Hogs Back Brewery

Regional Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1992

Contact
Manor Farm, 
The Street, Tongham, GU10 1DE, England
Subsidiaries
Hogs Back Brewery owns 3 breweries:
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.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Reddish-amber with next to no head. Fruity, marmalade aroma followed by flavours of fruit and sweet malt. Finish was moderately dry. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2007 at 15:44

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Vivid amber colour with a slight white head. Aromas of dark fruit, orange peel and chocolate. Sweet flavours of marmalade, toffee and yeast with some hops in the finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2007 at 13:49

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
ambrat schiuma quasi inesistente persistenza minima quasi una birra piatta profumi dolciasti fruttato lieve di nocciala alcool buon bilanciamento con il luppoli
Tried on 23 Sep 2007 at 15:54

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
scura poca schiuma non molto persistente giusta poco gasssata decisamente maltata tostata buon corpo
Tried on 23 Sep 2007 at 15:50

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Deep golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is nectar, very wooden and has some slight honeyishness in it also. Flavour is honey, fruits, hops, earth and quite much wood. Really wellbalanced and pleasant brew with dry bitter hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2007 at 05:59

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2007. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is bigtime toffee and wood along with some hints of fruits. Also slight leathery notes. Flavour is mild hops, some wood and slight sourness also. Aftertaste is mainly grassy and wooden.
Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2007 at 05:56

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Amber, slight haze, lasting beige head. It’s got some nice citrus fruits. Good fruity hop. Earthy dryness. Bit peachy.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2007 at 11:43

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Amber, with lasting beige head. OK bitter, decent hop, not much of a summer beer mind you.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2007 at 11:42

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle. Amber colour, medium-sized head. Fruity, quite hoppy, solid malty background. Short finish and aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2007 at 09:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask handpull at the Wetherspoons in Kingston. Reddish amber colour. Hogs Back yeasty aroma, plenty of deep red berry fruit in mouth and then harsh, but balanced brambly hedgerow hop finish that lasted for a good 5 minutes in the mouth. Malts are hedgerow and berry fruits that are juicy and mix well with this harsh hop finish.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2007 at 04:41