Hocus Pocus
Loddon Brewery in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.55
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4.6% Draught / 5.0% Bottle
Brewed using the ever popular English Goldings with the addition of Fuggle Hops, pale and dark malts, with a small amount of invert sugar, combine to form a rich, smooth traditional dark ale.
Brewed using the ever popular English Goldings with the addition of Fuggle Hops, pale and dark malts, with a small amount of invert sugar, combine to form a rich, smooth traditional dark ale.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Chestnut colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, nutty, roasted nose with dark fruit, prunes, plums and dusty, earthy hops. Malty, roasted taste with notes of nuts, chocolate, coffee and lots of dusty hops in the finish. Medium body, mainly dry. Nice and very drinkable ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2008
at 17:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull, Pommeler’s Rest, JDW, London. Chestnut colour with thin beige head. Some rather nice fruit and malts with a sour edge. Lovely old style ale. Good roasty dry malts and then this sour finish is excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2008
at 09:29
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
[i] Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester 29-12-07 [/i]A sweetish malty beer, little bit fruity and with layer of caramel, like the other beer I had here this was also served a bit too warm.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2007
at 02:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma is berries, fruity hops and some slight wooden hints. Flavour is wooden (oaky), fruity hoppy and slightly of apples. Pleasant, but not very special.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2007
at 07:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Dark ruby. Intense frity nose. Very sweet with lots of dark plums. Medium bodied with dense soft mouthfeel. Very salty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2007
at 02:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[Cask at The Monks’ Retreat, Reading.] A superb glossy dark brown colour with a red tint, with a thin off-site head on top; not much aroma but a hint of malt; however the taste is great, exploding in the mouth with an intense caramel maltiness, the sweetness is well balanced with a toasty dryness leading to a pleasantly bitter aftertaste. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Monks' Retreat (Stonegate)
on 07 Dec 2006
at 07:14