Hook Norton Hooky Bitter (Bottle)

Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Bitter
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

Bottle from the brewery.Pale copper with an airy white collar. Nose hay and hazelnut with a pleasant woodsy rub of hop cone. Soft malty bitter with an affable mush of dunked biscuit, milk chocolate and honey about it. Some soap and hop in the finish, before the malts return in a long sweet caramel-accented aftertaste.

From a 500 ml bottle this poured a dark gold with a small white and quickly dissipating head the left light lacing. Nose of caramel malts and floral hops. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor is malty with some moderate bitterness that carries through to the finish.

Bottle from morrisons copper colour with a thin off white head.Aroma of malt not much else though. Taste of bitter malt

bottle, golden color with light foam, aromas of dried apricots, flavor is fruity, mild with some bitter metallic on the finish

Bottle, Morrisons. Clear golden colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts. Flavour is malty, with a hint of hops. Slightly bitter finish.

Pours amber into an English pint. Pancake head with good retention leaves slight sheets as it recedes. Caramel and hop aromas. Smooth caramel upfront turning thin and bitter in the lasting finish.

Decent lace and a lasting head. Pale amber color and reasonable clarity (slight haze) Here’s something new: I detect something resembling play-dough. The stronger smell is bittering hop. Low dry-ish malt aroma in the background. A thin beer, particularly for a English Bitter, although it has a proper level of carbonation. Fairly standard stuff here. Nice balance. Not as "British" tasting as some Bitters, but it holds its own.

Bottled. Deep golden colour with mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is nectar, mild honey, some wood and grass along with herbal notes. Flavour is wooden, flowery hoppy, some grass as well as some mild nutty notes as well. Easy to drink and quite pleasant for being only 3.6%.