Autumn Ways
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.40
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This ruby-coloured seasonal ale has an inviting floral aroma, while its use of Maris Otter malt, plus a touch of rye and wheat, delivers complexity to the soft dark fruit flavour.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2023. Deep amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. A vague spiciness, touch of red berry sweetness, rather earthy grains and moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2024
at 14:43
5/10
Metallic, copper, sourish, grainy, chalky
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2023
at 13:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear russet colour lasting cream head. Some spice in it. Some milk chocolate. Not my thing spice. Some red fruits. Bit sweet. Eeek.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2023
at 17:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask from JDW Ritz, Lincoln. Amber colour with an off white head. Light malty aroma and taste slight caramel. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2023
at 18:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On cask. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Not much head. Nose - dried orange and sweet spice. Chewy toffee and general cakiness. Taste - dried orange, cake and spice. Palate - close to medium bodied, chewy sweet middle and finish. Overall - lovely stuff. More of a winter than autumnal beer, mind.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2023
at 14:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Twelve Tellers, Preston. Pours clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of light hedgerow fruits, earthy malt. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2023
at 09:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Turls Green, Bradford. Dark clear copper-amber with a glow and a thick creamy head. Certainly autumnal in taste, with smooth tasting malts abundant and earthy in design.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2023
at 14:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 13th October 2023. It's not Ruby in colour, more amber with an off-white crust. More leafy than floral in the aroma, no dark fruits for me either, Rye giving an earthy touch; didn't take to it.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2023
at 05:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley.] A light chestnut coloured pour with a loose cream head; floral aroma; dry fruity taste with a slowly building bitterness; then a nutty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2023
at 14:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Amber / light copper with a frothy off-white head. Malty and a little fruity, not much of an aroma, some earthiness in the mouthfeel and some sweetness pulling through
Tried
on 12 Oct 2023
at 22:06