Old Hooky
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.44
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A beautifully balanced beer, fruity by nature, with a well-rounded body and the suggestive echo of Crystal Malt.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
pint on cask at the Horseshoe JDW.
Thick creamy white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness. Easy drinking
Thick creamy white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness. Easy drinking
Tried
from Cask
at
Horseshoe (JDW)
on 02 Sep 2021
at 07:43
7/10
Bottle from Morrisons. Pours a clear deep rusty copper colour with a thinnish off-white head. Aromas of dark fruits, berries, caramel and toasty bread. Taste is again fruity with more caramel and toasty bread, some peppery spice and some roasty and earthy notes on the finish. Full bodied, average carbonation and a smooth oily mouthfeel. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2021
at 19:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. This may well be the beer I’ve been drinking longer than any other, as I definitely remember drinking it when I lived in Oxford in the lates 1970s, and the other local breweries (Morland, Morells) are no longer with us. Anyway, pours a rich chestnut with a small white head and good lacing. Malt and nuts in the nose. In the mouth the texture is a bit watery with low carbonation. Taste reminds me mostly of red wine gums, but to expand, I would add malts, corn and oranges. A fairly sweet finish to round things off. Excellence personified.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2020
at 21:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Mousetrap Inn, Bourton On The Water, 12/03/20. Golden copper with a well egg shell white head. Nose is biscuit malts, dried fruits, caramel, brown bread. Taste comprises biscuit malts, fruit slice, hint of brown bread, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a mellow bitter edge. Solid bitter in good nick.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2020
at 09:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @Howard Arms, Ilmington. 03/02/2020. Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca, aromas caramelo, maltosa, cereal, sabor cereal, notas maltosas.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2020
at 15:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
31/12/2019. Bottle from Darts Farm, Topsham, Devon. Pours copper amber with a bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, sweet malt, nut, fruit, biscuit. Medium plus sweetness and light bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Sweet nutty finish, bit too sweet but quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 21:44
6.5/10
Old school malty bitter.
Eight Bells Inn, Chipping Campden
Eight Bells Inn, Chipping Campden
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2019
at 19:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Danke an minutemat. Dunkler, weich herber Beginn. Mild aber angenehm hopfig, frisch, ein wenig röstig. Frisch, steigend würzig, malzig herber Abgang. 10/8/9/8/9/9
Tried
on 20 Sep 2019
at 19:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - amber with a red edge. Thin but attractive head. Nose - toffee and red fruit. Taste - strawberry and burnt toffee. Crunchy burnt bread. Palate - medium bodied, rich and creamy in texture. Dry crunchy finish. Overall - good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2019
at 12:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear dark amber with a short-lived thin white head. Aromas of toffee and a light metallic note. Taste is light sweet, candied peel and toffee. Metallic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2019
at 12:01