Haymaker
(has 2 batches)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.26
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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
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings, Challenger, more Goldings
Malts: Pale, Caramalt, Enzymic
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours amber with a fading head.Nose shows some sweet malt and toffee. Also some floral hints.Very similar flavours, but more spicy hops rather than floral notes.Carbonation seems a bit high.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2012
at 01:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 500ml bottle on 21/8/2012. Pours a clear light golden with a small head. Has a nice, light malty aroma with hay, grass and caramel. The flavour is subtle but impressive, with a biscuity malt sweetness set off nicely against a pleasant medium, quite dry hop bitterness. A very nicely put together ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2012
at 02:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
ambrato scarico buona schiuma abbastanza persistente citrico luppolato leggero erbaceo cereale discreto amaro piuttosto secca
Tried
on 30 Jul 2012
at 16:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Wetherspoons in Banbury, Oxfordshire. A straw coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Virtually no aroma to speak of. Tastes slightly hoppy, malty, hint of caramel. Not much activity in this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2012
at 15:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, 12C. Clear pale amber with a small white head. Floral and citric aroma with peaches and light biscuit. Taste has peaches and caramel, orangey bitterness. Too much carbonation and it still seems a little lifeless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 05:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown, thin and tall 500ml bottle, best before 28th May 2008, drank on the 9th. Poured into my Batemanโs half pint sleeve glass twice. Light amber in colour with a good head, light biege in colour. A slight haze, but I might have cooled it down too much. It did ask (on the label) to serve it chilled, not a regular English Pale Ale request. Dirty Farmyard Aroma at first, luckily that went away leaving the more normal Pale Ale hoppy and beery smells to come through. True English Pale Ale traits, hoppy and fairly dry without the hops or dryness ruining the balance of the alcohol and feel. I paid 79 Pence for this pint, bloody good value.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2012
at 01:50
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Hook Norton Haymaker (Bottle) (by Hook Norton Brewery):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
17/IV/2012 - 500ml bottle @ Klaas' place - BB: 28/XI/12 (2012-387) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, small aery white head, unstable, adhesive. Aroma: some hay, bit fruity, sweet sugary touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, herbal, sweet malts, some caramel, herbal green tea. Aftertaste: bitter spicy touch, citrus, sweet and sugary notes, typical English yeast note, some barnyard.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
17/IV/2012 - 500ml bottle @ Klaas' place - BB: 28/XI/12 (2012-387) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, small aery white head, unstable, adhesive. Aroma: some hay, bit fruity, sweet sugary touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, herbal, sweet malts, some caramel, herbal green tea. Aftertaste: bitter spicy touch, citrus, sweet and sugary notes, typical English yeast note, some barnyard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 09:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, courtesy of Gaz. Clear amber pour with a minimal off white head. Sweet malty nose with some pissy hop lurking. Sweetish flavour with notes of fruit and caramel. Some insipid bitterness towards the finish. Falls squarely into the Joe Average camp and a bit of a chore working through this offering. Thanks anyway though Gaz!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2012
at 13:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Amber with a tight cream head; aroma of autumn fruit; full bodied with a sweet fruit flavour, with some rich, buttery, bicuity malts; the finish has caramel and some light English hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2011
at 12:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
An orange-brown beer with a quite weak and white head. Aroma is interesting, maltyness, toffee, chocolate and tobacco. Taste is malty, grass, toffee and hint of tobaccos and hint of citrusfruits. The end is quite dry with herbal bitterness. Medium bodied, smooth and nice to drink. Interesting flavours, definedly this beer would need another tasting before last judgement. The bottle is propably quite old. Now with more fresh bottle (27.06.2013, BBE 17.02.2014; the points are the same) the hops are more dominating and overally more sharp touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 11:34