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Hawkstone Brewery, formerly known as Cotswolds Brewing Company, is a microbrewery in Cheltenham, England in the United Kingdom. Aside from beer, they also produce cider, vodka and gin. [1] [2]
Cotswolds Brewing Co. was founded in 2005 by Emma and Rick Keene. [3] The couple started the brewery to focus on lager versus ale beer. The first beer they released was a German-style lager called Cotswold Premium. [1] It has been named one of the "10 Best Breweries in the Cotswolds" by The Cotswolds Gentleman. [4] In 2021, the brewery began to collaborate with Jeremy Clarkson to produce Hawkstone Lager [5] and later the brewery was rebranded to Hawkstone. [6] Clarkson bought a stake in the brewery from Emma Keane. [7]
In 2024, Hawkstone Brewery was named by The Sunday Times as being one of the top 100 fastest growing British companies. [8] The company was listed in the 2025 list at number 23. [9]
The brewery is located on a farm in the Bourton-on-the-Water area in The Cotswolds. They offer two-hour tours during the summer, which includes a tasting of the beers they produce. [1] The brewery building is made of Cotswold stone. [3]
Hawkstone Brewery produces gin. [10] For legal reasons, they distill their gin at Thames Distillers Ltd. in London. The gin is made with hawthorn berries, verbena, and lime. [1]
In 2023, the Hawkstone Brewery recalled a batch of Hawkstone Cider due to overfermentation, leading to them having the potential to spontaneously explode. [2] In 2025, cans of their Hawkstone Spa Lager and Hawkstone Black were recalled because the containers failed to mention that they contained gluten. [11]