Latest News
White Horse brewery to take over Banbury
Pub
The White Horse Brewery is reopening The Buck & Bell
in North Bar Street as The White Horse At Banbury Cross in January
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25th November 2011
Hook Norton chief takes over as BBPA
Midlands chairman
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22nd November 2011
Hook Norton's Double Stout wins award
Hook Norton’s Double Stout has been judged as Europe’s
Best Dry Stout in the World Beer Awards
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7th November 2011
Regional pubs of the year announced
The regional winners have all been decided and all are welcome
to their presentation evenings.
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11th October 2011
New licensee for Hook Norton’s
Brewery’s tap
Laura Riley is the new tenant of the Pear Tree in the village
of Hook Norton, famed for being the tap for the nearby Hook Norton
Brewery.
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9th September 2011
Regional Pub of the Year - Markings
required
Local CAMRA members are urged to visit and mark 3 pubs in
our region to help decide the Regional Pub of the Year.
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6th July 2011
Louis, son of Crown & Tuns licencees
making a big splash for Help for Heroes
Louis Hayter, who lives in Adderbury, Oxfordshire plans to
swim from Bournemouth Pier to Boscombe Pier over the weekend of
28 August for the charity Help for Heroes.
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22nd June 2011
Free food and beer tasting at the
Butchers Arms, Kings Sutton
The Butchers Arms will be hosting a free tasting of local
beers and food on 26th May 2011.
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20th May 2011
Let the sunshine dance on your tongue
with Hooky’s golden summer ale
Hook Norton welcomes the summer with the release of Haymaker,
the latest in its Brewers Selection 2011 range of draught beers.
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12th May 2011
Beer festival at the Shoulder of Mutton
Wantage
A beer festival will be held on 20th-22nd May at the Shoulder
Of Mutton, Wantage to celebrate the Scots Guards accepting the freedom
of Wantage from the town council.
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11th May 2011
BANBURY BEER FESTIVAL 2011 OPENS TOMORROW
Banbury Beer Festival 2011 opens tomorrow at 5pm in the TA
Centre and runs until Saturday evening.
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4th May 2011
Cry England, St George and Old Hooky
Open day at the Hook Norton Brewery – Saturday 23 April,
11am-3pm.
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11th April 2011
The Fox in Leafield to Re-open
At long last, the Fox in Leafield is due to re-open at 7pm this
Friday, 15th April.
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8th April 2011
Hook Norton goes mild in May
Special Dark Mild an old style beer with a modern twist. Hook Norton
is backing the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) promotion of
mild style beers in May with the launch of Special Dark Mild.
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8th April 2011
Hook Norton Tenant Race to Golden
Success
The Hooky Gold Awards raise standards across the company’s
pubs, which are run as independent businesses by tenant licensees.
The programme of awards is part of Hook Norton’s programme
of continuing excellence, which provides ongoing business support
for its tenants.
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4th April 2011
CAMRA Hits out at the 2011 Budget
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today hit out at the Government’s
decision to impose a damaging 7.2% increase in beer duty. The average
duty and VAT on a pub pint will now exceed £1!
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23rd March 2011
Vale Brewery creates 3 new ales for
April
April 2011 looks like it will be a busy month. Easter, St George's
Day and a Royal Wedding, are all at the end of the month. With several
Bank Holiday there are also many beer festivals planned.
So to help you celebrate, Vale Brewery has created three special
beers.
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23rd March 2011
Hook Norton celebrates England’s patron saint
as 303AD returns to the bar
Hook Norton’s Brewers Selection beer for April is 303AD,
named to commemorate St George and the year, the year of the martyr's
death.
Hook Norton 303AD is an ideal beer for anyone wanting to celebrate
the diversity and richness of English culture. Hook Norton 303AD,
at 4.0 per cent ABV, is made with English malt and English hops,
which combine to make a very English beer.
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21st March 2011
Hook Norton to hold tutored tastings at 7 of its
pubs
Tutored tastings of the three Hook Norton beers - Hooky Bitter,
Double Stout and Hooky Dark – which are crowned among the world’s
best beers - are being held in seven of the brewer’s pubs in
March and April.
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18th March 2011
Hook Norton welcome Spring with 'First Light'
Hook Norton welcomes the longer, lighter days with the release
of First Light, the latest in its Brewers Selection 2011 range of
draught beers.
Hook Norton’s First Light will be available from 1 March for
three months.
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24th February 2011
New tenants of the Red Lion, Chipping Norton intent
to keep it as a traditional pub
The new tenants of the Red Lion say it is a traditional pub
which sets the highest standards. The Red Lion, Chipping Norton
is a small intimate pub, where the conversation is varied, the laughter
loud and friendships are made.
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22nd February 2011
Hook Norton’s beers win gold, silver and bronze
medals in world beer competition
Three Hook Norton beers - Hooky Bitter, Double Stout and
Hooky Dark - have been crowned among the world’s best beers
by an international and highly respected judging panel of brewers.
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16th February 2011
Beer reviews for an online audience
The British Beer Video Blog is a series of online films being
produced by award
winning brewer Peter Amor and Ian Hudson films. Working with award
winning beer
writer Pete Brown each month the British Beer Video Blog will introduce
beer
drinkers to the finest British cask-conditioned beers.
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31st January 2011
The Three Pigeons, Banbury re-opens
On 17th december 2010, the Three Pigeons in Banbury re-opened
thanks to Sam and Hattie Hornblow who have taken over
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25th January 2011
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