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Hockley Valley Dark

Hockley Valley Dark

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A Brown Ale brewed by
Hockley Valley Brewing & Malting Company

Orangeville, Canada

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Magtek32 (76), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20

Apr 26, 2007  
473ml can. Pours a very dark brown with very little head. Malt and chocolate dominate the aroma but there are hints of roasty coffee and caramel as well. The taste is nice and bitter, again with plenty of roasty malt, chocolate and coffee flavour. i expected it to have a little more body, its kind of on the thin side, but all in all its not a bad beer.

 Beershine (1440), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Brown red tinted with medium tan creamy-looking head. Sweet malty aroma, kinderbier, dry fruitiness. Thin but soft palate, lacks substantiality. Would be nicer if bigger bodied. But nice flavors, dry, simple, straightforward, malty without being sweet. Decent.


 KyotoLefty (196), Kyoto, Japan
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Dark brown color with a low tan head. Rich, sweet, malty and fruity aroma. toffee, a bit of coffee. Sweet dark malt flavor, with molasses and caramel, some fruit, and little hops. Very pleasant and mild, with complex malts, fruit. Full-bodied.


chops (28), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 7, 2008  
473 ml can fromt the LCBO. Dark, lots of enjoyable flavors. One of my favorite local beers. I will definetly buy this again.


 Trev (540), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Pours a nice ruby brown with a quickly bubbly head. Aroma is dark roast, chocolate, nutty and some molasses. A little raisin and brandy type sweet alc tones as well. Flavour was surprisingly pleasant. Nutty medium roast malt flavour, some weak coffee tones, light burnt bitterness. Overall very drinkable, smooth yet enough flavour to justify buying.


 DuffMan (1961), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Dark brown, clear, moderate head. Toasty, slightly burnt malt aroma. Flavours of darkly roasted malts, chocolate. Comes across as more of a schwarz style.




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