Hook Norton Brewery

Regional Brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 7 Venues

Established in 1849

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Brewery Lane, Hook Norton, OX15 5NY, England
Description
Sitting in its beautiful, mellow Cotswold Hills landscape, Hook Norton is a proudly independent and passionate family business that takes the very best of its handcrafted brewing heritage and combines it with a thoroughly modern approach, to create a range of real ales for today’s drinkers to enjoy.

Hook Norton is one of only 32 family owned breweries and is the finest example of a Victorian Tower Brewery in the country.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Reddish brown with a slight off-white head. Aroma of caramel and dried fruit. Flavour was malty with some more fruit and a bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2007 at 15:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the New Inn, Coln St Aldwyns, Glos. Pale amber with a slight white head. Aroma was slightly sweet with a touch of floral hops. Very easy drinking with a biscuity malt flavour and bitter finish. An excellent low strength bitter.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2007 at 15:12

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
bottle. Copper colour, persistent head. Hoppy nose with hints of citrus fruit. Perfectly balanced beer, which is malty and pleasantly hopped. I like the hops they use. Quite fruity with clear hints of orange zest and lemon.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2007 at 09:29

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Golden coloured with a slight white head. Aroma of floral hops and hay. Flavour was of biscuit malt with a dry finish. Not bad for a low ABV bottled beer, although the cask version is superior.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2007 at 11:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Unclear yellow orange color with a small fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, moderate hoppy flowers, citrus / lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, leading to a light bitter finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2007 at 10:18

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask Charlie’s pub, CPH: Clear gold with no head. Fruity hoppy floral and a sour edge that dominates the flavor. Watery body. Dry end!
Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2007 at 09:56

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear gold with good white foam. Fruity & flowery hops all over. Malty feel. Sweetness. Bitter crisp, citrus/piney end - close to sour and biting your inner cheek. Nice hoppy Cask ale!
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2007 at 07:28

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at KØ07. Green apple aroma. Clear greyish brown colour. The flavour is OK, spicy with a hint of apple. Thin mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2007 at 09:08

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Biggish beige head. Opaque black body goes dark red at edges. Full milky coffee aroma. Sweetish burnt coffee taste goes watery and dry to reveal a depth of minty hops. Burnt coffee taste lingers. Full, rounded mouthfeel. Good! (0.5l bottle.)
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2007 at 16:27

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. A slightly hazy golden beer with a huge beige head. The aroma is very hoppy in a herbal and flowery way, but also with light notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with a nice flowery and somewhat grassy hoppy note giving it a bitter end where the flowery note turns into a light honey note, that lingers for a good while.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2007 at 11:24