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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
An unclear amber beer with sediment floating around, and a small beige head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic, but also with notes of caramel, and so is the flavor, but here is added flavors of peach.
Tried on 22 Oct 2005 at 05:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Waitrose. Reddish copper colour with very thin white head. Aroma of a traditional english bitter. Some good citric hop an caramel and some earthy hop too which carries on into the mouth. Bit more caramel and then subtle hop finish .
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2005 at 12:55

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Cask at GBBF 2005 Golden, lasting white head, some yeasty, bready doughiness but I don’t like this at all.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2005 at 10:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Bottle 27,5 cl) Dark amber with a small, creamy off-white head. Very light-bodied which is fairly surprising considering the alcohol. Flavourwise this isn’t really a major thrill - lightly fruity with a light bitter finish. Brewed to commemorate the birth of the female brewer’s baby girl. Cute! 280705
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2005 at 14:01

6.4/10 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 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 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 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 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 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