Fullers Hock

Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Mild Ale
London, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask. Dark brown colour with a small off-white head. Malty nutty roasted aroma and a light sweet malty nutty roasted taste. Light body and a light dry finish.

(On tap) Very dark, almost mahogany, with a vague reddish hue. Clear and filtered, pretty much without any head. Weak notes of malt, but otherwise incredibly light-bodied. Rather watery with a decent, hoppy finish. I was told that "Milds" used to be way stronger - up to 6% - but the alcohol was lowered during the 1st world war so the workers wouldn’t cause terrible accidents in the munitions industries.... 210505

Cask. Deep reddish beer with a small thin off white head. Malty and light fruity aroma. Flavor has a dark fruit sweetness and a light bitter finish.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2009 Cask conditioned - handpump - Leicester Gateway - Leicester. A muddy purple/black coloured beer served in less than perfect form. The aroma was very apply and clearly not right. The taste was a litttle sour and there were vinegar notes. A little bit of lightly roasted malt was tucked away in the background but all in all a pretty dire experience.Score 1.9
Subsequent rating scored 3.4. Average becomes 2.6

Cask, handpump at The Chequers, Chipping Norton, Oxon 10-05-10 Pours dark brown with very little head to speak of. The aroma was a touch malty, with some caramel and also a slight sour note there. Taste was nutty and caramel but methinks that this was a little tired there was again a slight hint of sourness in the mouth. Not great will re-rate if I see it again. A5 A3 F5 P2 Ov10 2.5

Cask/gravity at The St Albans Beer Festival 27 Sep 06. Dark red coloured. Almost black. A tiny head. Caramellish aroma. Sweet taste dominated by caramel. Some bitterness little by little.

Full pint on cask. Very dark, deep red- tinged. Off-white head. Dry aroma with malt and dark fruits. Flavour has also got hints of dried fruit, dark chocolate and roasted grain. Short bitter ending. Alright for a low alcohol strength mild ale (The Portland Arms, St Albans 28.09.2006).

Handpulled at Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Over ten years since this was in the UK? I’m not surprised. Thin to the point of watery, washy fruit seeps at the end but it’s a thin old thing.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark brown with some head. A faint malt aroma and an initial sweetness in the taste, however this soon subsides into pointless, watery, tastelessness.

Cask @ Bon Accord. Nasty fag ash aroma, very dark brown colour. Tastes like cold ovaltine. Not for me.