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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask Conditioned
Very dark color. Nice aroma, combination of roasted malt, caramel, ripe apple. Good body structure, some malty caramel, light fresh apple fruitness. Good hopping, partially aromatic. Interesting, very drinkable.
Very dark color. Nice aroma, combination of roasted malt, caramel, ripe apple. Good body structure, some malty caramel, light fresh apple fruitness. Good hopping, partially aromatic. Interesting, very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2005
at 03:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Comes as "Hook Norton Generation". Amber golden, slightly hazy with a small, creamy head. Fruity, floral and fresh nose. Rather sweet, malty flavours well balanced by the pronounced hoppiness. A very nice bitter. 240505 (Bottle 50 cl) As "Hook Norton 303 AD" 5/3/4/2/10=2,4 291005
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2005
at 09:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Very dark with an underlying reddish tint and a nice, creamy light-brown head. Very roasted, but not smoked. A pronounced bitterness in the palate. 050804
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2005
at 12:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask. Fresh, acidic, spicy hop aroma. Hazy, copper colour, white head. Citrusy flavour, turning malty. Good spicy hoppiness. Sourish aftertaste (in the good way). Soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2005
at 12:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask. Salty, slightly fruity liquorice aroma. Almost black colour with brown hue. Small light brown head. Slightly sweet and fruity flavour with a little salt and liquorice. Mouthfeel could be a bit thicker. Slightly roasted aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2005
at 09:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden color, poor head. Light floreal (hoppy) aroma. Balanced taste, malty, some cereals, well bitter, partially aromatic. Pleasant.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2005
at 04:34
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Vintage 2004
Dark color. Malty and a bit fruity aroma. Malt, with caramel, strange fruitness. Too simple.
Dark color. Malty and a bit fruity aroma. Malt, with caramel, strange fruitness. Too simple.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2005
at 04:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Dark brown, but not quite black. Light aroma, mostly malt. Sweet flavour with coffee, chocolate and some fruityness, peaches maybe. Smooth and creamy.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2005
at 14:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A red-brown beer a small brown head. The aroma is slightly roasted combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of chocolate and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2005
at 14:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at GBBF 2003] An amber beer with a small head. The aroma is slightly malty. The flavor is very malty from a good malt blend with notes of nuts. It is a bit on the sweet side, since it doesn’t have enough bitterness to balance the sweetness. It ends on a woodyness. All in all an OK beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2005
at 18:20