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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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Oat Sower from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
6/10
Keg at cropredy 2023 Friday... Thin white lacing.. Light yeasty floral fruit nose.. Light bitter fizz6.. Herbal bready and that typical regional brewer tang
Tried on 11 Aug 2023 at 19:59
Cheeseboard (6391) reviewed
Red Rye from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours clear dark amber brown with a tight beige cap. Aroma: malt, rye, burnt toffee, dark fruits. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, citrus hints, caramel, dark fruits, spicy rye. Medium body, smooth, fine carbonation. Quite decent
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2023 at 19:18
Psytron (8855) reviewed
Randalls 200 Ale from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Faint smell of malt. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of malt, earth, grassy hops. Medium carbon. Medium bitter. Pleasant.
Tried on 18 May 2023 at 18:58
YantarCoast (5447) reviewed
Old Hooky (Bottle) from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours clear amber with a medium-sized off-white head. Aroma is fruity, caramel, biscuit, and toasted malt. Taste is light sweet, biscuity malt, fruit. Light to medium bodied. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2023 at 07:54
bb (19143) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Roast aroma. Roast and light chocolate flavor with light coffee. Medium bodied. Roast and light chocolate linger with light coffee.
Tried from Draft on 26 Apr 2023 at 22:10
Reubs (35762) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at JDW Wibbas Down Inn, Wimbledon (27/03/2023) - JDW Spring Fest 2023 - roasted and sweet dark malty with layers of chocolate, caramel, some coffee roast accents, light singed brown sugar, creamy smooth mouthfeel and body and soft cask carb, dark roasted sweet malty finish. Best beer of the fest so far
Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2023 at 10:09
Downender (11273) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2023. Near black in colour with a slight, beige, head. An easy drinking stout with plenty of roasted malts, some liquorice character and a hint of sweet dark fruit. Good.
Tried from Cask on 01 Apr 2023 at 13:37
berkshirejohn (10479) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading] An opaque ruby red pour with a rim of beige head; aroma of toasted grains; and a taste to match with a dry oaty body; then some bitter treacle to finish. Very tasty.
Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 13:12
Martinsh (3838) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing/ The aroma is mainly roasted malts, but with some hints of dark fruits. In the mouth it is smooth with a creamy texture. It is very briefly sweet before some underlying bitterness comes through. Flavours of dark fruits, roasted malts and liquorice. Finish is quite bitter. This is very nice indeed.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2023 at 20:59
Olut (22669) reviewed
Merula Stout from Hook Norton Brewery
3 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Practically black with an off-white creamy-frothy head. Relatively low strength stout, but it packs enough flavour in this respect with good enough roasted malts evident in both aroma and taste giving the impression it's more fuller than it actually is.
Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2023 at 10:19