Hilden Brewing Co. Headless Dog

Headless Dog
(has 1 batch)

 

Hilden Brewing Co. in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
5.77
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 49
A pale amber ale from our oldest local brewery using Cascade hops and Munich malts this is a beer that enjoys wonderful balance between hop bitterness and malt presence and is named after the graffiti image of a headless Labrador on the old brew-house wall.
 

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5.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of KimJohansen. Hazy golden with a tall and lively off-white head. Light citrus in the nose. Light body with a little sweet maltiness and citrus notes. Basically no bitterness. 100908
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2008 at 06:10

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small yet creamy white head. Mild lemonish hoppy aroma. Light bitter and refreshing lemonish hops accent. Dry and bitter to citric finish, dry and light.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2008 at 13:18

4.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle, 4.2%. Rough citric aroma, some butter. Cloudy yellow colour. Rough, oxidized flavour. Some malt, but mostly cardboard.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2008 at 17:09

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ the brewery. Cloudy golden with tiny white short lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral hops. Sweet fruity flavor with grassy and floral notes. Finishes bitter.
Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2008 at 06:36

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Cask at Bridge House, Belfast, on 2008-06-29) Pale golden. Clear. Medium-sized white dense head. Some fruity hops in nose. Full and dry palate with little carbonation. Hops, yeast, malts and porridge in taste. Weak.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2008 at 13:06

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Small offwhite creamy head. Hazy yellow body. Fruity peppery resiny aroma. Dry-sweet watery mealy hoppy pea taste with resiny notes. A bit watery. Dry aftertaste. Good, but too watery. (0.24l cask at Molly’s Yard, Belfast.)
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2008 at 05:10

5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Yellow with a white head. Fruity aroma, some apple and some mango. Dry and fruity flavour.
Tried on 28 Sep 2007 at 13:49

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Rugby Beer Festival, 2007. Syrupy looking golden beer with a grassy and fruity dry aroma, and a green grass and lightly dry flavour. Overall an average watery pale beer.
Tried from Cask on 27 May 2007 at 06:27

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
A Pale golden colour, WIth a very light hoppyness with only a toch of bitterness
Tried on 05 Mar 2007 at 10:26