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Hook Norton Hooky Bitter (Bottle) 2.97 95

Hook Norton Hooky Bitter (Bottle)

Percentile
43
overall
Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Bitter

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
952.99/5.02.97/5.03.6%59.6English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottled, pasteurised.
Previously Best Bitter, name change April '05
A well balanced golden bitter, dry and malty on the palate. Hoppy bitterness in aroma and taste. Winner of a Silver Medal in the 1996 Brewery Industry International Awards.
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 argo0 (7044), Washington DC, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Jun 6, 2008  
(50cl bottle) Crystal clear light amber body topped by medium off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, orange/floral, some bread, light peach. Taste is medium sweet, floral/earthy, some biscuit/bread, light orange. Watery light body, light acidity, quite drinkable. A reasonable session beer.


 Maria (6345), Thisted, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 15, 2007  
It’s a golden beer with a nice head. The aroma is very discrete with weak notes of malt/caramel. The flavour is light too, I get notes of fruit, light sweetness, malt, caramel and a moderate citrussy bitterness. To call it a bitter is perhaps too much, but it’s a nice and uncomplicated beer, that is easy to drink, and I’m sure it’s a brilliant session beer.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 13, 2004  
Bottle. Copper color and a nice head. Grainy and hoppy aroma ans light bitter sweet taste. medium body and a thin finish.


 Magicdave6 (5560), London, Greater London, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 12, 2007  
Aroma is biscuity, some lemon coming through though dominated by malt, soem grass eventually shows up. Taste is similar and seriously malty, fruityness starts coming through as it moves on.


 imdownthepub (5190), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Mar 10, 2005  
Bottled, pasteurised. Golden colour with slight white head. Doesn’t fare too well in a pasteurised bottle in my opinion, the subtelties are lost, the delicate bitterness and malty sweetness. This has a harsher flavour, one dimensional with a harder bitterness on the finish.


 Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 30, 2004  
Pale amber coloured. Slightly bitter. Slightly thin. An average bitter with a soft mouthfeel.


 pivnizub (5106), Bochum, Porúří, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Aug 17, 2007  
Bottle: Slightly hazy, big fluffy off-white head, light-amber coloured; fruity and sweet-malty nose, distinctively underpinned by aromatic hops; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied, no surprise; lingering bitter-sweet aromatic finish. A nice, aromatic, but nevertheless thin beer............


 Cornfield (4981), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Nice pour, a clear golden amber body with a foamy head. Pretty much no lace. The aroma is a light, sweet toffee with soft floral and herbal hops. The sweet malts and bitter hops are well balanced throughout the drink, although the floral/grassy bitterness increases in the end. The finish is dry with a prolonged, moderate earthy bitterness. Nice sessionable ale.

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