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Wychwood Brewery

🌍 United Kingdom · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Wychwood Brewery was founded in 1983 by Paddy Glenny in Witney, Oxfordshire, on the former site of Clinch's Brewery. The brewery was renamed Wychwood in 1990, after the ancient medieval Wychwood Forest bordering Witney. Its flagship beer, Hobgoblin, was created in 1988 and became one of the best-known dark ales in the UK. In September 2023 Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company announced the closure of the Wychwood Brewery site, with production ceasing by November 2023 due to the declining cask ale market.

5Beers
4Styles
4.2%Avg ABV
1983Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
80%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Wychwood Brewery

5 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 5 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 5 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
bitterevery beer
5 of 5 beers
citrusy
4 of 5 beers
hoppy
4 of 5 beers
fruity
4 of 5 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad5 beers · 4 style families
IPA 2Amber 1Pale Ale 1Stout 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesWychwood Brewery
in no beersin every beer
dry
in none of their beers · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
smooth-drinking
in 3 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more smooth-drinking than typical.
fruity
in 4 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more fruity than typical.
honey
in 2 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more honey than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 36%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
5 / 5
beers above the median
#1808
best ranked beer
Hobgoblin Session IPA

Their beers place in the Top 36% of the catalogue on average, across 5 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Wychwood Brewery

Wychwood Brewery was founded in 1983 by Paddy Glenny in Witney, Oxfordshire, on the former site of Clinch's Brewery. The brewery was renamed Wychwood in 1990, after the ancient medieval Wychwood Forest bordering Witney. Its flagship beer, Hobgoblin, was created in 1988 and became one of the best-known dark ales in the UK. In September 2023 Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company announced the closure of the Wychwood Brewery site, with production ceasing by November 2023 due to the declining cask ale market.

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