Hook Norton Brewery
The Hook Norton Brewery is a brewery in Hook Norton , Oxfordshire , England .
museum
A steam engine was still in use until 2006 and the beer is still delivered by horse and cart. The tower brewery, built in Victorian style in 1849, uses gravity to transport the product: mashing , fermentation and racking are carried out in a logical sequence. The historic brewery and a factory museum can be visited.
business
Hook Norton Brewery used a Buxton & Thornley steam engine until 2006 , which has operated the majority of the machines since 1899. It was the last commercially used steam engine in Great Britain. The steam engine drove the pumps, the mill, the mash rake and the lifts for sacks and barrels via a belt system. Whenever gears were used, an iron wheel was paired with a wooden one so that only a few wooden teeth had to be changed if the gearbox was overloaded.
Steam power continued to be used primarily for commercial reasons, as the procurement costs of the steam engine had long been written off and a conversion to electrical drives would have required investment costs, the depreciation of which would have exceeded the maintenance costs for the steam engine.
Ales
The following ales and stouts are brewed:
| Surname | Alcohol content | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Hooky | 3.5% ABV | Session bitter |
| Lion | 4.0% ABV | Golden bitter |
| Old hooky | 4.6% ABV | Best bitter |
| Double stout | 4.8% ABV | stout |
distribution
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Selling points are supermarkets, state-licensed beverage stores (Off License) and independent pubs (Free Houses). The brewery also operates a chain of 47 brewery-owned pubs (tied houses) in the region from Thame in the east to Worcester in the west and Grove , Oxfordshire in the south to Napton-on-the-Hill in the north. There are 23 Hook Norton pubs in Oxfordshire, 9 each in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, and 3 each in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hook Norton Brewery Tours & Visitors Center: Brewery tours & brewery museum ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hook Norton Brewery, UK (English).
- ↑ Old Engine House ( Memento of February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 49 " N , 1 ° 29 ′ 40.4" W.