19th September 2009

Golden success for Hook Norton beers in International Beer Challenge 2009.

Hook Norton wins 12 awards in prestigious beer competition

Each year the International Beer Challenge discovers and rewards the finest beers from across the globe. Four beers from Hook Norton won Gold - Double Stout, Twelve Days, Haymaker and Old Hooky - more than any other entrant.

Two more picked up bronze awards – Hooky Bitter and Hooky Gold - and all six beers won medals for the quality of their bottle design and labelling. Hook Norton’s Managing Director James Clarke said: “I am delighted with the awards.

We are a local brewer, who now has an international reputation for the quality of its beers and the bottles they are sold in.

To win so many awards reflects the hard work and commitment of all the staff who work at the brewery.”

The winners:

Double Stout- received a Gold medal and a Bronze for Design and Packaging

Twelve Days - received a Gold medal and a Bronze for Design and Packaging

Haymaker - received a Gold medal and a Bronze for Design and Packaging

Old Hooky - received a Gold medal and a Bronze for Design and Packaging

Hooky Bitter - received a Bronze medal and a Silver for Design and Packaging

Hooky Gold - received a Bronze medal and a Silver for Design and Packaging