Hook Norton Brewery Haymaker

Haymaker
(has 2 batches)

 

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

  Pale Ale - Classic English Regular
Score
6.26
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 109
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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pilsnerrogge (4915) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled: Bronze coloured, somewhat hazy. Nice head. Hoppy aroma. Fruity toffee flavour. Nice bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2004 at 07:38
Boutip (10207) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a clear golden colored beer with an average head with almost no retention. Carbonation is a bit thin and body is average. Aroma is mostly malty with some very subtle hops in the background. Taste is quite like your standard bitter as it begins with some malts and ends with some bitterness. This is a bit bland I find and lack some character. Maybe more hops or a bit more roastiness in the malt would have help.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2004 at 10:05
Tessic (2442) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
This ale pours a golden orange with a smooth white head. Scents include citrus and yeast with a small amount of wine notes. First sip had a strong almost grassy/wheat taste with lemon citrus with a hoppy finish (bitter). Long duration of bitterness that lasted quite a long time.
Tried on 31 May 2004 at 19:12
TBone (31510) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle
Hazy amber colour. Medium slightly brown and creamy head. Aroma is honeysweet malty and grassy. Mouthfeel is fruity with raisins and honey, a bit alcoholic. Watery finish, softly bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2004 at 14:39
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cloudy amber ale with a foamy head, and a relatively thick hopped aroma. The flavour is bitter with a slightly roasted feel. Overall a reasonable pale ale.
Tried on 02 Feb 2004 at 14:11
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
22 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy blond to gold color. Sweetish, with a hay/honey aroma and flavor and some nice hop too.
Tried on 17 Dec 2003 at 06:52
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
23 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
The aroma is sweet and malty with notes of straws and fruit. The color is amber, but it has no head. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of grains and straws. An OK beer, but nothing special.
Tried on 04 Oct 2003 at 16:07
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
23 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy, vibrant amber. Clean pale malts, caramel and apricot in the aroma. The light fruit esters and pale malts continue through the palate. Typically English "heavy" yeast and concrete wood hops...dryish, yeasty finish.
Tried on 15 Jun 2003 at 00:25
omhper (46303) reviewed
Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
23 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled. Deep golden with rich, firm head. Strong aroma of fresh grassy hops. Sweet and softly malty with notes of vanilla. Flowery hop bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2003 at 07:32
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