Haymaker
(has 2 batches)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
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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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle. Amber with a thick off-white head; hoppy aroma; the flavour is full, with lots of chewy malt and some caramel sweetness; short and deep bitter finish with warmth from the alcohol, but leaving a chemical aftertaste. Not a great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2008
at 14:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[i] Bottle SH Jones Bicester, 29-09-07 [/i] Pours warm golden and makes me think of the end of summer for another year as I rode back from Bicester in shorts and sandals today determined to make the most of what started as a sunny day. Back to the beer, plenty of fruity hops on the nose and some sweet malts. Tasted quite fruity and hoppy but lacks the stunning fruity zingy summerness of the cask beer which is one of my favourite Hooky beers, some honeyness and bittersweet attributes rescue this a bit but ultimately whilst a nice bottled beer the cask is where its at with this one (couldn’t believe that I hadn’t rated this bottle or the Old Hooky before!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2007
at 01:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Golden amber colour with small beige head. Aroma is caramel, sweet woods and some fruits. Flavour issour wood, caramel and quite sweet grass and slight nectar. Pleasant, but a little bit sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2007
at 23:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle. Copper colour, persistent head. Hoppy nose with hints of citrus fruit. Perfectly balanced beer, which is malty and pleasantly hopped. I like the hops they use. Quite fruity with clear hints of orange zest and lemon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2007
at 09:29