303 AD
(has 2 batches)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.46
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A pale dry bitter, predominantly hoppy with hints of citrus and ginger. Brewed with proportions of Amber Malt, it is our only beer to use dwarf hop variety First Gold. Originally brewed to celebrate the birth of the sixth generation of the founder of the company.
303AD celebrates St George, patron saint of England. This is the year of his death.
303AD celebrates St George, patron saint of England. This is the year of his death.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Merton Beer Festival Sept’ 04. Amber coloured, very good , nice well balanced malty and hoppy beer, great lingering finish
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2006
at 07:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle SH Jones 15-04-06. Clear copper coloured beer, sweet fresh nose, flavour a bit fruity nice balance and some hops there not too bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2006
at 05:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A copper colored beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is sweet and very floral, combined with light notes of dust. The flavor is sweet and quite dry with notes of malt, caramel, and nuts, leading to an extremely dry bitter spicy end combined with some citrus notes from the hops.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2005
at 16:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Comes as "Hook Norton Generation". Amber golden, slightly hazy with a small, creamy head. Fruity, floral and fresh nose. Rather sweet, malty flavours well balanced by the pronounced hoppiness. A very nice bitter. 240505 (Bottle 50 cl) As "Hook Norton 303 AD" 5/3/4/2/10=2,4 291005
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2005
at 09:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden color, poor head. Light floreal (hoppy) aroma. Balanced taste, malty, some cereals, well bitter, partially aromatic. Pleasant.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2005
at 04:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. More of a head and more carbonation that their Best Bitter. More bittering i the taste, and the hop character is definitely there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2004
at 09:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[Cask at Charlie's Bar] The aroma is sweet fruity. The color is red and it has a fine head - especially for a cask beer. The flavor is sweet malty and fruity with a great bitter end - that turns dry. A very good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Nov 2003
at 06:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Standard ale appearance with a plain ale aroma and a heavily hopped flavour. Overall a basic beer.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2003
at 14:46
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled cask conditioned. Pale amber coloured. Loads of hay aroma in the nose. Flowery aroma. Nice, firm malty body, balanced bitterness. This is the sort of ale when you start to wonder if it's even possible to make it taste better.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2002
at 15:51