omhper (44752) reviewed Haymaker (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Deep golden with rich, firm head. Strong aroma of fresh grassy hops. Sweet and softly malty with notes of vanilla. Flowery hop bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Very dark brown. Firm off-white head. Rich aroma with licorice and coffee. Salty and malty, soft and balanced with nice chocolatey bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A black beer with a fine head. The aroma is sweet and roasted. And the flavor is smoked, filling and soft. A really nice beer.
omhper (44752) reviewed Best Mild from Hook Norton Brewery 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chestnut brown. Nutty aroma. Light bodied with soft mouthfeel and notes of hay. Bitterish grassy finish. Holds up extremely well for a beer with only 3.0%.
omhper (44752) reviewed Twelve Days (Cask) from Hook Norton Brewery 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Deep ruby. Fruit and hay in the aroma. Sweet with loads of chewy malt, but still with light, soft mouthfeel. The finish is salty with notes of licorice and flowery hop bitterness.
omhper (44752) reviewed Hooky (Cask) from Hook Norton Brewery 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Sampled cask conditioned. Pale amber. Spicy aroma. Medium bodied. It has that lovely fresh, chewy mothfill you'll only find in really good cask ales. Medium- to low bitternesss. Plain, but most certainly not unremarkable.
omhper (44752) reviewed 303AD (Cask) from Hook Norton Brewery 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Sampled cask conditioned. Pale amber coloured. Loads of hay aroma in the nose. Flowery aroma. Nice, firm malty body, balanced bitterness. This is the sort of ale when you start to wonder if it's even possible to make it taste better.
omhper (44752) reviewed Old Hooky (Cask) from Hook Norton Brewery 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned. Dark amber with unusually creamy head for a cask ale. Very fruity, sweet, medium bodied with bitter finish. A very fresh and exceptionally fruity cask ale.