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Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Banbury, England

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RATINGS: 160   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.09   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle: Pasteurised.
Pale, delicately fruity and refreshing. Hooky Gold is a beer which marries English tradition with American pizzazz. It is the first of our beers to use an American hop variety, Willamette, grown in Oregon, and having moderate bitterness with a spicy, noble hop aroma.


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2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
fonefan (29425) - VestJylland, DENMARK - MAY 11, 2010
Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, malty, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100508]

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (26476) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - JUN 21, 2007
Bottled. A slightly hazy golden beer with a huge beige head. The aroma is very hoppy in a herbal and flowery way, but also with light notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with a nice flowery and somewhat grassy hoppy note giving it a bitter end where the flowery note turns into a light honey note, that lingers for a good while.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
yespr (26474) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAY 12, 2008
50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy and golden yellow to orange with a slowly collapsing chalk white head. Mild peach fruity hops aroma, quite inviting. Flavour is mild grapefruit and peachy hops with a light caramel malt beneath. Bitterness seems to take out the sweetness yet the balance seems quite good. Ends quite fruity and light bitter. Nice brew.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Papsoe (25129) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - NOV 21, 2006
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, golden with a small, white head. Lightly citrusy, hoppy aroma. Fairly light body with a discreet malt sweetness but otherwise dominated by fresh, citric hop notes leaving a light bitterness. 281006

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
oh6gdx (18799) - Vasa, FINLAND - APR 1, 2010
Bottled (from K Citymarket Kivihaka). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, some floral hops as well as some mild mild grassy and malty notes. Flavour is quite grassy and spicy with some smooth maltyness to back the bitterness up. As it warms up a bit the bitterness in it grows.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
joergen (17722) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - NOV 11, 2006
Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of malts, fruits, hops and ash tray. Flvour of malts, fruits, hops and pine needles.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
omhper (17558) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - SEP 17, 2012
Bottled. Clear golden, mid sized head. Fruity nose. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruit and vanilla, some medicinal orange flavour. Light resiny bitterness.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
MiP (12478) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - MAY 24, 2013
Bottle, 4.2%. Cloudy yellow colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour is malty with a weak grassy hop note. Good mouthfeel, even a little isotonic.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Dedollewaitor (12378) - Odense, DENMARK - APR 2, 2007
Unclear yellow orange with an off white head. Pale malt & hop aroma with slight fruity (citrus) notes. Light short bitter end. Drinkable & pleasant!

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
saxo (11503) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - JUL 18, 2009
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, citrus and fruits. Nice bitter finish.


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