Hook Norton Brewery
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Est. 1849
Tally's Take
Why this matters
A tower brewery uses gravity instead of pumps — everything starts at the top and falls through the process. Almost all of them were demolished. This one still runs, still on its original steam engine, and still sends beer round the village behind two shire horses. It is a working brewery, not a museum, which is the remarkable part.
The Beer Library
Beers
Old Hooky
Year-RoundEnglish Bitter
Brewed in a Victorian tower brewery still driven by its 1899 steam engine, and delivered round the village by shire horse.
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Year-RoundEnglish Bitter
An ordinary bitter at three and a half percent, which is what English brewing was built on and what almost nobody makes properly any more.
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Common questions about Hook Norton Brewery
- Who owns Hook Norton Brewery?
- Hook Norton Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
- Is Hook Norton Brewery independent?
- Yes. Hook Norton Brewery is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Hook Norton Brewery founded?
- Hook Norton Brewery was founded in 1849 in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
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