Old Prickly
Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.27
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There are lots of simple things you can do to help hedgehogs, one being to make sure they have access into your garden by providing a 13cm x 13cm gap at the bottom of, or under fences and walls. Hedgehogs will travel a mile in a night so need lots of joined up gardens
Hobsons Brewery donated to the British Hedgehog Preservation Society £50 for every Old Prickly brew from 2012 to 2019; we have donated in excess of £46,000!
The snuffly hedge grog is a pale ale full of hop flavour and brewed with Columbus and Lubelski hops to give this beer a complex flavour of floral and citrus notes. Locally sourced Maris Otter malting barley is used to brew this beer which has become a firm favourite and permanent beer.
Bottle Notes - Old Prickly is a bottle conditioned beer which contains sediment, pour carefully and best stored upright at cellar temperature 10 - 12 degrees.
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lad_newton (4207) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Old Windmill, Coventry on 31st October 2025. Clearish golden amber with shallow yet dense white foam and partial lacing. Spicy, pungent aroma. Spiced fruitiness in-mouth, and a finish of hazelnut malts with spiced fruits. Some bitterness in the mix. Velvet smooth mouthfeel and a full body.
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Martinsh (3610) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Pickled Pig, Stafford though I have drunk it before. Pours golden amber with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s nuts, floral hops and general bitterness in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite bitter (but not overwhelmingly so) with a texture that varies between creamy and watery. Flavour has traditional hops, oranges and autumn fruits with traces of citrus peel and kiwi coming through later. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent.
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dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Pours a mostly clear gold with small white head, some retention. Aroma of metal, apple skins, light citrus. Taste is biscuit, bread, stone fruits, citrus zest, moderate bitter bite. Its ok.
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Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Amber colour, small foamy white head, which stays for a while. Aroma is floral, wooden, some bready and mild caramel malts. Flavour has the same elements as the aroma, but also some slight toasted and biscuity notes to it.
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LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Gold pour with a white head. Nose is apricot, orange marmalade, spotbof tropical fruit. Taste is lemon drops, lychee, white grape, more tropical fruit. Lightly bittersweet finish.
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eurosoba (18570) ticked Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago
19/05/2016. UNICORN INN, HAMPTON LOADE, Shropshire, England
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hohops (2663) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Appearance is golden, a huge pillowy head. Aroma is hops, hedgerow, caramel, peppery spritzy hops. Taste is fruity English hops, smooth malt, biscuity notes, bit of orange peel. Smooth and easy drinking.
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Eddie78 (1316) ticked Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 4 years ago
Bottle online from The Hobsons Brewery. Pours an almost clear amber colour with a medium sized throthy white head. Light aromas of floral, biscuits and a hint of citrus. Taste is again floral and biscuit with more pronounced citrus notes, some added peppery spice with an earthy and slightly grassy hop on the finish. Thinnish slightly watery mouthfeel. it’s pretty good without being outstanding.
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Old Prickly from Hobsons Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear gold with a frothy white head and a mellow biscuity malt aroma, with some citrus notes. Light to medium bodied with maybe a touch of graininess to the mouthfeel, it's a decent enough golden ale with light malt, some citrus character and a touch of bitterness, just lacking something really