Beer of the Week

Wychwood Hobgoblin was my Beer of the Week choice last night. This one was picked up randomly from the liquor store by my better half. It 's described on the bottle as:

"full bodied and well balanced with a chocolate toffee malt flavour, moderate bitterness and a distinctive fruity character with a ruby red glow."

Yes, it is full bodied and definitely has that chocolate toffee malt thing going on. I disagree with the moderate bitterness, it was lightly bitter. Overall a nice beer if you are looking for a more tasty but slightly heavier beer. I would classify this as a fall or winter beer, not a hot day in the summer beer. It was good, but I would likely only have one Wychwood Hobgoblin at a sitting due to it's heavy nature.

My Hobgoblin came in a brown 500ml bottle, but I see many of the pics on the net show it in a clear bottle. I didn't have a glass handy, so I can't comment on the "ruby red glow".