Hook Norton Old Hooky (Bottle)

Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Banbury, England

Serve in English pint

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For me, beer can hardly get better than this. This is a beautiful reddish copper with a huge, light tan head that slowly shrinks to a thin permanent top and nice lacing. The smell, very English, is wonderful It has toasted bread, leaves and tea, spices, caramel, grain, hay, stewed apples, fresh fruit, dried fruit,and nuts. The flavour is complex and exciting but restrained. It hasa lot of leaves and tea, nuts, caramelized dried fruit, juice, toasted bread and grain, hints of citrus and nuts, black pepper, and red wine. The finish is hoppy, crisp and clean, yet long and complex.

Bottled version. There it is, that luscious, juicy malt I want in a true English ale. Soft, toasted, caramel aroma with an underlying butter note. Salt is also noticable in the aroma. Bitterness is prevalent throughout the profile. Toasty, light caramel makes up the bulk of the malt character. The beer is not overwhelming but it has a slight chewy character to it. The earthy, spicy, woody Goldings come out in the finish and combine with a touch of malt sweetness on the middle of the tongue for a phenomenal exit.

Lovely ale. Not too much nose on it but the flavours are hoppy caramel biscuity. Really smooth. Gorgeous stuff. Nice lingering finish. Plenty of carbonation for such a smooth ale. Recommended!!

sweet malty aroma, pours with a deep copper hue and large frothy head, there is a good amount of lacework, nice malty taste complemented by dry hoppy notes, quite complex and refreshing

Strong, fruit aroma and palatte, balanced by hops. Full bodied and a malty aftertaste.

500ml brown bottle.Poured a clear dark amber with white head. Sweet malt aroma. Treacle toffee malt flavour with citrus bitterness. Refreshing mouthfeel with long bitter finish. I enjoyed this beer so much I went back to Sainsbury’s & bought four more.

A very classy beer

Bottle, Orange/amber color with miniaml head. Aroma of freash baked scones and mild raspberries. Creamy and slightly fruity. Some late dry hoppiness.

light brown colour, with nice flowery hop, smooth sweet very fruity with lingering malt.

Another fine ale from the UK. Nice grassy, herbal, flowery hops blend with biscuity malt and toffee. Very fruity yeast, nice dry well-hopped finish. Nice amber color, little head to speak of. Brings back the sights and sounds of England. A fine session ale.