Skip to content
  1. Free Shipping on all orders over £50 📦

 01252 783000

 shop@hogsback.co.uk

Age verification

By clicking enter you are verifying that you are over 18.

Enter
Burrs beginning to show in the Hop Garden - Hogs Back Brewery

Burrs beginning to show in the Hop Garden

The burrs are beginning to appear in the Hop Garden.

Hop burrs in the Hop Garden

These spiky little burrs are a precursor to the all-important hops – so a sure sign the hops are on the way.

Storm clouds over the wheat field beside the Brewery Hop Garden

Yesterday’s torrential downpour of rain was welcome but the hops have stopped putting out their laterals (the pairs of leaves along the length of the bine), so like hop-growers country wide, Matthew is expecting a smaller harvest this year.

Aerial shot of the Brewery Hop Garden

Whilst out in the Hop Garden, Matthew has spotted a multitude of male hop plants. It’s the female plants which produce the hops, but a few male plants are needed for obvious reasons!

Male hop plants in the Brewery Hop Garden

Luckily, the next door wheat field has already been harvested…..

Wheat field beside the brewery being harvested

…and the birds have been busy gleaning the spilt grain.

Birds gleaning the spilt grain from the wheat field beside the Brewery
To keep up to date with all the news from the Hogs Back Brewery, sign up to our newsletter below (get 10% off your first online beer order) and follow us @HogsBackBrewery on X, Facebook and Instagram. 
Older Post
Newer Post