Hockley Valley Dark

Brewed by Hockley Valley Brewing & Malting Company
Style: Brown Ale
Orangeville, Canada

Strong gritty brown sugar aroma, very sweet. Dark brown, clear. little metallic and light bodied. soft.

473ml can. murky dark ebony with a fizzy but short lived tan head. nice molasses and chocolate nose. creamy medium body with soft carb. molasses, chocolate, and bits of brown bread on the mid palate. mild chocolatey finish.

PoursDark Reddish brown. Tall beige head, Aroma is rish and malty with notes of chocolate and a fresh hoppiness. Fresh english hop in the front, very dry with a very strong caramel finish. It is slightly Grassy tasting. Very good and for 2.50/can It is rather exceptional. I like it.

Smells very bready and even, medium malts, just a hint of alcohal. Dark red, if you hold it up to the light you can see everything in red-brown, nice looking, good head on pour, great lacing! Good malt flavour, but it takes just a moment to taste it and in that moment theres a funny weird taste going on and your not sure if its going to be good or not. Definately an english thing, its present in the smell and the taste. maybe goldings? Very easy going on the mouth, but just a bit too smooth also, I could use a bit more excitement. A nice dark ale, but that english taste just isn’t to my liking.

473 ml can from LCBO. Pours a dark reddish brown with small tan head. Nice malty nose with toffee, dark fruit and light roastiness. Taste starts mildly roasty turns more sweet and chocolatey, with molasses and fruit notes. Only very light bitterness in finish. Quite drinkable.

can. Poured deep red/brown with a creamy beige head. Aroma of roasted dark fruit with a little citrus. Smooth creamy. Medium-light body, lower carbonation. Flavour of roasted malts with a hnt of smoke, caramel notes. Finishes clean with low bitterness.

Aroma - dark roasted malts with chocolate and nuttiness. Caramels. Appearence - high carbonation, dark brown translucent body with a sizeable frothy off white head. Flavor - Awesome malty action, chocolate and slight bitterness. Palate - smooth and doesn’t taste very carbonated. A lovely beer that I want to have again and again.

Can from matt7215. Thanks once more. Pours a dark ruby brown with a frothy beige head. Aromas of dark roasted malt and chocolate and citrus. Medium body with creamy/frothy carbonation. Flavor is chocolate, and barring some dark malt that’s it. Finishes mildly bitter and chocolate. It’s a mild brown ale, and all the chocolate makes it quite tasty. Damn good beer.