14th December 2007

Hook Norton sees in the New Year with Double Stout.

The turkey is not yet in the oven, but Hook Norton is already planning for a Happy New Year. Hook Norton’s latest draught seasonal beer Double Stout is currently being brewed. The 4.8 per cent ABV brew will be on sale in pubs throughout January and February. Hook Norton’s latest beer is a wonderful, smooth, full-bodied stout with a refreshing hoppy aftertaste.

Hook Norton Managing Director James Clarke says the best New Year’s resolution a licensee can make is to remember to order Double Stout. “It is class in a glass,” he said. “As it is poured into a glass  marvel at the beer’s luscious blackness, and the flourish of its bubbly head.

The nose is dark and full of chocolate flavours – both dark and plain. In the mouth it bursts forth with an array of cocoa, roasted barley and coffee flavours. Smooth and hoppy there is even a hint of hazel nuts. The aftertaste is long, rich and lingering – with great depth.” Hook Norton Double Stout is brewed with proportions of black malt for colour and toast flavour and brown malt for dryness.

Hook Norton Double Stout uses a recipe over 100 years old, and its brewing was revived in 1996 after a break of 79 years.

To place an order contact Telesales on 01608 730391 or 01608 730395

Notes for editors
For information on Hook Norton contact Managing Director James Clarke on 01608 737210.