Our Hops & Hop Garden
Jun 20, 2024
Hops hit the heights
According to legend, hops should be at the top of their 16-foot posts by the longest day.
This leap year, the longest...
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May 17, 2024
End in Sight
Matthew is down to stringing the very last few rows in the hop garden.
Weather permitting, he should finish the las...
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May 3, 2024
Twiddling gets underway
The Hogs Back Hoppers have been dodging the showers as twiddling gets underway in the Hop Garden.
Training the hop s...
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Apr 26, 2024
Still Stringing
Matthew is still busy stringing the hop garden.
Working in the order in which the hop shoots will appear, all the ...
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Apr 18, 2024
2024 Hop Blessing
Join us in the Hop Garden for our annual Hop Blessing on Thursday 9th May 2024. Once again, there will be a mini “be...
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Mar 28, 2024
Strings Attached!
Matthew is certainly wondering where all the spring sunshine has gone to!
The winds and rain of March has meant a del...
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Mar 1, 2024
Hops start to shoot!
If you’ve been bamboozled by the weather, spare a thought for our hops. The warm, dry spell of sunny weather in late...
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Feb 16, 2024
Stringing to start soon
Matthew took delivery this week of the drums (or coils) of coconut coir, which can mean only one thing….stringing the...
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Jan 30, 2024
IBD Hop Triumph
We are proud to announce we have won the Le Mays Cup at the 2024 Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) awards! T...
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Nov 17, 2023
Hop, Hop, Hurray!
Hats off to Matthew! His hops have won three awards at the prestigious Institute of Brewing and Distilling British H...
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Nov 17, 2023
Hoppers Help Out
Come rain or shine, the Hoppers are back out in the hop garden…
....this time, they’re dressing the hops ready for w...
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Nov 3, 2023
Hops head into Competition
With Matthew taking a well-deserved break after the harvest, Miles was on hand to select the pick of the Fuggles, Far...
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