Our Hops & Hop Garden
Jul 25, 2024
Burrs in the Hop Garden
Having reached the top of the strings by Midsummer’s Day, the hop plants have been happily putting their energy into ...
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Jul 19, 2024
Hop Garden Open Evening 2024
Join us for our annual Hop Garden Open Evening on Thursday 15th August from 6pm - 8pm.
Join one of the team to learn...
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Jul 19, 2024
2024 hop garlands for sale!
Our fresh bines, loaded with hops, will be available to buy again from 1st to 15th September, depending on how quickl...
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Jul 12, 2024
Book for Hop Garden Tour
If you want to learn why the freshest hops – grown, picked, dried and stored here – make the best beer, book onto one...
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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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