Hockley Dark

old faithful · Post by **old faithful** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:05 pm

This is now available in 16 ounce cans.

Gary

old faithful · Post by **old faithful** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:06 pm

Well, I tried it tonight. Extremely good, one of the most English-style ales I have ever had in North America. It has a deep dark fruit note, just like, say, Old Peculier from Yorkshire, or certain mild ales in the Midlands or the South except stronger at 5%. The English hop accent is as welcome as it is evident. For those who want to know the true taste of a strongish English mild or brown ale, this is the one. Amazing to find this in a can, wow. It tastes like draught due to the evident non-pasteurisation. A winner, buy this now. (By the way the can is precisely a half litre, so about 18 ounces).

gary

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:05 pm

old faithful wrote:Well, I tried it tonight. Extremely good, one of the most English-style ales I have ever had in North America. It has a deep dark fruit note, just like, say, Old Peculier from Yorkshire, or certain mild ales in the Midlands or the South except stronger at 5%. The English hop accent is as welcome as it is evident. For those who want to know the true taste of a strongish English mild or brown ale, this is the one. Amazing to find this in a can, wow. It tastes like draught due to the evident non-pasteurisation. A winner, buy this now. (By the way the can is precisely a half litre, so about 18 ounces).

gary

Ya, talk about "sleeper" Micros ...Hockley has to be the king there. Their dark is an excellent micro product but far too many micro fans either over look it or under rate it because of the hockley draft being less than decent and the fact it is now canned...go figger

JWalter · Post by **JWalter** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:16 am

This tastes shockingly English... Amazing... Very nice English Brown/Dark Ale...

BeerMonger · Post by **BeerMonger** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:22 am

I had one last night and was very impressed...I followed it up with a Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout and the Hockley Dark stood up well. I highly recommend both beers.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri May 27, 2005 5:16 pm

I bought a few on your rec's.

This is definitely a quality Dark, very balanced and interesting, and I think an excellent med-bodied staple to have on hand. A real session ale, with NO WIDGET!

Hockley Dark shares the same tricky category of Wellington's better beers, ie. it is very respectable to diehard enthusiasts while having some broader mass-appeal.

A good sleeper micro, yes, and yet another local product to be jingoistically proud about. Buy Good, buy Local... be part of Tradition.

old faithful · Post by **old faithful** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:56 pm

Very well put M. Le Belge. I think Ontario specialises in that band of craft beers which can acquire broad (or broader) appeal. Michael's beers are there, so are Wellington County's better beers as you say. I had at beerbistro the other day draft Iron Duke - just fantastic, soft and fruity as well-described by Steve on the menu (he added chocolate to his impressions - I agree). The Iron Duke would be even better at a cellar temperature but even cold the quality shined through. The Wellington beers have evolved over the years, but I like them still.

Gary

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:14 pm

Being unpasteurized and local it's the sort of thing we really get the best of here in the Toronto area.

I like the tradition of drinking local beers preferentially, as Europeans do - fragile beer behaves best this way.

cirrosis · Post by **cirrosis** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:40 pm

i have never been to England, however, i imagine this is how a pub tastes like! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm