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Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - Classic English Regular
Score
6.19
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 104
A strong pale ale of distinctive taste. Plenty of Goldings hops give it something extra. Like sunshine dancing on your tongue.

Hops: Fuggles, Goldings, Challenger, more Goldings
Malts: Pale, Caramalt, Enzymic
 

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6

Tried from Can on 09 Oct 2025 at 19:38


4.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 19:46


3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 11

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso l'orzo tostato. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di aspetto velato. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è medio. L'amaro non è invadente. La forza gustativa è normale e permane in maniera sufficiente. Il finale è amarognolo. L'aroma in bocca porta i segni di miele, amaretto, frutta secca, resina, agrumi e arancia amara.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 11:41


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours dark golden with a thin white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, earth, butter & malt. Moderate body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 15:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Poste of Stone, Stone. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy off-white head and good lacing. Is slow to settle but does so eventually. There’s floral hops, grains and a few hints of malt in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet but with a little underlying bitterness. Floral hops, barley sugar and lemongrass in the flavour to start with. Later some malts come through along with traces of honey and marmalade. Finish is dry and quite sticky. This is decent enough – but the finish lets it down.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2024 at 20:49


12/08/1995. YE OLDE REINDEER INN, 47 Parsons Street, BANBURY, Oxfordshire, England (HOOK NORTON)

Tried on 14 Dec 2022 at 09:23


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

# 3081; 7/2022. Aroma of apple, biscuit. Brilliant gold body; white head. Malty, floral, fruity, chalk, biscuit. Very good ESB. 0,5 l, bottle, shop (Coop), Towcester (East Midlands, England).

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2022 at 19:18


7

Bottle from the Co-op Cirencester Services. Pours a clear light copper colour with a thin off-white head. Aromas of caramel, honey, biscuit malts and hints of floral. Taste has the same notes again, more floral and also some citrus rind on the bitter finish. Medium to full bodied with a very smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2021 at 20:02


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours a beautifully clear pale gold with a frothy white head, and an aroma of malt biscuits and a hint of hops. The mouthfeel is slightly grainy, offering up a biscuit malt flavour with fruity notes and a decent hop bite that continues into the finish

Tried on 16 Dec 2020 at 14:26


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Gloucester Services. Pours clear golden amber with an off-white head. Aroma: biscuit malts, citrus, citrus peel, caramel. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, citrus peel, a little burnt toffee. Medium body, fine carbonation dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2020 at 07:08