Hooky
(has 2 batches)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.07
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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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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle, thought I’d rated this some time ago but as I’d picked up one amongst others from SH Jones Bicester 23-09-06 I may as well rate it here. A warm golden colour you can get hops in the aroma but not much. Taste is a bit unbalanced and not at all like the cask version bitterness seems to be a bit unchecked and ends up becoming one of the main features masking all else, some maltiness little sweetness but as already mentioned they are drowned out by the bitterness. Ok but not great
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2006
at 01:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Dog and Hedgehog, Dadlington, Leicestershire. Golden beer with a strong white head. The aroma is gently biiter, watery and quite light and the flavour is lightly hopped and slightly toffee like. Overall a nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2006
at 08:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask frequently in Oxfordshire. A jolly decent quaffing bitter that I have been drinking regularly for some 20 years it is very typical of it’s style, pleasant and refreshing, from a brewery that rarely puts a foot wrong. For those visiting the area I would heartily recomend a brewery visit as it is excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2006
at 01:51
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 50 cl) In my version simply called "Hook Norton Bitter". Pale caramel colour with a small head. Weak malty character and ditto bitterness. But very, very quaffable. A fairly ordinary Bitter. 210301
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2005
at 09:55