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Hook Norton Hooky Gold (Bottle) 3.02 56

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
563.04/5.03.02/5.04.2%71.1English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Bottle: 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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 Fin (3495), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 17, 2006  
Bottle, picked up SH Jones, Bicester. Pale golden colour definate hoppy aroma, taste was pleasantly fruity with a continuing bitterness, another good bottled beer from Hook Norton.


 Enjoyit (1784), Vadum, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/513/20
Feb 19, 2007  
Clear golden of color, light white head. fruity, apricot and hops in the aroma. Citrus, hops, malt, grass and honey in the taste.


 Beer2000 (1861), Kristiansand, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 19, 2009  
Bottled at Horsens Beerfestival. Pale golden with a medium white head. Fine aroma of citrus and flowers. Flavor is mild malty with refreshing citric hops. A bit thin body, but quite a thirst-quencher.


 smcolw (389), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Plateaued, foamy head that leaves spotty, but chunky lace after each sip. Slight haze to a light gold color. Earthy malt tones to the smell, some skunk; Light hop in the background. Creamy body with a light spritz in the background. Good malt base. The swallow is a pleasant blend of pale malts and bittering hops which last a decent amount of time in the aftertaste. A good run-of-the-mill English Bitter.


 saxo (3681), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, citrus and fruits. Nice bitter finish.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 21, 2006  
Nice bright gold, short-lived cap of white. Dried apricots, spicy, a little bit of something sort of buttery.Tart fruity sweetness. Just a little vegital in the finish. This is just one a few bottles of this picked up from Hook Norton. Lots of variation between them. Some perfectly clean, others with significant oxidation. This bottle was somewhere in the middle flaw-wise, so probably a good representative sample. It’s really too bad: there is clearly a lack of quality control somewhere in the bottling process. Which in the case of Hook Norton, is not in their control. Maybe it should be. Picked up at the brewery, there is no reason for a brewer to sell their beer less than clean.


 Papsoe (15180), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 21, 2006  
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, golden with a small, white head. Lightly citrusy, hoppy aroma. Fairly light body with a discreet malt sweetness but otherwise dominated by fresh, citric hop notes leaving a light bitterness. 281006


 Maria (6345), Thisted, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 17, 2009  
It is warm golden with a white, creamy head. The aroma is mild with notes of malt, fruit (light melon and peach) and light flower. The flavour has a light sweetness and notes of malt, fruit (melon) and citrus and the finish is dry and slightly bitter. It is a very mild and uncomplicated beer, easy to drink.



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