WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN PUB?

WHY HOOKY?

Put simply, the people. We are a strong believer in family values and we see all of our pubs as being part of the Hooky family. We work with all of our tenants to make sure they have all the help, support and guidance they need to make their pub a success. Hook Norton Brewery has been a family run independent company for 5 generations and we have built up a strong background and experience of running, maintaining and growing a pub estate. We take a flexible, long term approach and will always look to work with you to help support and grow your business.

RUNNING YOUR PUB

As part of the Hooky family you will be free to run your pub your way but will always be there in the background ready to help, support and guide you along the way. We take great pride in our pubs and the people who serve our beer and will do everything we can to help them succeed – from marketing, sales, cellar management, finance and staff training.

As you can imagine, from the beer side we have a wide range of cask, keg and bottled beers to offer designed to meet the changing tastes and the demands of drinkers. Every ale uses the finest ingredients and each has a character of its own – allowing you to provide something new at the bar, all year round.

We have a range of over 20 different beers with our core cask range including the award winning Hooky, Old Hooky, Hooky Gold and Hooky Mild supported by two new seasonal ales each month. Our Crafty Keg Range includes Red Rye (4.7%) – The World’s Best Rye Beer 2015 – 2018 , rich and red dark fruits with a hint of citrus, Merula Stout (4.2%) based on an original recipe passed down through the generations delivering a smooth and rich flavour and Cotswold Pale (4.4%), a pale, crisp beer with light citrus notes and a bold bitterness.

In addition, we have our very own pilot plant on site where we create a wide range of unique one off crafty ales – you can even brew your very own beer!

BEING PART OF THE FAMILY

All of our Hook Norton Brewery tenancy agreements follow our Code of Practice to ensure you know exactly what is needed to run one of our pubs. We are here to help and don’t believe in making false or unrealistic promises. Each new tenancy request is reviewed thoroughly to ensure you have the necessary skills and knowledge needed to be a success.
Hook Norton Brewery has been a family run independent company for 5 generations and we have built up a strong background and experience of running, maintaining and growing a pub estate. We take a flexible, long term approach and will always look to work with you to help support and grow your business.

FAMILY VIEWS

Here’s what a few of our tenants had to say about working with us:

“We already had experience of working with Hook Norton Brewery as we had managed one of their pubs for another tenant, so we didn’t take much persuasion to stay with them when we decided to get a pub of our own. Gary and I have over 20 years pub experience each and we have seen how most of the bigger breweries operate so we recognised the great opportunity of working with Hook Norton.
The whole process of taking on one of their pubs was relatively quick. We explained our situation, what our budget was and what we were looking for. The ideal pub presented itself and we created a business plan. The plan required an investment from the brewery for a refurbishment and we were able to convince the brewery that it would improve the overall business performance and therefore we would sell more beer!!!
As with all projects there are often hurdles and challenges along the way but you can imagine our surprise when a problem was highlighted and brought to the attention of the Managing Director himself. Within a couple of hours of speaking with someone at the brewery we had a text from James Clarke himself stating that he would come over to the pub first thing the following day. He kept his word and before the day was out James had put everything in motion to sort our problem out. The initial stress we had experienced soon vanished and it was from this point on we really felt a part of the Hooky family.”

Vickki & Gary at The Red Lion Ilmington

“Hook Norton Brewery is my first choice when entering into a Tenanted agreement. Great products, Great support and a realistic approach to the partnership agreement.”

Andy Judd at The Kings Head, Napton

FANCY A CHAT?

If you are interested in finding out more about us and taking on one of our pubs please get in touch. We can sit down (usually over a coffee or a pint) and have an informal no commitment chat about how it all works.
Please give us a call on 01608 737210 or email edwin.pope@hooky.co.uk

TENANCY ALERTS

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FAQS

Here you will find some  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about tenancies with Hook Norton.