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.

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6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Clear pale gold with a bubbly white head and soft grassy malt on the nose. Light bodied with a refreshing zest, sweet grassy malt, some herbal bitterness and a dry finish

Cosy Club, Manchester
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2025 at 15:25

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at The Oyster Shed, City. Clear copper gold. Foamy white head. Aroma is sweet. Malts. Honey. Slightly bitter edge. Flavourwise it's similar. Sweet honey and dough. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Helles-esque. Not bad.
Tried from Draft at Oyster Shed (Youngs) on 12 Jun 2025 at 12:39

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
330ml bottle bought at a tourist shop in Bourton-on-the Water, Cotswold. Shared with Finn. Pours a bubbly chalk white head leaving spotty lacing behind, next-to-clear amber-gold body. Inviting aromas of grassy hops and grainy malts. Rather rich taste character with moments of green hops, grass, and mid-sweet malts followed by leafy hop bitterness to the ending. Like it. (Tromsø, 07.06.2025).
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 12:25

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Spandert av Rune. Delt på Vervet.
Tried from Can on 07 Jun 2025 at 12:23

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours a near clear amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of honey, caramel, hops & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2025 at 20:33

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home picked up from sainsbury. A crystal clear mid gold coloured pour with a a lasting pure white froth. Aroma is nice bready grains, leafy hop, light grass, herbal notes, some alcohol. Little sweet custard note on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, apple custard, dusty grains, light spicy hop finish. Palate is semi crisp, dusty, moderate carbonation. Pretty clean. Some alcohol in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2025 at 19:50

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at The Bull; clear golden yellow pour with a thin bubbly white head, aroma has sweet apple, taste has crisp apple, sweet finish, refreshing
Tried from Draft at The Bull on 17 May 2025 at 13:53

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle on 15th May 2025 from Waitrose via Deliveroo. Pours an almost clear, coppery amber with shallow off-white foam. Nutty malts, leafy hoppiness and a pungent note in aroma. Grasses, rounded citrus and a hazelnut malt in-mouth. A complex finish comprising the aforesaid. Engaging mouthfeel and a medium body.
Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 15 May 2025 at 22:46

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from the brewery whilst passing by and drunk at my 50th birthday bash - amongst many other things. The best way to describe the flavour is agricultural. Very agricultural. Not unpleasant, but you have to like agricultural flavours. Did I say it tastes agricultural?
Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2025 at 19:15

4.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Bier Huis. Red-purple colour, pink foamy head and aroma of berry cordial, jammy. Taste is sweet, mixed berries, jam, sugary, jelly, with alittle tart hint Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, high carbonation, sweet berry finish. OK, very sweet and artificial.
Tried from Bottle from Bier Huis on 13 Apr 2025 at 19:14