Hockley Valley Dark

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

473ml can from Garthicus. Nose of some caramel and a bit of butter (diacetyl). Clear cherry brown with a medium beige head. Flavor is butter and some toffee. Might be pretty good without the diacetyl.

473 milliliter can. Pours a translucent dark brown with a medium-sized, light-colored head that recedes quickly to a creamy lacing. Aroma is mostly just of malt and a pinch of brown sugar. Flavor is again malty, also creamy, not sweet at all. A little bit of honey and a very faint fruitiness also appear. Mouthfeel is thin, small carbonation. Finishes easy, very bongable/slammable. Not bad overall. Not great, but not offputting. Overall, fair to good.

Pours dark brown with a thin white head. Smells of caramel, toffee, earthy. Tastes nutty and sweet with some spicy hints on the finish.

Canned sample. Deep amber in colour with moderate carbonation. Malty aromas upfront with secondary notes of mild berry fruit and earth. In the mouth there’s a nice pale vs. chocolate malt thing going on, along with some plum, caramel, and gentle hop elements. Seems a bit understated overall, but still quite a drinkable beverage.

dark reddy brown with a beige head. smell is of tea, sweet potatoes, brown sugar. taste has dark fruity esters of brown ale, with very nice burnt sugar taste but much lighter sweetness. it is creamy but slightly harsh, pretty good but a little bit too expensive for what one gets out of it

473 mL Can. Deep ruby-amber body with a creamy off-white head that settles to a foamy layer leaving good lacing. Rich malt aroma with notes of brown sugar, toffee, and coffee. The flavor is a rich malt and crystal malt with a butterscotch aftertaste. Smooth mouth feel. Good beer.

473ml can. This is dark brown in the glass with a one inch head. There is toffee, molasses and toasted brown bread in the aroma. Head retention is pretty good, with reasonable lacing on the glass. I taste dark coffee beans, smoke, a bit of brown sugar, some milk chocolate and toffee. It is very smooth with a light to medium mouthfeel and is very drinkable.

1L bottle from the LCBO Pours a dark ruby copper with a very small tan head The aroma is roasted malts with a touch of burnt coffee The taste is a little thin and watery mostly malt and a touch of bitter hops in the aftertaste