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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
ambrata schiuma presente ed abbastanza persitente lievi sentori fruttati in bocca malto e amaro in finale non agrumato che si fa sentire dopo
Tried
on 15 Jan 2008
at 10:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Simple Simons, Canterbury. After saying at lunchtime that no one makes a beer in the style of Goachers Dark, this beer proves me wrong. Very deep ruby colour with thin dark beige head. It’s like an old ale I suppose, has some sour fruit, but has a noticeable hop sting on end. A rather good malty damsony beer. Really decent and excellent finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2008
at 09:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Copper with a small white head. Fruity pineapple aroma with some grass. Dry and malty flavour.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2008
at 15:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[i] Bottle at Bruno’s 26-12-07 [/i] Poured dark amber, this was a half decent malty fruity bitter beer, bit dry, some yeasty floaters kicking about but tasted not too bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2007
at 12:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Copper beer with a small white head leaving some lace. Aroma of flowers, malt, tangerine. Dry and fruity flavour.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2007
at 15:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
schiuma quasi del tutto assente quasi piatta color ambrato scuro legnio aroma intenso frutta sciroppata malto note lievi di rhum in bocca piena vinosa note lievemente acidule che richiamno il cioccolato
Tried
on 18 Dec 2007
at 16:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Small beige head. Deep dark red body, just barely translucent. Hoppy roasty aroma, quite vague. Soft sweetish dry roasty spicy taste with hoppy notes. A bit earthy. Vaguely chocolatey. Dry roasty chocolatey aftertaste. Nice, if unspectacular. (0.5pt cask at Anglesea Arms.)
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2007
at 13:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
275ml bottle from Bentalls of Bracknell. A reddish colour with no head and a heavy aroma of sweet tropical fruit - apricots and dates; very tingly in the mouth, with again intense tropical fruit flvaours and a very strong and obvious alcoholic base; a soft tasty bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2007
at 16:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
275ml bottle "Wobble in a Bottle". Slightly hazy copper colour with a thin white head;rich tropical fruit aroma;flavour is also very fruity and syrupy; lots of obvious alcohol in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2007
at 17:22
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. [ Thanks to Enjoyit ] Clear amber color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, vintage, fruit, plum, honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. (011107)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2007
at 15:35