty on the palate - the classic session beer, eminently drinkable. Cheers!
Sign up to add a tick or review
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Copper brown, not much head. Aroma: Malt and fruit. Taste: Nice and malty, not that bitter. Quite sweet. Info: 500ml bottle, 8/10-2007
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2008
at 06:57
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Clear golden-tan color. Nice carbonation and head. Aroma is mildly sweet, and very fresh. The taste is mildly bitter as the name would suggest, with a nice chewy body. A rich and full-bodied beer for 3.6%. Delicate honey tastes and a nice fruity/malty finish. Delicious beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2008
at 16:58
5.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber with a lasting white head. Bread, grass and hay in the aroma. Sweet malty flavour with hay and a wooden note.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2008
at 15:45
5.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Budgens, Ascot. Gold with a loose off-white head; grassy aroma; fresh light hoppy flavour, with nutty malts; dry finish. A well balanced bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2007
at 18:27
5.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Slightly hazy, big fluffy off-white head, light-amber coloured; fruity and sweet-malty nose, distinctively underpinned by aromatic hops; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied, no surprise; lingering bitter-sweet aromatic finish. A nice, aromatic, but nevertheless thin beer............
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2007
at 00:40
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Harringtons, CV8, Kenilworth. Clear medium amber color with a small creamy, virtually none off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light hoppy, flowers, citrus, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2007
at 07:00
5.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask , Braesnose cropredy ... Ruby ale ... musty malt fruit nose ... musty malt fruit little biscuity ... not sure Pub had it at its best .
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2007
at 06:27
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the New Inn, Coln St Aldwyns, Glos. Pale amber with a slight white head. Aroma was slightly sweet with a touch of floral hops. Very easy drinking with a biscuity malt flavour and bitter finish. An excellent low strength bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2007
at 15:12
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden coloured with a slight white head. Aroma of floral hops and hay. Flavour was of biscuit malt with a dry finish. Not bad for a low ABV bottled beer, although the cask version is superior.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2007
at 11:38
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Bottled at Loch Ness, Stockholm. Cloudy reddish amber,rocky head. Caramelly nose with some paper. Medium sweet, light bodied. Some wonderful chewy doughy malt laquered by vague hay-like hops. Medium bitterness. The malt carries this beer, and that is where Hook Norton excels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2007
at 03:13