Hawkstone Lager
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 Bottle and glass of Hawkstone Lager | |
| Type | Beer |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Hawkstone Brewery |
| Distributor | Craft Drink Company |
| Origin | England, Oxfordshire |
| Introduced | 2021 |
| Alcohol by volume | 4.8 |
| Style | Lager |
| Ingredients | Barley |
Hawkstone Lager is a lager created by television presenter and farmer Jeremy Clarkson using barley grown at his Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It is brewed by Hawkstone Brewery near Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.[1]
Jeremy Clarkson is a British television presenter who owns Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire and has been running it since 2019 for the purposes of the Amazon Prime Video documentary Clarkson's Farm.[2] Due to a lowering of government farm subsidies,[3] in 2021 he decided to make a lager beer using barley grown on his farm.[4] After consulting with his farm workers, he decided it should have a 4.8 ABV.[5] Clarkson had to have the beer rebrewed after an initial attempt due to it failing a blind taste test against a nearby local brand of beer.[5] It was originally planned to only be sold at Clarkson's Farm Shop, but was later sold online as well.[6] The beer was criticised for competing with local brewers and potentially drawing business away from them.[7]
Hawkstone Lager is distributed by the Craft Drink Co.[8]