Our Hops & Hop Garden
May 9, 2018
It's Poor Man's Asparagus time!
Following the cold start to the year, our hop garden burst into life over the lovely, warm Bank holiday weekend. Our ...
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Feb 8, 2018
It's burning time at Hogs Back
The recent bitterly cold but dry and calm days of late are perfect for the first job of the year in the hop garden - ...
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Sep 23, 2017
Hogs Back Brewery Hop Harvest 2017
On 21st September 2017, the harvest of the Hogs Back Brewery hop garden began as the crew and machines from Hampton E...
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Aug 14, 2017
Gender Swap Hop causes confusion at Hogs Back Brewery
A spontaneous sex change has caused eyebrows to be raised at the Hogs Back Brewery in Surrey. The culprit is a Farnha...
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Aug 10, 2017
Hop Garden blog: We have hops!
After weeks of feeling like the little burrs would never turn to hops, our Hop Estate Manager, Matthew King, is pleas...
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Aug 1, 2017
Hop Garden Open Evening - 23rd August 2017
We'll be opening up our hop garden to all visitors on Wednesday 23rd August from 4.30-7.30pm.
Come and see our hop g...
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Jul 27, 2017
Hop garden blog: Pins turn to burrs overnight!
It's amazing how quickly things can change in the hop garden, Matthew, our hop garden manager tells us:
I've been sp...
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Jul 24, 2017
High Hopes for our Hop Harvest
Hogs Back Brewery is on track for a bumper crop of hops as we enter the all-important final weeks before the 2017 har...
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Jul 17, 2017
Hop Garden blog: Hops looking good and looking to the future
After such a stunning, sunny and warm summer so far, Matthew King explains what's been happening in the hop garden:
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Jun 20, 2017
Hop Garden Blog: The First Signs of Hops Appear
As the heat rises in the hop garden, we checked in with our hop garden manager, Matthew King, to see how the hop plan...
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Jun 1, 2017
Hop garden blog: The hop plants are well and truly awake!
The transition from winter to spring has seen a remarkable awakening in the hop garden. In fact with little or no fro...
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May 3, 2017
Winning hop shoot dish continues to impress
A ‘Surrey Smorgasbord’ featuring hop shoots and hop flavoured bread has won our annual hop shoot competition with pub...
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