7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Merton Beer Festival Sept’ 04. Amber coloured, very good , nice well balanced malty and hoppy beer, great lingering finish
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2006
at 07:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Merton Beer Festival Sept’ 04. Bronze colour, roasted and fruity flavours, hoppier tasting as you get through it and nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2006
at 06:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle SH Jones 15-04-06. Clear copper coloured beer, sweet fresh nose, flavour a bit fruity nice balance and some hops there not too bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2006
at 05:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Black colou with a tan head. Roasted fruity aroma. Roasted fruity flavor with hints of chocolate and coffee. Long roasted aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2006
at 05:10
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Lightly hazed amber orange ale with a thin lacing off-white head. Doughy malt aroma, a bit yeasty, but hops are long gone. In mouth, pleasant sweet caramel malt, giving way to oxidized notes, a bit phenolic. Some nutty tones are there, and the body is medium. Bought at LCBO.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2006
at 18:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Very dark brown with small head, a decent enough stout with some nice chocolatey note’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2006
at 02:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
I used to drink this frequently and to be truthful I never noticed any discernible difference when it had a name change to hooky dark. This best mild was decent enough but overall I felt it to be thin and lacking in flavour, guess what the new one was pretty much the same, mmhh.. Hooky missed a trick there I think.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2006
at 02:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Drank regularly on cask throughout the county over the years. Dark with a creamy off white head. Whilst I have always found this to consistent and perfectly fine I have to say for me it’s just a bit too thin and lacking in flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2006
at 02:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Another Hooky beer that I have been drinking regularly throughout my home county for some 20+ years. A big step up from the standard best bitter, and offering considerably more bite, bitterness, hoppy characteristics and more importantly depth of flavour. As far as easy to get Hooky beers go this is usually my beer of choice from them.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2006
at 02:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask frequently in Oxfordshire. A jolly decent quaffing bitter that I have been drinking regularly for some 20 years it is very typical of it’s style, pleasant and refreshing, from a brewery that rarely puts a foot wrong. For those visiting the area I would heartily recomend a brewery visit as it is excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2006
at 01:51