Hawkstone
Microbrewery
in
Bourton-on-the-Water,
Gloucestershire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Cotswold Brew Co
Associated Webshop: Cotswold Brew Co
Established in 2005
Contact
College Farm, Stow Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, GL54 2HN, England
Description
Hawkstone is the brainchild of Jeremy Clarkson and Rick and Emma from the Cotswold Brew Co. Having put blood, sweat and tears into cultivating his malting barley, Jeremy was determined that it be put to good use, so resolved to supply it directly to a local brewery to turn into lager. He was introduced to Rick and Emma from the Cotswold Brewery by the landlord at their local and they hit it off immediately. Like Jeremy, they’re committed to supporting local agriculture but they’re not just good people, they’re also excellent brewers. They created Hawkstone Lager - a brew of such exquisite quality that Jeremy decided to invest.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Appearance- amber, with a small clingy foamy white head. Aroma- malt, caramel, brambly hop hints, cereal malt. Taste- creamy malt, caramel, toffee, malty, fluffy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2019
at 05:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance is murky amber, a small fizzy off-white head. Aroma- caramel, toffee, sultana, yeasty malt. Taste- sweet malt, toffee, caramel, malty bread, sugary dark fruit, full and malty finish. Good stuff.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2019
at 05:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the brewery to finish off the tour. Clear golden, minimal head. Aroma of sweet fresh apple juice. Taste is light sweet, fresh apples, hint of citrus. A highly refreshing cider after sampling all their lagers.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 19:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery. Very pale yellow, frothy white head. Aroma of bready malts, grassy hops. Taste is the same, sweet bready malts, grassy hops, light bitterness. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 18:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at the brewery. Clear golden, frothy white head. Aroma of citrusy and floral hops, orange and grapefruit. Taste is floral and very citrusy, a lot of pithy grapefruit/orange, quite a strong bitterness as well from that, lingering afterwards. Medium body. Not a great IPL.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 17:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery. Clear golden orange, white head. Aroma is floral, citrus, grass, malts. Taste is light sweet malts, caramel, citrus, floral/grassy, light sweet, low bitterness. Medium body. Seems like this is brewed in the same way as their lagers so they should call this an IPL really.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 17:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
04/08/2019: Tiny sample from a bottle at the brewery as they don't have it on tap. It had been opened the day before apparently. Ever so slightly hazy orange, almost no head. Aroma is sweet, marmalade, fruity. Taste is similarly quite sweet, honey-like, marmalade, overripe fruits. Medium body. Brought a bottle home as my complimentary beer from the tour so will re-rate properly later... 04/09/2019: 330ml bottle from the brewery as a proper rate this time. Hazy orange, creamy white head. Aroma of sweet malts, marmalade. Taste is sweet, malty, marmalade, apricot, grassy hops, mild spice, light bitterness in the finish. Medium body. This tasted way better from a fresh bottle, I'd say it's the best lager they do, really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2019
at 17:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery. Extremely pale yellow, clear, big white head. Aroma is malty, bready. Taste of bready malts, light sweet, low bitterness, light grassy hops. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 16:25
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the brewery. Clear pale gold, big frothy white head. Aroma of malts, bready, grainy. Taste is malty, grainy, light citrus hints. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 16:22
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at the brewery. Started the tour off with this one. Pale golden with a thin white head. Not too much going on here but there were light citrusy flavours, lemon, refreshing. Light and thin bodied. Was a subtle chemical-like taste in the end, but disguised better than what I've experienced from true non-alc (0.5%) lagers.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2019
at 16:03