Editing Hogs Back Brewery (section)

{{Short description|Brewery in Tongham, United Kingdom}}
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hogs Back Brewery
| image = Hogs Back Brewery, The Street, Tongham, Surrey.jpg
| image_caption = Premises on The Street, Tongham
| image_size = 250
| hq_location_city = [[Tongham]], [[Surrey]]
| hq_location_country = England
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Rupert Thompson (Executive Chairman)|Miles Chesterman (<!-- head -->Managing Director)}}
| industry = [[Brewing]]
| products = [[#Products|Beer]]
| website = {{official website|1=hogsback.co.uk}}
}}
{{update|date=May 2025}}
'''Hogs Back Brewery''' is a [[hops]]-growing [[brewery]] in [[Tongham]], [[Surrey]], United Kingdom.<ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" /> The company was founded in November 1991 by Tony Stanton-Precious and brothers Martin and John Hunt. The brewery, in [[Tongham]], Surrey, is based in a barn that dates from 1788. The first beer was brewed in August 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last= Poole |first= R. F. W. |date= 20 March 1993 |title= A good grip on the gob |work= Daily Telegraph |issue= 42841 |page= VIII }}</ref> In 2013, Miles Chesterman was the head brewer and Rupert Thompson was the chairman.<ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" />

In June 2014, [[Magners]] released their Cider Hog, a "portable cider dispenser" with a name and graphics similar to Hogs Back's own Hazy Hog [[cider]], released 15 months prior. Concerned about [[trademark infringement]], Hogs Back communicated with Magners for six months without an acceptable resolution, and so in February 2015 the Tongham brewery initiated legal action against the larger company.  [[C&C Group]] disputed Hogs Back's claims.<ref name="2015-02-25 BBC" />

In 2018, the hops garden was expanded to {{convert|8.5|acre}}, with the new land growing [[list of hop varieties#Fuggle|Fuggle]], [[Cascade hop|Cascade]], and [[list of hop varieties#Goldings|Goldings]]. The following year, Hogs Back Brewery was expected to spend {{GBP|350000|2019}} on a traditional [[oast house]] (the first built in the UK in over 100 years).  This new kiln was to be built adjacent to the [[brewhouse]] and {{convert|1|furlong|spell=in}} from the hops garden; it was expected to be operational before the Hogs Back's harvest in September 2019. During the eleven months the kiln is not drying hops, it will be "an event space and visitor centre, educating people about the local hop farming industry which Hogs Back is helping to revive."<ref name="2019-01-10 Craft Brewing Business" />