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.
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Deep ruby. Fruit and hay in the aroma. Sweet with loads of chewy malt, but still with light, soft mouthfeel. The finish is salty with notes of licorice and flowery hop bitterness.
Deep ruby. Fruit and hay in the aroma. Sweet with loads of chewy malt, but still with light, soft mouthfeel. The finish is salty with notes of licorice and flowery hop bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2003
at 10:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Sampled cask conditioned. Pale amber. Spicy aroma. Medium bodied. It has that lovely fresh, chewy mothfill you'll only find in really good cask ales. Medium- to low bitternesss. Plain, but most certainly not unremarkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2002
at 12:28
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled cask conditioned. Pale amber coloured. Loads of hay aroma in the nose. Flowery aroma. Nice, firm malty body, balanced bitterness. This is the sort of ale when you start to wonder if it's even possible to make it taste better.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2002
at 15:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned. Dark amber with unusually creamy head for a cask ale. Very fruity, sweet, medium bodied with bitter finish. A very fresh and exceptionally fruity cask ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2002
at 15:37