28th May 2010

Hook Norton' Brewers Selection for June has Cotswold Lion roaring back to the bar

Hook Norton's Cotswold Lion, a beer first brewed in 2006 to celebrate the work of the Cotswolds Conservation Board, will be on sale on draught throughout June as part of its Brewers Selection series.

Hook Norton's Cotswold Lion, at 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. Cotswold Lion is a pale fruity ale, with a glorious citrus lime aroma."

The beer is named after a breed of sheep that helped make the Cotswold the place it is today. Wool manufacturing and its subsequent decline has left the area with a living history of farms and cottages, market towns and villages.

Hook Norton's July Brewers Selection is Haymaker at five per cent ABV. It is a strong pale ale of distinctive taste. Plenty of Goldings hops have been added during the brewing to give it a certain something extra - like sunshine dancing on the tongue.