Hook Norton Brewery
Hook Norton Brewery was founded in 1849 by farmer and maltster John Harris in the village of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Commercial brewing began in 1856, with the first recorded brew being a Mild XXX on 24 November 1856. The current Victorian tower brewery was constructed during an expansion in the late nineteenth century and is still powered in part by a steam engine dating from 1899. The brewery has remained under family control for six generations and is one of a small number of UK breweries still using a steam engine in production.
Beers by Hook Norton Brewery
16 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Drawn from all 16 beers in the catalogue.
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.
Across 16 beers in 7 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.
Crafty Fox
Their beers place in the Top 10% of the catalogue on average, across 15 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
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About Hook Norton Brewery
Hook Norton Brewery was founded in 1849 by farmer and maltster John Harris in the village of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Commercial brewing began in 1856, with the first recorded brew being a Mild XXX on 24 November 1856. The current Victorian tower brewery was constructed during an expansion in the late nineteenth century and is still powered in part by a steam engine dating from 1899. The brewery has remained under family control for six generations and is one of a small number of UK breweries still using a steam engine in production.
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