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Beer Swap Test Beer #1: Hook Norton – Hooky Gold (4.2%)

Posted on December 2, 2009 by andyMogg in Beer Festivals & Events, Beer Reviews, Beer Swap, Hook Norton 4 Comments
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  • Beer Swap Test Beer #1: Hook Norton – Hooky Gold (4.2%)

Hooky Norton Hooky Gold was one of the 4  Beer Swap test parcel beers that were sent to me by @realalereviews, Hook Norton was a brewery that I was familiar with but I had never had Hooky Gold so was looking forward to trying it.

Hooky Gold is a pale and refreshing ale from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire, It comes in at 4.2% ABV which makes it a great session beer.

Hooky Gold Pours a lovely pale golden colour with quite a foamy white head, it smells of summer, lots of citrus, pears, maybe a little bit of apple and lots of flowery notes.

It tastes just like it smells, very light and summery, hints of citrus, malt and a little bit of bitterness, I also picked up a herby quality, almost elderflowery, it reminded me a lot of one of the Badger Beers although slightly more hoppy and less flowery than that.

The big question is would I buy this? the answer is a resounding yes, It would make a great Summer BBQ or Picnic beer, I could see my self sitting and supping a lot of this beer in the sun, it even got a big thumbs up from Emily who snaffled half the bottle for her self.

So a big thumbs up from me and a big thank you to Mark!

You can find out more about Hook Norton on their website here

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4 comments on “Beer Swap Test Beer #1: Hook Norton – Hooky Gold (4.2%)”

  1. Baron Orm says:
    December 2, 2009 at 12:39

    Sounds nice, I really enjoyed a bottle of Hooky Bitter[baron rating 4/5] recently so other Hook Norton ales are now on my ‘must try’ list.

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  2. Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.com says:
    December 2, 2009 at 13:00

    Alan popped round last night and we were talking about Hooky Gold, it used to be a red label and we hadn’t even noticed the change! No idea when it happened or how we didn’t noticed?!

    Reply
  3. andyMogg says:
    December 2, 2009 at 13:30

    Just read your post mark, i wonder if it was to stop confusion with the old hooky?

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  4. Bridgette Lerew says:
    August 28, 2011 at 17:21

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