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 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity from cask at Red Lion Snargate. Good copper coloured session beer with enough flowery hops to be interesting. I really quite enjoyed it
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2005
at 10:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
An unclear dark red beer with a disappearing orange head. The aroma sweet and spicy - especially ginger standing out. The flavor is sweet and spicy, but also with roasted and chocolate notes.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2005
at 17:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask] An orange beer with no head. The aroma is grassy. The flavor is sweet hoppy and grassy combined with notes of caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2005
at 05:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Amber colour. Neutral nose. Dry and medium bodied with notes of honey and resin. A restrained beer in full control of it’s flavours with a grassy, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2005
at 04:50
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
A deep red beer with a fine orange head. The aroma is weird sweet fruity with notes of apricot and apples. The flavor is even more weird; malty with corrinander running over the tongue together with the alcohol. It has a good body. Thanks to Alex (fiulijn) for bringing me this.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2004
at 12:58
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Typical english pale ale. Dry hopped sweet style. Just another english beer.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2003
at 17:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A slightly unclear ruby beer with no head. The aroma is very lighty fruity with notes of hops. The flavor is rather complex; fruity, hoppy and a very bitter end. A very nice bitter.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2003
at 06:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A deep red or brown beer with a small chocolate brown head. The aroma is light with notes of chocolate and coffee. The flavor is nice malty sweet with strong notes of chocolate and coffee. It end on a slightly sour dryness combined with a malt bitterness.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2003
at 06:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
The color is copper and it has a small head. The aroma is of sweet with notes of caramel and fruit. The flavor is of caramel and oranges. The end is very dry and hoppy. Which all in all makes it a very nice bitter.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2003
at 20:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
The bottle says TEA, and TEA is what I tasted. Slightly citrusy, earthy aroma (I also detected wet socks) emanated from the iced tea (with lemon, of course) body. Earthy flavor with hints of lemon and woodiness. Medium-bodied and fairly smooth. Tasty, mellow, and estery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2003
at 15:04