Wychwood Hobgoblin
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Loading ...Tonight’s beer was sponsored by my brother-in-law Mike, who in December grabbed the most interesting 
bottle of beer he could find and made it a Christmas present.
And the bottle of Wychwood’s Hobgoblin Dark English Ale certainly lives up to that description. The label features a drawing of a hobgoblin with a sword, bow and quiver. It’s a big bottle — nearly 17 ounces — which made it the perfect beer to nurse through the Super Bowl.
The beer is brewed in Oxfordshire, England, and there’s no freshness date on this imported beer. The pour was colloidal, with flakes of something (spent yeast?) floating through the dark, brown beer. The beer had a great head, which I may have ruined by stirring the beer, trying to break down those clumpy flakes. The Hobgoblin was trying to scare me away, but I’ve consumed older and scarier beer in my time.
And I’m glad I didn’t let those flakes turn me back.
According to the label, the beer is:
“Full bodied & well balanced with a chocolate toffee malt flavour, moderate bitterness & a distinctive fruity character with a ruby red glow.”
The sweet malt definitely came through clearly. I could taste the chocolate toffee, and I could tell there was more going on with the taste but not much was coming through cleanly. There wasn’t much bitterness that I could recognize, but overall the beer was pleasant and mild — like so much that’s English.
My only concern now is that items may go missing around the house, or get broken. Afterall, I did just let the Hobgoblin loose…
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