Lion (Cask)
(Batch of Lion)
Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.07
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The Cotswolds Conservation Board is celebrating 40 years of protected status for the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). And Hook Norton has joined in the celebrations with a new brew Cotswold Lion, at 4.2 per cent ABV, to mark the occasion, and 5p from every pint sold is being donated to the Cotswolds Conservation Board.
The beer is a pale, fruity ale, brewed with Maris Otter malt and hopped with Fuggles. Brewer James Clarke said: “This is the first time we have brewed a single varietal beer.” Over the past four decades AONB designation has meant that the Cotswolds has been conserved and enhanced and that any change has, where possible, been in keeping with the distinctive nature of the area.
HRH, The Prince of Wales who lives in the AONB has praised the work that has been done to conserve the Cotswolds over the past four decades and has said that he hopes that the Cotswolds Conservation Board will continue its work for countless years to come.
The beer is a pale, fruity ale, brewed with Maris Otter malt and hopped with Fuggles. Brewer James Clarke said: “This is the first time we have brewed a single varietal beer.” Over the past four decades AONB designation has meant that the Cotswolds has been conserved and enhanced and that any change has, where possible, been in keeping with the distinctive nature of the area.
HRH, The Prince of Wales who lives in the AONB has praised the work that has been done to conserve the Cotswolds over the past four decades and has said that he hopes that the Cotswolds Conservation Board will continue its work for countless years to come.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Coach & Horses, Mayfair. Sampled Feb 2015. Pours golden orange with a beige cap. Aroma: pale malt, orange citrus, fruity, mildly floral. Taste: light sweet & bitter, towards dry, the taste follows the aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Overall decent
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2023
at 21:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Haymarket. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of biscuits, faint citrus. Taste is light sweet, caramel. Thin finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2016
at 02:52
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the haymarket. Pours clear golden, nose is biscuity toffee, floral, taste is sweet, dry toffee, floral.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2016
at 11:08
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Prince of Wales; hazy amber pout with a creamy beige head, dirty malt aroma along with feint sulphur, taste has light vegetation along with some malt action.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2015
at 09:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the liberty bonds spoons tower bridge. Orange / light amber coloured pour with a halo of loose white head. Aroma is toffee, nutty malts, toffee apple. Flavour is composed of nutty, light spice, toffee apple, cinnamon. Medium carbonation and semi sweet on the palate. Middle of the road bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2014
at 12:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Pint at the Bull Bracebridge Heath. Colour is golden amber with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light fruity, with a similar taste. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 30 May 2014
at 10:02
6/10
Tried
on 08 May 2014
at 15:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - golden orange with a decent head. Nose - oranges and malt. Taste - more oranges and tangy malt. Palate - medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - nice balanced beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 May 2014
at 05:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear medium amber with a broken bubbly white head. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is light bitter with a watery malt light hop bitter palate. Light bodied with flat carbonation. Not overly impressed. No life and not a lot of flavour with a weak palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2014
at 10:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On Cask at Penistone Football Club - Golden, slightly hazy appearance, with a thick white head. Rather hoppy smell, slightly fruity taste and quite bitter finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2013
at 03:07