Hook Norton Brewery
Regional Brewery
in
Hook Norton,
Oxfordshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 7 Venues
Established in 1849
Contact
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.
Hook Norton is one of only 32 family owned breweries and is the finest example of a Victorian Tower Brewery in the country.
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Wharf. Very fruity hop aroma. Quite hazy copper colour. Frothy white head. Good, uncompromising bitterness, slightly yeasty. Low carbonation, but very drinkable. Good mouthfeel, comes off as if it has more alcohol than the 4.0% the coaster says.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2007
at 07:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Aroma is sweet, roasted, caramel. Flavour is sweet, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, hop. Light bitter and roasted finish. Nice english beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2007
at 23:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2006. An orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy and fruity, while the flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of fruit, leading to a lightly bitter end.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2007
at 13:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Clear, deep ruby beer with an aroma of lightly burnt malt and some hops in the background. The flavor is a bit sweet and malty, with a balanced bitterness. Medium to full body and it feels a bit peppery in the mouth. A quite nice englishman. (070216)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2007
at 15:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy golden beer with a thick light orange head. The aroma is sweet flowery, combined with light notes of peaches, on a light malty back ground. The flavor is sweet and very flowery and with strong notes of peaches, leading to a dry and lightly bitter end. The body is a bit thin, but it is a very drinkable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2007
at 05:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Beer Hunters. Copperish amber colour with longlasting, slightly off-white head. Aroma is flowery hops, some fruits and grass. Flavour goes through quite the same.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2007
at 11:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Beer Hunters
Copper brown color, steady white head, some lace. Clover aroma, some honey sweetness. Fresh flowery hoppy flavor, lots of cut grass. Soft mouthfeel, flowery hoppy aftertaste. Nice session beer from fresh cask.
Copper brown color, steady white head, some lace. Clover aroma, some honey sweetness. Fresh flowery hoppy flavor, lots of cut grass. Soft mouthfeel, flowery hoppy aftertaste. Nice session beer from fresh cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2007
at 13:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Strange, perfumy hop aroma. The flavour has grass, hay, fruit notes from hops. Pleasant berry-like aftertaste. Thin mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2007
at 15:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Casked. Copper coloured, big beige bubbly head, which lasts for quite a while. Aroma is strong fruity hops along with some wooden and even spicy hints. Flavour is fruity and smoothly hopped along with some spices. The finish is almost close to caramelly sweet. Very wellbalanced brew, and creamy palate. In aftertaste there’s also some slight vanillaish hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jan 2007
at 11:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Thin coarse white head; slightly hazy light orange body. Fruity, faintly wooden aroma with notes of light malts. Taste is soft wooden fruit again with notes of wild berries. Aftertaste is bitter resin and grass. Quite hoppy and excellent light, delicate mouthfeel. Really very nice. An excellent session beer. (0.5 pint on cask.)
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2007
at 14:08