Wychwood Hobgoblin Ale Review #64

Wychwood Hobgoblin Ale
Style: Extra Special Bitter
ABV: 5.2%
Flagship Beer
550mL Bottle Poured Into A Hobgoblin Glass


Bottle and can: Pasteurized.
Ingredients: Pale, chocolate and crystal malts; English Fuggles and Styrian Goldings hops.
Hobgoblin is a powerful full-bodied copper red, well-balanced brew. Strong in roasted malt with a moderate hoppy bitterness and slight fruity character that lasts through to the end.




Wychwood Brewery
Witney, Oxfordshire
London, England
Paddy Glenny and Chris Moss
1983


Appearance:
A Beautiful Looking Beer
Deep Russet Red Color With A Stained Crimson Glow
Shan Head Quality
Stable Head Retention
Burly Lacing
Murky Clarity
Spritzy Carbonation


Aroma:
The Aroma Is Very Discreet
The Beer Has A "Dumb" Nose
Red Twizzlers
Treacle
Malty
Red Currants
Brown Sugar
Obtuse Cocoa
Raisins
Tobacco Leaf Notes
Popcorn-Like Diacetyl


Mouth Feel:
Medium Body But Has Full Deep Flavors
English Sessionable Beer
Low Drinkability- Not Six Pack Worthy
Low-Medium Sweet To Medium Bitter Balance
Mouth Feel Is Silky
Aftertaste Is A Nice Sweet Burnt Smoke
Sour Wine Finish
Dull And Fleeting
Flat Weak And Thin Texture
Stale Quality


Flavors usher in a bland and empty front with a mild dark grainy malt. Slow middle with common and infinitely inadequate roast barely reaching the surface. Eases off slow and gradual with a bit more huskiness building with a exhaustively soft effort into a rounded out tameness of roasted grains. Slender sweetness sticks a bit. Slightest of slight hints of vanilla and hazelnut dust sit underneath. The beer had a beautiful label on the bottle. Seems to me they put time in to make this beer look beautiful, that they forgot about the taste. I bought a holiday bottle/glass combo and it turned out I was more happy with the glass than the beer.

1 Out Of 6
Don't Want A Sixer