Old Hooky | English Best Bitter| Grain to glass
Wheatlow Brewery
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We Research Old Hooky, get the recipe, get the yeast and clone the beer - but can we get the Water right?
After touring the historic Victorian tower brewery, Richard returns home with a pot of fresh Hook Norton yeast, brewery brew sheets, and a mission: recreate one of Britain’s most famous traditional cask ales on a homebrew scale.
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In this grain to glass brewing video we cover:
🍺 Brewing an Old Hooky clone
🍺 Traditional English Best Bitter / ESB brewing
🍺 Using genuine Hook Norton brewery yeast
🍺 Open fermentation techniques
🍺 British brewing water chemistry
🍺 Maris Otter and crystal malt recipes
🍺 Fuggles, Challenger & East Kent Goldings hops
🍺 Leaf hops vs pellet hops discussion
🍺 Cask ale conditioning and tasting
🍺 Comparing the clone beer against the real Old Hooky
Along the way we also dive deep into:
• Traditional British brewing philosophy
• Session beer culture and cask ale history
• Yeast propagation and brewery microbiology
• Burtonisation and sulphate/chloride balance
• Why commercial brewery clones are never exactly identical
Featuring extended conversations with the brewers at Hook Norton about:
✔ Traditional English beer styles
✔ Mild ale and Best Bitter history
✔ Open fermentation
✔ Water profiles and yeast character
✔ Collaboration brewing and brewing heritage
This video is part of the Brewers on Tour / 1000 Mile Brewery Road Trip series with Richard and Jamal exploring traditional British breweries across the UK.
👉 Part One: Full Hook Norton Brewery Tour
👉 Part Three: Brewing Hooky Bitter clone (3.4%)
If you enjoy:
Real ale, cask beer, English bitter, brewery history, brewing science, traditional brewing methods, homebrew clone recipes, Victorian breweries, grain to glass brewing, or British beer culture — this series is for you.
👍 Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and leave a comment if you enjoy these heritage brewing deep dives.
#OldHooky #HookNorton #RealAle #CaskAle #BritishBeer #Homebrew #GrainToGlass #Brewing #ESB #BestBitter #OpenFermentation #BeerClone #TraditionalBrewing #WheatlowBrewery #BrewersOnTour
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Also what a great guy Dave the brewer is👍
Also looking forward to the Theakston episode with Old Peculiar. I just had a can of that last night as it was available at our monopoly now, and it was a really good beer. So I want to try to brew that one, both as-is and with a slight twist 🔥
Old Hooky | English Best Bitter| Grain to glass
Wheatlow Brewery
4,506 views
We Research Old Hooky, get the recipe, get the yeast and clone the beer - but can we get the Water right?
After touring the historic Victorian tower brewery, Richard returns home with a pot of fresh Hook Norton yeast, brewery brew sheets, and a mission: recreate one of Britain’s most famous traditional cask ales on a homebrew scale.
https://share.brewfather.app/yeQZgg4d...
In this grain to glass brewing video we cover:
🍺 Brewing an Old Hooky clone
🍺 Traditional English Best Bitter / ESB brewing
🍺 Using genuine Hook Norton brewery yeast
🍺 Open fermentation techniques
🍺 British brewing water chemistry
🍺 Maris Otter and crystal malt recipes
🍺 Fuggles, Challenger & East Kent Goldings hops
🍺 Leaf hops vs pellet hops discussion
🍺 Cask ale conditioning and tasting
🍺 Comparing the clone beer against the real Old Hooky
Along the way we also dive deep into:
• Traditional British brewing philosophy
• Session beer culture and cask ale history
• Yeast propagation and brewery microbiology
• Burtonisation and sulphate/chloride balance
• Why commercial brewery clones are never exactly identical
Featuring extended conversations with the brewers at Hook Norton about:
✔ Traditional English beer styles
✔ Mild ale and Best Bitter history
✔ Open fermentation
✔ Water profiles and yeast character
✔ Collaboration brewing and brewing heritage
This video is part of the Brewers on Tour / 1000 Mile Brewery Road Trip series with Richard and Jamal exploring traditional British breweries across the UK.
👉 Part One: Full Hook Norton Brewery Tour
👉 Part Three: Brewing Hooky Bitter clone (3.4%)
If you enjoy:
Real ale, cask beer, English bitter, brewery history, brewing science, traditional brewing methods, homebrew clone recipes, Victorian breweries, grain to glass brewing, or British beer culture — this series is for you.
👍 Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and leave a comment if you enjoy these heritage brewing deep dives.
#OldHooky #HookNorton #RealAle #CaskAle #BritishBeer #Homebrew #GrainToGlass #Brewing #ESB #BestBitter #OpenFermentation #BeerClone #TraditionalBrewing #WheatlowBrewery #BrewersOnTour