Red Rye
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Regular|
Score
6.65
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Red in colour and so beautifully fruity by nature, you’d be forgiven for thinking this is one of your five a day. It’s not…. but it should be! A symphony of fruitiness.
Hops: Willamette, Sovereign, Citra, Amarillo, Chinook
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Crystal Rye, Enzymic, Wheat
Hops: Willamette, Sovereign, Citra, Amarillo, Chinook
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Crystal Rye, Enzymic, Wheat
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home from the brewery. Long day and a beer was needed. Meetings started at 8am and a board meeting at 10.30. Anyway, great pour with a fantastic head. Rich flavour and mouthfeel and hit the spot.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hook Norton Brewery Visitor Centre
on 06 Nov 2025
at 18:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 21:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a clear mahogany with small beige head, some retention. Aroma of rye, red berries, sweetness, toasted malt. Taste of rye, toastiness, dark fruits, toffee, citrus zest. Needs more bitterness in the finish although tasty.. Light to medium bodied, fairly smooth, soft carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours clear dark amber brown with a tight beige cap. Aroma: malt, rye, burnt toffee, dark fruits. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, citrus hints, caramel, dark fruits, spicy rye. Medium body, smooth, fine carbonation. Quite decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2023
at 19:18
7/10
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a deep ruby colour with a medium sized creamy beige head. Aromas of dark fruits, berries, caramel, nuts and toasted malts. Taste has more of the same notes from the aroma, caramel, red fruits, berries and nuts. Malty with a roasty, toasty and earthy bitterness on the finish. Medium to full body, hardly any carbonation and very smooth mouthfeel. Really liking this beer. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2022
at 19:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2022. Cask @ Regal Moon, Rochdale. Mahogany-amber with a creamy-frothy head. It’s a soft malty brew with a hint of sweetness in its aroma. It has a pleasant texture but is perhaps not quite sessionable.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2022
at 19:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the WG Grace (JDW), Bristol March 2022. Reddish amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Leafy hop character, some red berries and tangerines, earthy and sweetish malts and a moderately bitter finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2022
at 14:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Briar Rose, Birmingham. Pours a rich ruby red with a small off-white head. There’s malt and rye in the aroma here, plus some hints of dark fruits. These fruits are more prominent in the mouth, along with grains and a hint of cherries. It’s bitter at first but some sweetness gradually seeps in, along with dried fruit and a trace of citrus. Finish is dry and fruity. This is a pretty decent beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2022
at 21:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ JDW Montgomery's Tower. Pours amber, small white head. Hoppy nose, caramel. Taste is super fresh and hoppy, some marmalade, sticky resin. Ace.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2022
at 18:57
6/10
Third of a pint on cask during their beer festival. Medium creamy beige head. Clear amber pour. Light biscuit bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2022
at 16:26