Hogs Back Brewery
Regional Brewery
in
Tongham,
Surrey,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1992
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Description
Hogs Back Brewery was founded in 1992 in Tongham, and bought by current owner Rupert Thompson in 2012. In 2014, Hogs Back planted its own hop field on land adjacent to the brewery, bringing the traditional but near-extinct White Bine hop variety back to its Surrey home.
We’re a small family-owned brewery tucked away in the village of Tongham, in the heart of the old Surrey hop-growing region. Still an independently owned brewery, Hogs Back owe much of their success to their iconic, flagship real ale 'TEA' (Traditional English Ale) - a firm favourite of cask-conditioned real ale drinkers throughout the UK and a multi-award winning brew year-in, year-out.
We’re a small family-owned brewery tucked away in the village of Tongham, in the heart of the old Surrey hop-growing region. Still an independently owned brewery, Hogs Back owe much of their success to their iconic, flagship real ale 'TEA' (Traditional English Ale) - a firm favourite of cask-conditioned real ale drinkers throughout the UK and a multi-award winning brew year-in, year-out.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 13/10/2022. Amber in colour, with a thin, white, head. Some caramel, floral hops, biscuity malts, and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2022
at 19:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced from Tesco. Pours mostly clear copper-gold with a creamy, tan topping. Moderately sweet with rich bready malts, whole grains, a bit of caramel, English yeast, subtle leafy notes. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Decent balance to finish, more bread, lightly toasted grains, a little earthy hop, leaves, toffee. Enjoyable English ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2022
at 23:59
5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2022
at 11:53
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2022
at 11:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1/3 pint, festival cask beer, 4 % abv, at Roebuck Inn (JDW). Shared with Finn. Clear copper coloured body, remaining beige head, clingy lacing. Inviting smell of leafy hops and earth-like malts. Dark bread, caramel malts, and a backdrop of biscuit to the taste character. Bittersweet tail. Pretty tasty English bitter. (Nottingham 12.10.2022).
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2022
at 18:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading as Home Harvest ‘22] An amber coloured pour with a thin cream head; biscuity malt aroma; malty taste with some caramel and a light woody bitterness; then a leafy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2022
at 13:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at North Western, Liverpool. Pours a golden amber with a small off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is mainly autumn fruits. In he mouth it is slightly sweet, and somewhat watery with main flavour being hops (somewhere between traditional and floral). Autumn fruits and nuts as well with some hints of spices later. Finish is a little bitter. It’s OK, but rather bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2022
at 22:25
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsburys. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Aroma: malt, light caramel. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, biscuit malts light caramel, some citrus, lightly floral. Light to medium body with fine carbonation. Fine
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 12 Oct 2022
at 18:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
4.0%. Delt med Rune. Amber. Middels høyt tett skum med litt farge. Lett ferskenaroma. Smaken nøtter & epler. Tørr, treaktig avslutning.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2022
at 09:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle - Pours an unclear coppery brown colour with a small thin bubbly beige head. The aroma is malty, caramel, sweet dried fruit and light chocolate notes. A sweet malty taste, warming alcohol, sweet malts, caramel, citrus peel and dark fruit flavours with a warming bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2022
at 17:54