About
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.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 13th October 2023. It's not Ruby in colour, more amber with an off-white crust. More leafy than floral in the aroma, no dark fruits for me either, Rye giving an earthy touch; didn't take to it.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2023
at 05:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @Beershoppe (Rome). Ambrata, scarica, schiuma leggera bianca. In bocca note di malto, frutta gialla matura, diacetile. In bocca è dolce, maltato, con tanto diacetile. Corpo leggero, carbonazione medio-leggera. Molto difettata
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2023
at 20:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley.] A light chestnut coloured pour with a loose cream head; floral aroma; dry fruity taste with a slowly building bitterness; then a nutty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2023
at 14:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Amber / light copper with a frothy off-white head. Malty and a little fruity, not much of an aroma, some earthiness in the mouthfeel and some sweetness pulling through
Tried
on 12 Oct 2023
at 22:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @Beershoppe (Rome). Bruna, schiuma beige media. Al naso note di caffelatte, caramella d'orzo. In bocca è morbida e bilanciata, attacco dolce, quasi dà caffelatte, chiusura appena amara. Corpo edile, carbonazione medio-leggera. Buonissima.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2023
at 16:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Coach & Horses, Mayfair. Sampled Feb 2015. Pours golden orange with a beige cap. Aroma: pale malt, orange citrus, fruity, mildly floral. Taste: light sweet & bitter, towards dry, the taste follows the aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Overall decent
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2023
at 21:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Poured a mostly clear amber colour with a thin white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a smooth, sweet toffee, earthy, herbal tobacco, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2023
at 13:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsbury's, Salford. Golden with a small head and a golden style ale with a pleasant hoppy light sweetness. This is a tasty session brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 17:00
7/10
Keg at cropredy 2023 Saturday.. Dark black.. Soft chocolate roast nose.. Dark chocolate roast malts.. Light cereal.. Dark soft chocolate roast
Tried
on 12 Aug 2023
at 17:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Appearance: opaque deep brown to black, good ivory-coloured head. Aroma : Roasted barley, coffee, floral hop. Taste: Pretty dry.Dominant roast, coffee, pronounced hopping. Light to medium ending bitterness. Mouth feel: Light to medium body, soft to average carbonation. Overall: A pedigree stout.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2023
at 15:30