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.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask NERAX. Orange amber some head malty nose. Tastes of caramel,earth, malt, pleather. Fluffy palate
Tried
on 03 Apr 2025
at 00:23
6/10
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - citrusy fruity and biscuity malty aroma and taste, some caramel and toffee sweet malts, soft mouthfeel, bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of buttery biscuit and citrus. Taste is marmalade, biscuit. Dry finish. OK.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2025
at 15:06
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 09:08
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep gold with a frothy white head and a soft citrus aroma. Light to medium bodied, has a little chewiness to it, floral hops with a funky edge come through the light bready malt before a dry finish
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 10 Mar 2025
at 20:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at North Western, Liverpool. Pours golden amber with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s biscuits in the aroma plus traces of citrus and lemon. In the mouth it’s slightly sweet with a creamy texture and a little underlying bitterness. Flavour is initially floral hops, marmalade and // with autumn fruits adding to the mix later. Finish is bitter and quite dry. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
at
North Western (JDW)
on 10 Mar 2025
at 00:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear mid golden coloured pour with a white speckled head. Aroma is very neutral, subdued, buttered bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, jam sandwich, earth. Rounded. Paalte is semi sweet, rounded, decent cask condition. But lacklustre. But drinks OK.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2025
at 21:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Third of a pint on cask at the Red Lion jdw.
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Red Lion (JDW)
on 09 Mar 2025
at 17:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Beer Number 11 at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, leaving 17 of 30 still untried. Good body hoppy ale with some sweetened tropical fruit notes itching to break through.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Moon Under Water
on 09 Mar 2025
at 16:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint from the keg at The Angel, Burford. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, lemon & hops. Moderate body. Crisp light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2025
at 13:22