Hockley Valley Dark

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

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.

A rich rusty dark brown, head went fast, very light. Nose; boiled oranges, nutmeg, grass, mushroom>earth, very malty. Mouth; very mellow, creamy, roast nuts, sweet, layers of complexity. Very nice, very enjoyable. Best brown ale I’ve ever had?

Can thanks to matt7215 via trade. Pours a deep mahogany with a small tan head. Aroma is very nutty. Yeast, chocolate, oak, spice, marshmallow, caramel, and a touch of smoke. Tastes very nice, roasty, sweet and slightly bitter. Molasses, chocolate, spice, nuts (big walnuts), caramel, and a little yeast. Nice creamy mouth feel. Very drinkable, yet a subtle complexity. Very solid beer! Thanks Matt!

473 ml can pours a clear mahogany body with a medium beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted almonds, mild coffee, and grassy hops. Palate is thin and light bodied. Taste is nutty, with caramel maltiness and chocolate, accented by a nice grassy hop bitterness. A decent session ale.

Poured out a rocky decent sized light brown head with minimal lacing that sits on top of a very deep brown beer. The spotty lacing does continue to be produced throughout the entire time. The aroma is excellent and pretty much like they claim - very nutty, toffee, chocolate, light roast, weak molasses, and a mild cigar smell. The taste is no slouch either with a huge malt presence, toffee, roast, caramel and a well placed and properly portioned tart bitterness. Oh and when warmer near the bottom of my glass I found a mild candy licorice taste. Interesting to note is that the bitterness of the roast never once overpowers the tongue. Light medium bodied, very smooth with an immediate and perfect sweet uprising that fades into the nutty and roasted malt aftertaste. Minor bitter remnants. This is a superior beer looking down on any other I’ve had before in the style, including those with heavy flavours and usually over bittered like Rogue Nut Brown. In my book this beer makes a serious case for 10’s in aroma, taste and overall ratings. In fact, I just changed the aroma to a 10 and seriously contemplating giving this beer a 4.5+ rating. I guess that will have to wait until I get another can, if I ever do.

A - caramel and malty aroma A - Dark with brown head F - sweet with a bit of bitter P - smooth O - Very enjoyable...Kilkenny like.