Hook Norton Double Stout (Cask & Bottle Conditioned)

Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Stout
Banbury, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle from Brewdog Slovensko. Aroma is nice roasted, coffee, chocolate, toffee. Reasonably sized beige head, almost medium duration. Colour is clear and very dark ruby-brown, not close to black though. Taste is roasted, coffee, hints of burnt. I miss some sweet malty balance, it seems plainly bitter. Not bad, but a bit unbalanced from my view. Minus point for that. Also light hint of sourness appears late in the finish. Otherwise good.

Bottled. This stout is for my taste weak. The aroma of dark chocolate is promising. However the taste is low bodied. Weak dark chocolate taste, roasted malt. Probably due to the only 4.8% abv. The finish has a strong presence of alcohol. Drinkable but I prefer imperial stouts such as BrewDog’s Riptide. I have not had a Guiness in a very long time. I need to re-visit it.

12.05.2013, 0,5l bottle @ home: Nice longlasting head. Aroma is slightly roasted and sweet, dark malts, unripe banana, coffee, cocoa, grass, some hops and cardboard. Taste is roasted dark malts, sour coffee, cardboard, wood, cocoa, grass, unripe banana, hay, dark sugar. Stoft (too soft) carbonation, medium bitterness. Easy drinking, but not a favorite.

Bottle from Novomestsky pivovar, Bratislava. Very dark brown color with medium off-white head. Roasted malt, caramel, dark fruits in aroma. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, cocoa. Dry coffee bitter finish. Good.

Bottle, Black with a small head. Dry with some maltiness. An excellent example of how a bottle conditioned beer should be bottled. A good but not overstated example of this style.

500 ml bottle. A deep amber body with a nice, dense beige head. Aroma has light roasted malt and toast. Flavor is sweet, mild roasted malt, light coffee, dark chocolate and moderate bitterness. Decent but nothing extraordinary.

Bottle. pours deep brown with a reddish hue and an creamy off-white head. Aroma of cooked vegetables, roasted and burnt notes, coffee and caramel. Flavor is sweet and roasted with some caramel and herbal notes.Medium body ,average carbonation.

0.5l bottle. It’s pretty deep dark brown this, almost black in the glass and it has a medium sized quickly islandy bubbly brown top. Some roasted tones in the aroma, but it’s more fruity and watery than roasted really. Some chocolate paper also, and a hint of thin coffee. Not to bad for a light ale. It’s surprisingly tasty as well, and they are definitely not lying to much with the description "smooth and full bodied". Has to be the best mouthfeel I’ve had on a beer within this ABV category. Heavy roasted, almost burned at times flavors, some cardboard, lots of cold coffee, a good hoppy sting and malty biscuits. Also some coffee acidity in the finish. Lots of flavor in this. Did not expect it, but it undoubtedly is. 25.03.2013

0.5l bottle. This is a deep dark brown one with a medium sized light broen and bubbly lacing head. On the nose it’s mild chocolaty, some traces of cold coffee, a malty chocolaty sweetness, traces of something light fruity. It smells absolutely approved for a low strength stout. I’m surprised how much mouthfeel this thing has. Feels oily and surprisingly thick and full-bodied in the mouth, and the carbonation is soft. More chocolate in the taste. Cold coffee is definitely also present in this, and it has a milky sweetness. Some lactose perhaps? A really good lightweight stout. 13.04.2013

Dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma with notes of yeast and fruits. Roasted flavour with notes of yeast and fruits.

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