The tour was interesting and informative, the brewery is a mixture of original and new equipment. We had an excellent lunch in the cafe before the tour. The tour ended with free samples of their range of beers rather than the one free drink most places provide. The shop has a good selection of food as well as drinks we all enjoyed browsing in it.

A splendid indoor venue during inclement weather, we dressed warmly are both over 80 and did not find the many steep stairs too much. Our guide David M was most informative, humerous and obviously passionate about the building, the process and the end product, we could not have hoped for a better guide. I have been on other brewery visits and put this up there at the top and highly recommend a visit to anyone, there is the splendid building, fascinating old machinery still in use, albeit adapted from steam to electricity, beautiful shire horses and of course excellent beers from this historic brewery. A must if you are visiting the Oxford area and if your guide happens to be David M, a bonus.

This was our third tour of Hook Norton Brewery. We took 2 friends on the tour and like us they were very impressed by the building, the engineering and the history. Leon our tour guide was extremely knowledgable about the brewing process and everything connected with the brewery and all delivered with great passion and humour. It was great to sample some of the beer and we topped our tour off with a lovely meal in the restaurant. Many thanks Steve and Sonia

This trip was arranged for my brothers 75th birthday treat we join him on a fantastic experience and the guide Peter was very informative and took excellent care that we all were involved in the experience understanding the unique experience of brewing beers from days gone bye. Would recommend to any beer lovers interested in the making of historical beer. Also any historical people wish this visit industry past. The tasting at the end is a very educational experience. Well worth the two hours. Thanks again too Peter our guide.

It was a superb tour. I stayed in Oxford and on the day train strikes were scheduled and the only way to go there was to take S3 and 488. I had hours before the tour and I had to rush for a bus soon after the tasting (it turned out the bus was twenty minutes late and I did not have to rush). However, it was worth this journey troubles, or I should say more, much more than worth the hustles. The brewery buildings were remarkable and we could step into the working space they actually brew beer. We could smell it and feel it. And the guide, Martin, was knowledgeable and his talk is very interesting and his love of the brewery with its history fascinated us. Although I cannot drink a lot, —-in fact I can drink just a few sips and this is enough for me — this tour was impressive. And the neighbouring villlage (I had a few hours before the tour) was charming. I learned I was in Cotswold!

We booked onto the 12 o'clock tour on Sunday and were taken around the brewery by Keith (brilliant tour guide). It was a splendid 2 hours filled with knowledge and insights to this old Victorian brewery. Sampling the produce at the end was very welcome and the whole thing was topped off with a delicious lunch in the restaurant - can't recommend it all enough!

Amazing day. Special thanks to Malcolm our tour guide who was very informative. At the end we got to taste the different beers and got a free half pint glass which was a lovely touch. We had breakfast before in the cafe on site which was very yummy!

We loved the tour, a little bit of history then we were lucky and it was a day the steam engine was running! Then up and down all the steps looking at the beautiful old machinery, smelling the gains and hops then finishing with a little taste of the beers! We all totally recommend it!!

An excellent Saturday afternoon tour with the personable and knowledgeable Peter guiding. Realise why with limited production capacity we rarely see Hook Norton in Essex. Great shame because the brewery has some of the best traditional beers in the Country.

We have been to a number of brewery tours over the years but this is by far the best we've ever been on. So many breweries talk of heritage, but only this one can demonstrate how it still brews in a building over 150 years old with some of the original equipment and run by the 6th generation of the family that started it. Our tour guide Chris was both very interesting and entertaining, and the samples at the end were especially welcome. We have recommended this tour to a number of friends since attending P.S. Don't forget to see the lovely shire horses too