Hockley Stout

Brewed by Hockley Valley Brewing & Malting Company
Style: Dry Stout
Orangeville, Canada

Serve in English pint

Dark brown. Fudgey aroma with light nuts and soft chocolate. Fairly smokey, fudgey body. Smooth and drinkable, though it finishes with a hint of acetaldehyde.

Dark black beer with a thin tan head. The nose is lightly toasty with a kiss of light cocoa. A bi tof light roasted malt over a kiss of sweeter base malt. There is a little touch of caramel in the middle along with the light cocoaish roastiness on the back. It’s a simple stout, but it’s a vast improvement from the last dark ale I had from these guys.

A deep dark stout with mahoganey hues and a thick moka head. Caramel and chocolate aroma, with light diacetyl notes. In mouth, a good chocolate malt with light peaty notes. Light yet refreshing. Can from LCBO, tasted May 2007.

500ml can. Cola brown body, tan head, small ring of carbonation on top. Striking nose full of roast, dry leather, malted milk balls, flaked barley and flaked oatmeal and a touch of semi-sweet amaretto/coffee. Flavor is disappointingly pale, empty, transparent and peaked. Sharp acidity (but not sourness) and bitterness up front, poorly mashed, completely flabby and weak throughout the drink. Stewed sour veggies and butter just ruins this one. Smells fantastic, tastes terrible, what gives?

My Bottom Line:
This poor excuse of a Stout is the frail setting for the showdown between plastics and lengthy charred roastiness. The 1-liter swing-top bottle cannot be the only culprit.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-The fizzy carbonation plows through the initially big-bubbled head, which soon disappears.
-This is thin, thin, thin.
-Menthol cigarettes/ashes increase discomfort.
-That roastiness barely possesses any malty sweetness to support it.
-I could not imagine drinking a full pint from this bottle. A nightmarish prospect.

Bottle.

like drinking coffee that got cold. Not horrible coffee, but just another thin and dry stout. Two cups are OK but a litre flip top? Not complex, a passable beer. A bit of roast barley, a dark brown colour and a bubbling transparent amount of head.

Can. Pours a black body with a short lived tan head. Sweet nitro like cream notes, sweet irish cream, light bitter chocolate tones. Dry bitter chocoalte tones with a mild caramel malt presence. Soft light with a a lightly roasted dry finish. Decent session ale.

Can, thanks to robinvboyer! Well this one pours totally blackw tih a large bubbled cream colored head. Aroma is interesting...toast, coffee beans, dried herbs, and a bit of smoke too. The flavor is roasty, sweet, bitter, vanilla, molasses. This is a very unique brew.