Editing Hogs Back Brewery

{{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" />

==Products==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable floatright"
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Type
!Currently Available
! scope="col" | Release Date
! scope="col" | [[alcohol by volume|ABV]]
! scope="col" | Citation(s)
|-
| Tongham TEA
| [[Ale]]
|Yes
|
| 4.2%
| <ref name="2017-06-26 Imbibe" />
|-
| Hazy Hog
| [[Cider]]
|Yes
| {{date table sorting|2013|03}}
| 5.0%
| <ref name="2015-02-25 BBC" />
|-
| Hogstar
| [[Lager]]
|Yes
| {{date table sorting|2013|12}}
| 4.5%
| <ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" />
|-
|Surrey Nirvana Session IPA
|[[India pale ale|IPA]]
|Yes
|
|4.0%
|
|-
|Hog IPA
|[[India pale ale|IPA]]
|Yes
|
|4.5%
|
|-
|Little Swine (Alcohol Free)
|[[Pale ale|Pale Ale]]
|Yes
|
|0.5%
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double gold medal success for Tongham-based Hogs Back Brewery |url=https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/business/double-gold-medal-success-for-tongham-based-hogs-back-brewery-676848}}</ref>
|-
|Advent Ale
|[[Ale]]
|Limited Edition
|
|4.4%
|
|-
| Montezuma's Chocolate
| [[Lager]]
|No
| {{date table sorting|2014}}
| 4.5%
| <ref name="2014-11-22 AAB" />
|}

Premiering in 2013, the Hogstar lager was fermented longer than contemporary lagers, resulting in what Hogs Back called "the traditional way to round out and balance 'lager' beers. Carbonation develops naturally and we do not pasteurise."  This new unpasteurised British lager hoped to succeed on the coattails of [[Pilsner Urquell]], a Londoner lager that helped [[Pilsner Urquell Brewery|Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s.]] grow 17% in the first half of 2013.  Hogstar's initial [[list price]] was {{GBP|1.85|2013|long=no}}.<ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" />

In partnership with [[Montezuma's (chocolatier)|Montezuma's]], a chocolate lager was released in 2014.  Though the reviewers with ''[[All About Beer]]'' called the [[bronze (color)|bronze]] beer a [[novelty]], the chocolate flavor was described as surprisingly good on its own merits.<ref name="2014-11-22 AAB" />

==References==
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<ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business">{{cite magazine |last1=Young |first1=Andy |date=2013-12-03 |title=Hogs Back Brewery Launches English Craft Lager |url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2013/12/hogs-back-brewery-launches-english-craft-lager/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[The Drinks Business (magazine)|The Drinks Business]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117050108/https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2013/12/hogs-back-brewery-launches-english-craft-lager/ |archive-date=2018-01-17 |access-date=2019-11-04 |quote=Surrey-based brewer Hogs Back has launched a unpasteurised English craft lager, which has been developed using local ingredients and after testing in local pubs.}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

<ref name="2014-11-22 AAB">{{cite magazine |last1=Protz |first1=Roger |date=2014-11-22 |title=Hogs Back Brewery's Montezuma's Chocolate Lager |url=http://allaboutbeer.com/review/montezumas-chocolate-lager/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[All About Beer]] |language=en |issn=0277-5743 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104201921/http://allaboutbeer.com/review/montezumas-chocolate-lager/ |archive-date=2019-11-04 |access-date=2019-11-07 }}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

<ref name="2015-02-25 BBC">{{cite news |date=2015-02-25 |title=Hogs Back Brewery in trademark legal row with Magners |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-31629416 |url-status=live |language=en |publisher=[[BBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125104305/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-31629416 |archive-date=2016-01-25 |access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

<ref name="2017-06-26 Imbibe">{{cite magazine |date=2017-06-26 |title=New design for Hogs Back Brewery TEA |url=https://imbibe.com/news/new-design-hogs-back-brewery-tea/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Imbibe]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104201923/https://imbibe.com/news/new-design-hogs-back-brewery-tea/ |archive-date=2019-11-04 |access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

<ref name="2019-01-10 Craft Brewing Business">{{cite web |url=https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/check-out-hogs-back-brewery-hop-kiln/ |title=Watch: The U.K.'s Hogs Back Brewery builds a cool new hop kiln |last=Crowell |first=Chris |date=2019-01-10 |website=Craft Brewing Business |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104183000/https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/check-out-hogs-back-brewery-hop-kiln/ |archive-date=2019-11-04 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Hogs Back Brewery, Tongham}}
* {{official website|1=hogsback.co.uk}}

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[[Category:Breweries in England]]
[[Category:Companies based in Surrey]]