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Hawkstone Premium Lager Case of 12 x 330ml Bottles

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When is a beer not a beer? When it’s a lager, so the bad joke Ben Griffin just made up goes. Yet it is an attitude held by some beer enthusiasts. It is no coincidence that Hobgoblin ale had a campaign slogan that remarked: “What’s the matter lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?” However, part of me thinks that maybe paying a little extra for a quality local product is not the worst idea, where possible. Clarkson’s Farm was, after all, about showing just how in need of help Britain’s farming industry is. Four for six can’t leave much in the way of profit.

Is lager that bad, though? Sure, without naming names (Fosters), some are to flavour what Russia is to neighbourly relations, but some give IPAs, pale ales, session beers and so on a run for their money – does Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Lager (recently followed up by a cider) do the same? Hawkstone Lager is distributed by the Craft Drink Co. [8] It has the same barcode as the former Cotswold IPA 5.2% which "was born out of our brewer’s love for big tasting American keg IPAs". [9] Advertising [ edit ]Clarkson reportedly told The Sun: "There's so much you can't say. For example, 'This is a delicious breakfast beer' — they won't allow it. It's very boring. Basically, all I'm allowed to say is, 'This is lager'." a b Clarkson, Jeremy. "Hic! Turns out I can organise a piss-up in a brewery: My own". The Times . Retrieved 26 December 2021. Woodruff, Leanne (10 January 2022). "Clarkson riles locals with new beer for Diddly Squat farm shop". Gloucestershire Gazette . Retrieved 18 January 2022. Chilling legend behind Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone Lager name". Gloucestershire Live. 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 December 2021.

And that makes it hard to imagine the barley grown in unforgiving Cotswold soil at Diddly Squat Farm is anything but quality. That the ‘master brewer’ mentioned on the bottle is infinitely better at making beer than Clarkson is at ploughing fields and that the water it uses as a base is as pure as a lily is reassuring. Where some beers linger for too long or try to fool you with overly harsh hoppy bitterness, Hawkstone Lager gets your palate and mindset ready for just one more. Which, of course, it rarely is. Hawkstone Lager is a lager created by television presenter and farmer Jeremy Clarkson using ingredients grown at his Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It is brewed by Cotswold Brewing Co. near Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. [1] History [ edit ]

Why is it called 'Hawkstone'? 

Cotswold Brew Co. (p. 55)" (PDF). Blakemore Fine Foods Alcohol Catalogue 2017 . Retrieved 6 July 2022. Some beer bros have criticised Clarkson’s 4.8% brew for not having enough head. However, it avoids tasting flat, and anyway, I don’t want to spend three hours waiting for it to settle so I can finish pouring. Bubbles bubbling away help with crispness – that is what you get. Clarkson himself experienced a scary run-in with alcohol that caused him to be rushed off to a hospital in Majorca. Cotswold brewery teams up with Jeremy Clarkson to launch his own lager". Punchline Gloucester . Retrieved 26 December 2021.

a b "Jeremy Clarkson shares 'bad news' about 'offensive' lager ad". Dorset Echo. 5 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 December 2021.

However, this wasn't his first choice. The Express reported that Clarkson had pushed for the slogan to be: "If you are an alcoholic, don't fight it, feed it."

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