Hook Norton Hooky Gold (Bottle)
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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.
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.
3.1
217 reviews
Hook Norton, England
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Meget god humlet smag, og selve øllen smager af mere end 4.2 %. Rart at der laves øl der smager af meget til trods for lav procent
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Ocado. Pours clear gold with a frothy, pure white head. The aroma has crispy biscuits, light grass, melon, pine needles. Light sweet flavour with some pale grains, mild grassy bitterness, more biscuits, pale bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty clean on the finish, with more grassy hops, lemon rind, hay, dry pale malts. Nice easygoing golde.
Bottle. Pale Gold in colour. Hoppy; grassy & spicy hops. Fruity; zesty, citrus, grapefruit and lemon. Malty; light caramel and biscuity malts. Bitter, fairly sharp, citrus fruity throughout. Dry bitter hoppy finish. OK. Drinkable, but not really to my taste. (2009-12)
Leicht trübes goldfarben mit kleiner Schaumkrone. Malzig, leicht fruchtig, würzig, reichlich blumig, sehr süffig.
Bottle from sainsburys, wednesfield. Golden beer with medium head. Aroma of biscuit, malts and floral hops. Taste is light pepper, floral, biscuit, malts and a little fruit. Nicely balanced. Good.
Pours clear, golden. Off-white head with fine bubbles. Aroma is grassy/herby. Flavor is mostly grains. Medium bitter finish. Eh, ok.
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s. Pours pale amber with rich head, leaves significant lacing. Aroma strong with treacle, lemons, shortbread and sherry. Really tasty brew.
500ml bottle. Golden colour with a small dissipating white head. Aroma of fruity pale malts, herbal hoppy notes. Light malt and hop flavour, moderate bitter finish. Nothing special but nice, sessionable.
bottle from bierpost. Golden colour, smal white head. Fruity and malty with a herbal hoppy touch. Easy drinking ale.
Maker: Hook Norton Brewery, Hook Norton, England ***
Beer: Hooky Gold (bottled, 500ml) ***
Style: Golden Ale ***
ALC.VOL.: 4.2% ***
"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." brewery notes] ***
Colour: Deep yellow golden, with a small, fluffy white head. ***
Nose: Barley, floral hops, hay. ***
Texture: Medium body, not really watery. A little grainy. Moderate carbonation. ***
Taste: Strong floral hops *and* biscuity malts at the start. Very moderately bitter. Bitterness increases toward the middle, as it should. But the wee-sweet malts are still in there, balancing the beer. Hoppy bitterness in the finish, still very floral. Lasting, but very moderately bitter aftertaste. ***
Impressions: Superior golden ale with a heftier than usual malt background. Still, very hoppy, not too thin. Straightforward (some people seem to taste fruit in there - not really, no!), very quaffable. Another solid effort from Hook Norton.
Ambar, ligeramente turbia. Dos dedos de espuma blanca y cremosa. Aroma no muy marcado, a naranja. Cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media. En boca predomina el amargor seco del lúpulo. Naranja amarga que acaba en un final seco y ligeramente especiado. Tapa la agradable malta que se intuye. De todas formas está buena.
Rerate from bottle. Lovely asian basil and citrus/lemongrass. Nice dry mineral, earthy notse, grassy, fresh herbal and grassy notes.
Old rating 7 3 7 3 13 Bottle. Dark golden,heavily carbonated, offwhite creamy head. Light metalic hop aroma, earthy notes, hayish malt. Medium body, quite chewy, straw/grain, earthy and herbal quite bitter hops. Extreme session bitter.
Pours clear golden/orange with no head. Aroma is malty, quite hoppy, fruity. Flavor is quite light with some notes of malt, citrus and light herbal. Decent
floral, golden, clear, frothy, light sweetness, medium bitterness, light body, thin feel, average carbonation, bitter, .
a nice pleasant beer a bottle from sainsburys its very nice to say it has a rather bitter finish to it
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. 0.5l bottle. Golden colour with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is fruits, some hops, and peach. Taste has subtle fruit, and a good hoppy bitterness.
Clear golden yellow with a fine white foam. Almost honey sweet, slightly bitter taste.
Bottle 500ml @ home
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, hint of citrus, floral and grass. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a fruity and slightly malty finish. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
DWG; Pours hazy golden orange with a moderate fading, cream, white head. Nose is malt, bread, light spice and citrus fruit. Taste is moderate sweet and light bitter with a moderate lasting, light spice finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to creamy, carbonation is soft.
Pours a clear light amber color with a small off-white head. the smell is light fruit with some crispness to it. The taste is biscuit, light crisp fruit with some dry bitterness on the end. Light in body with fairly active carbonation.
Dunkelgoldenes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht fruchtig malzig, blumig. Geschmack fruchtig, hopfig bitter, blumig, ok!
Grains,floral hops and some citrus in the aroma. Golden with a white head. Medium sweet and medium bitter. Light body with a soft carbonation. Overall this is a nice and easy drinkable Golden Ale, but maybe a bit thin.
Bottle 500 ml at home, poured into a Guinness glass, ABV 4.1%
Pours a deep golden yellow beer, with a tall head, thick and soapy, white in colour, with great retention, leaving medium lacing on the glass.
Aroma of hops, flowers, lemon zest.
Taste is quite hoppy, with some caramel and malts in there, flowers, perfume, some citrus. Bitterness that builds up, hitting its highest point on the aftertaste.
Medium thin body, good carbonation, very dry palate.
Overall this was very good, certainly much better than what I was expecting.
Pours out of the bottle in a clear blonde colour with low airy head and smooth body. Aroma of hops and straw. Taste of hops, caramel, flowers, grass and citrus. Dry finish. Nice one.
Classy golden ale with a bit too much in the filtration. A bit hoppy with some citrus moments and average bitterness. Too thin in the end.
Originally rated on 2.11.2010. 500ml bottle. Pretty balanced and tasty golden ale.
Bottle 50 cl. Pours copper reddish color with white frothy head. Notes of citrus, butter, grass. Quit refreshing.
Bottle from Bernie’s Off License, Solihull. Poured a light straw colour with a broken white head. The aroma is light hop, citrus fruit. The flavour is medium bitter with a malt hop bitter zesty lemon citrus palate. Light bodied with average carbonation.
Bottle, 4.1%. Pours slightly hazy amber with stable white head. Clear aroma of hops, with notes of fruit and citrus. Bitter, hoppy flavour, with pronounced estery and citric notes. Hints of nuts. Bitter, rough aftertaste. Drinkable and OK, but nothing extraordinary.
"Handcrafted in the Cotswold Hills since 1849". You’d think they could’ve come up with something a bit better by now. Times change, tastes change, technology changes. Pours clear gold, very minimal white head. Aromas are buttery, some light floral hops. Taste has a little spice, but mostly water. Promised pizzazz plainly passed. Piffle.
500 ml bottle from a supermarket in Helsinki, 4.1% abv. Clear dark yellow colour, small frothy whit mostly dissipating head, decent lacing. Light malty aroma of bisquit, hay and dough, moderate fruity and floral hops. Taste is initially bittersweet turning into a fairly bitter longish finish with an astringent feel. Medium body, lively carbonation, dry texture. Not bad at all, a bit too much like lager, but still quite different and pleasant