Two hours at the brewery.
Twenty-four pounds a head, roughly two hours, and it includes the lagers, the cider and the Woodbrothers vodka. The taproom shop sells bottles and cases at the end, which is not an accident.
What actually happens.
The grain
Where the barley comes in, and what malting does to it. Shorter than it sounds and more interesting than you expect.
The brewhouse
Mashing, boiling, hops. This is the loud, hot, wet part and the one people photograph.
The tanks
Fermentation and lagering — the weeks of doing nothing that make the difference.
The tasting
Premium, Session, IPA, the cider and the vodka. Poured properly, at the right temperature, in the right glass.
The shop
Bottles and cases, and twenty per cent off if you are a Hawkstonian.
What twenty-four pounds gets you.
What you get
- A guided tour of the working brewery
- A tasting of the core range
- The Woodbrothers vodka
- Access to the taproom shop
- Somebody who genuinely knows the answer
What you very much do not
- Under-eighteens, at all
- Transport to or from Bourton-on-the-Water
- Food beyond something to soak it up
- Any obligation to buy anything
Eighteen and over
Brewery tours are strictly for over-eighteens. There is no version of this that works for a family day out, and we would rather say so here than at the gate.
Book a tour.
Pick a date and a time. Tours run most weekends and some weekdays; the tasting is included in the price.
Times
Read this before you book
Tables are released on the first of the month for the whole of the following month, and they go in minutes. A no-show or a cancellation inside twenty-four hours costs £35 a head. We hold the table fifteen minutes. There is no telephone.
Or come to the farm shop instead.
Chipping Norton, Tuesday to Sunday, and no age restriction on the jam.
What people actually ask.
The two questions this page gets most, answered without a support ticket.
Yes. At checkout, and again at the door. The driver has no discretion about it and neither do we.
Because lagering properly takes weeks in a tank that could be turning over a faster beer, and because the barley is bought at a price that leaves the grower something.
