Hogs Back Brewery

Hogs Back Brewery
IndustryBrewing
Headquarters
Tongham
,
United Kingdom
Key people
  • Rupert Thompson (Chairman)
  • Miles Chesterman (Brewer)
ProductsBeer
WebsiteOfficial website

Hogs Back Brewery is a hops-growing brewery in Tongham, United Kingdom. In 2013, Miles Chesterman was the head brewer and Rupert Thompson was the chairman.[1]

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 disputer Hogs Back's claims.[2]

In 2018, the hops garden was expanded to 8.5 acres (3.4 ha), with the new land growing Fuggle, Cascade, and Goldings. The following year, Hogs Back Brewery was expected to spend £350,000 (equivalent to £438,858 in 2023) 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 one furlong (660 ft; 200 m) 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 isn't 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."[3]

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