20th April 2009

Hook Norton unveils its latest seasonal beer

Cotswold Lion, a beer first brewed in 2006 to celebrate the work of the Cotswolds Conservation Board, will be roaring on to bars throughout May.
The 4.2 per cent ABV brew is a pale, fruity ale, brewed with Maris Otter malt and hopped with Fuggles.

Hook Norton Managing Director James Clarke said: “Fuggles are the noblest of English hops – full of wonderful fruit and floral flavours and aromas.”

The beer is named after a breed of sheep that helped make the Cotswold the place it is. Wool manufacturing and its subsequent decline has left the area with a living history of farms and cottages, market towns and villages and d of course marvellous pubs where Cotswold Lion produced by Hook Norton, a local Cotswold brewer can be enjoyed.