Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Template:Update 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>Template:Cite news</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 Template:Convert, with the new land growing Fuggle, Cascade, and Goldings. The following year, Hogs Back Brewery was expected to spend Template:GBP 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 Template:Convert 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" />
ProductsEdit
| Name | Type | Currently Available | Release Date | ABV | Citation(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongham TEA | Ale | Yes | 4.2% | <ref name="2017-06-26 Imbibe" /> | ||
| Hazy Hog | Cider | Yes | Template:Date table sorting | 5.0% | <ref name="2015-02-25 BBC" /> | |
| Hogstar | Lager | Yes | Template:Date table sorting | 4.5% | <ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" /> | |
| Surrey Nirvana Session IPA | IPA | Yes | 4.0% | |||
| Hog IPA | IPA | Yes | 4.5% | |||
| Little Swine (Alcohol Free) | Pale Ale | Yes | 0.5% | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Advent Ale | Ale | Limited Edition | 4.4% | |||
| Montezuma's Chocolate | Lager | No | Template:Date table sorting | 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 Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. grow 17% in the first half of 2013. Hogstar's initial list price was Template:GBP.<ref name="2013-12-03 Drinks Business" />
In partnership with Montezuma's, a chocolate lager was released in 2014. Though the reviewers with All About Beer called the bronze beer a novelty, the chocolate flavor was described as surprisingly good on its own merits.<ref name="2014-11-22 AAB" />