Hook Norton Hooky Bitter (Bottle)

Sampled on 6/5/2009. This bitter pours a medium orange gold color from a 50cl bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head, with good retention. The aroma is malty, flowery and hoppy. A medium bodied bitter. The malts are caramel and fruity. The hops are floral and earthy. Nice carbonation. The hops seem a little more pronounced in this beer when compared to most other English Bitters I’ve tried. Mouthfeel is a touch thin, but kind of expected for a 3.6% beer. Would be a good session beer. Mouthfeel is round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Small offwhite head, retention is short lived with very little lace. Clear, amber orange color. Nose is lightly grainy, metallic, copper, some oxydation. Body is light, dry on the palate. Lightly fruity flavors, woodsy, caramel maltiness, dry and lightly bready, . Dry, nutty, leafy finish. Bottle acquired @statelineliquors.

A tasty beer that is low in ABV but packs a pleasing flavor and palate. Bottle. Pours light amber/golden with a decent frothy head. Aroma is biscuity with light floral hop notes. A very light and balanced flavor. Not bad at all. I’m curious about this style now and would like to find the best available bitters. It seems that so many beers imported from Britain look like they are only a novelty beer with their silly names and labels...hard to distinguish.

It’s simplicity intrigues me, i’ve just been at the pub and drunk 6.4% US IPA and come home to this....and yet i’m enjoying this as much! tasty Low alc% beers are a triumph of brewing skill

Pours a white, three-finger head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Crystal clear amber color. Light-medium carbonation and light-medium bodied. Very light floral nose. Flavor is light, slightly sweet and not at all bitter but hints of bitterness at finish. $6.50 for a 500ml bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

Bottle. Clear amber with a bif off-white head. Grassy and flowery hop aromas with notes of fruity caramel. Flavours emphasize fruit and even a touch of nuts. Some bitterness to offset the sweet malts. Light-bodied. Easy-drinking.

Bottle. Bright gold with sustained snowy head which clings to glass. Very malty nose and taste short finish with strong hints of coconut and sniffs of caramel and banana. Slightly watery. Bit of a disappointment.

Bottle at EBF08. OK spicy hop aroma and flavour. Clear copper colour. Nice hops.