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Hook Norton Hooky Gold (Bottle)

Percentile
48
overall
Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
553.05/5.03.02/5.04.2%70.6English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Bottled; Pasteurised.
Pale, delicately fruity and refreshing. Hooky Gold is a beer which marries English tradition with American pizzazz. It is the first of our beers to use an American hop variety, Willamette, grown in Oregon, and having moderate bitterness with a spicy, noble hop aroma.
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LouieDog40oz (28), Germantown, Maryland, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/53/104/511/20
May 17, 2008  
Better then the bitter by a little based on my palate but still not anything special just another wussy British ale


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 15, 2008  
Bottle from State Line. Pours semi-hazy canary with off-white head. Nose is pale malt, honey, Saazy hops, citrus, and spicy florals. The taste is malty, with some notes of honey, hops, citrus, and a lot of spicy white peppercorny flavor. This one surprised me, and I’d buy it again any day.


 yespr (12021), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 12, 2008  
50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy and golden yellow to orange with a slowly collapsing chalk white head. Mild peach fruity hops aroma, quite inviting. Flavour is mild grapefruit and peachy hops with a light caramel malt beneath. Bitterness seems to take out the sweetness yet the balance seems quite good. Ends quite fruity and light bitter. Nice brew.


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/58/20
May 11, 2008  
From the bottle pours clear gold with a small white head. Hops had a citrus twang, crisp towards the finish. The malts tasted a bit cheap, kinda had that dry straw/grainy taste, maybe a bit dusty. This really wasn’t my favorite, like a more hopped macro, each sip I was looking for something more.


 Cornfield (4928), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 7, 2008  
This poured a clear golden body with a three-fingered head that lasted pretty well for the duration. Spotty lacing. The aroma was full of floral hops with a soft pine undertone covering some honey sweetened malts. the "American pizzazz" of the commercial description reveals itself in the increase of hoppy (pine/floral/herbal/citric) bitterness in the flavor that’s well balanced by the sweet, grainy, bready malts. The finish is a refreshing pine and floral bitterness that lingers for some time. Nice drink for the upcoming warmer weather.

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 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/517/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Fruity nose with a very crisp zesty flavour, not quite as good as cask but as i’ve said before, it’s a fine substitute for haymaker my favourite hook norton beer


 dornoy (681), Lyngby, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 21, 2007  
White head on a golden body. A good lager, rather hoppy, which is good. A pleasant experience.


 Ungstrup (15121), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Jun 21, 2007  
Bottled. A slightly hazy golden beer with a huge beige head. The aroma is very hoppy in a herbal and flowery way, but also with light notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with a nice flowery and somewhat grassy hoppy note giving it a bitter end where the flowery note turns into a light honey note, that lingers for a good while.



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