Old Hooky | English Best Bitter| Grain to glass

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