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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Asda, High Wycombe poured chestnut with a beige head; pleasant fruity aroma; sweet malty flavour with traces of boiled sweets and pear drops and a dry hoppy aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2007 at 13:39

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Asda. Pours a reddish brown clour with an off-white head; rich fruity aroma; chewy and dry in the mouth with nuts, fruit and hoppy bitterness mingling with the roasted malts; a warming finish. Excellent!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2007 at 15:09

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a ruby colour with an off-white head. Malty fruity vinous aroma. Fruity malty dry bitter vinous flavor. Dry malty finish with a long bitter fruity finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2007 at 07:12

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle: Deep golden to light amber coloured with a medium-sized fluffy head: slowly collapsing, but still stable; citrousy-fruity nose with a tinge of molasses and a distinctive (presumably continental) hoppy aroma; moderate bitter lavour, light to medium bodied; malty, slightly sweetish finish with a very pleasant, lingering aromatic hoppiness. The right stuff..........
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2006 at 04:00

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Bottle: Deep mahagony coloured, small fluffy tanned head; dry dark-malty and roast-malty nose with a tinge of fruitiness and an illusion of molasses, hops detectable; moderate dry bitter flavour, light bodied; dry - again - fruity-bitter finish, a touch of burnt grain; with a lingering chocolatey bitterness. Good well-crafted and spicy stuff........
Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2006 at 11:51

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(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, golden with a small, white head. Lightly citric aroma. Medium body completely dominated by a very dry and rather bitter hoppiness. Fresh. 281006
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2006 at 15:49

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, golden with a small, white head. Lightly citrusy, hoppy aroma. Fairly light body with a discreet malt sweetness but otherwise dominated by fresh, citric hop notes leaving a light bitterness. 281006
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2006 at 15:46

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Bottle: Amber coloured, huge off-white fluffy head; a big touch of hop-resins and hop-oil in the aroma, together with some fruity notes; mainly dry bitter, robust flavour, rather light bodied; some hints of lemons in the - again - dry and bitter finish. A tasty brew, which should have a bit fuller body.........
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2006 at 01:02

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Horsens beerfestival. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, fruit. Flavour is hop, fruit, malt, alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2006 at 04:30

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle at Horsens beerfestival. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is hop, malt, fruit. Flavour is hop, malt, fruit, lemon
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2006 at 04:26