Hockley Valley Dark

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

473 mL can from matt7215. Thanks! This is a brown ale? Huh. Wouldn’t have guessed when I tasted this during a Ratebeer site crash. Reddish brown pour with a medium frothy head. Grainy roasted malt aroma with hints of chocolate and coffee. Taste is very strong coffee with some grainy notes. A little thin but very pleasant.

473ml can
5.0% ABV
I tried this beer on June 7, 2008 after purchasing from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a very dark translucent brown, with some reddish hints. The head was tan coloured, and lasted. The aroma was roasted malt, chocolate, and toffee. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, creamy, with a sour hint. The flavour was roasted malt, dry cocoa, and a little bit of sourness and bitterness covering the tongue.

This was a 500mL can. The Hockley Valley Dark is indeed quite dark, with a cola like appearance, though proved to be deep red when held up to light. It had a fine, creamy head that lasted. Not much of an aroma, and what I did catch were nuts and caramel. Medium bodied with an overall easy feel. Overall a good local option.

Can - LCBO: Deep ruby brown body with a lasting eggshell head. Aroma: Nuts and some smoke & caramel. Flavour: Mmm, a bit of smoke, some definite bitterness with a small amount of malt, there is lasting malt finish however. Not a bad beer at all.

Can from LCBO Queen’s Quay (which is not a quay, incidentally). I love dunkels and brown ales, and this is a somewhat bitter, non-nutty brown ale that’s not malty enough. Could be thicker, and sweeter.

500ml can from LCBO. Off-white thin head that quickly disappears. Zero lacing. Body looks like a pepsi. Aroma of coffee and burnt toffee. Flavor is nice - coffee, cocoa, caramel and sweet. Slightly dry hop finish. Palate is thin, not much carbonation. Overall a very drinkable beer.

Canned at RBESG 2007. An amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and bread as well as a light note of caramel. The flavor is weet with notes of straw and malt as well as a light note of straw, leading to a dry bitter and strawy finish. The body is thin.

Watermelon-banana sweet aroma that is a bit oxidized. Looks like coca-cola with a little tan ring around the top. Sulfury and toasty sweet finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation.