Hook Norton Brewery First Light

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

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.22
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 14
A very pale, light brew with a complex hop aroma. The continental type palate is from the high proportion of malted wheat and malted barley.
 

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5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

330ml Bottle from Gloucester Services m5. Golden colour thick white head. Malty aroma and a dull lifeless taste.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2015 at 15:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Kitty’s, Helsinki. Colour is clear golden with thick small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, hay, grain, some hops and malts.

Tried from Cask on 08 Apr 2014 at 08:43


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, tea. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, acrid tea bitter, malty, dry frass. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]

Tried from Cask on 07 Apr 2013 at 09:06


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, citrusy, herbal and mildly wooden. Flavour is caramel, fruits, nectar and some mild vanillaish notes.

Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2012 at 01:26


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask, gravity dispensed, at the beer festival at the Marlow Donkey, Marlow, Bucks. Poured brilliant amber with traces of a scummy white head; grainy aroma; crisp fruity body; then a slightly more complex finish with resinous and peepery hops contributing to a prolonged clean bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2012 at 10:44


6

Tried on 27 Oct 2011 at 13:38


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Bishop Arms, Malmö. A light amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw as well as lighter notes of flowery hops. The flavor is sweet with light notes of malt, toffee, hops, flowers, and spices, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2010 at 11:00


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty aroma with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty and slightly citrus hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2009 at 02:43


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Aroma was malty with fruity notes. Flavour was some earthy with malty and mild hoppy notes. Finished mild bitter.

Tried on 08 Jun 2009 at 09:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Cockney Pub. Creamy white fair mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Grassy notes. Heavy bitter wonderfull flavor. Long nioce moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Excellent.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2009 at 09:43