Hogs Back Brewery & Beer Shop

Bottle shop has lots of their own stuff of course and also an upstairs room with a wide range of craft and trad UK Beers and some international

Ended up here purely by chance when Waize took me past it on the way to Stonehenge. Had good experiences with TEA on cask so decided to stop. Small traditional little cottage house on a kind of industrial space. Has an outdoor bench section then inside is the brewery and a decent shop. Downstairs is a small functionary tap and bottle shop and upstairs is a UK and international craft beer shop featuring everything from Orval and Rochefort to Vloudwater and Nothern Monk and more traditional UK ales. Little pricey on the imports but the Hogs Back stuff is cheap. Bought a 3.5 pint bottle of TEA and it was very well conditioned. You can see the brewery and I was surprised how small the kit was.

I often go to this place always have a good choice of beers plus lots of their own stuff. Have now started stocking craft beer and have some Belgium beers

Update: dropped in last week and was impressed by the expanded array. Not clear if it was just for Christmas but had beers from more modern UK breweries and a 'cans' section. Keeping up with trends. I drop in every now and then as I work a short drive away. Not somewhere to track down craft beer, but they do have a good array if you’re after beers from more traditional British breweries. So did find some real ale ticks. Small array of Belgian beers and an even smaller array of German and US beers. Staff can be helpful but don’t tend to approach customers. Sometimes they have tours on so it’s a bit more lively, however they don’t always seem to have regular stock in so have been in to find myself the only customer browsing depleted shelves. Prices are OK. Can also buy their own beers in bulk, growlers, etc, but have not done that so not aware of full details. Have seen some comments about stock, but I’d say it’s definately worth visiting if you’re after real ale. *I believe you can drink on the premises now but not 100% on that.*

Nice brew shop with good selection of beers, not only from their own brewery, I heard that tours are also given there, people are nice and in general nice place to stop by and pick up some good beer.

First stop of my UK shires exploration trip, shortly after landing at Heathrow. This is a working brewery, visible through the upstairs of the two-level shop. The shop had a small selection of beers from around Europe and the UK, and one or two from the US. Their own beers are available in bottles or plastic. Young staff was friendly and enthusiastic. A decent first stop.

Charming small brewery near Tongham village in Surrey. Unfortunately there’s no possibility to drink inside (just tasting). You can buy some traditional ales basing on fuggles hop, directly from the brew. The smallest capacity is 7 pint bottle. Also huge sellection of bottles from all over the world, but there’s nothing really rare. The property has really country character and appearance.

Visited on Sunday lunchtime - 28/10/12. Upstairs barn style loft on the brewery site. Nice enough selection of 2 to 300 beers, largely from the UK but with a shelf of Belgians, a few US beers, and a few others from around the world. Nothing particularly rare. Not the cheapest, but not the dearest, typically matching local bottle shop prices. 2 members of staff in the shop, just my friend and myself browsing, no one offered assistance (not that I needed it) but would have been nice to be asked bearing in mind no one else was there, hence 7/10 for service which was prompt and efficient when coming to pay. Wouldn’t suggest trekking too far to reach here but if you’re in the area well worth a perusal !

The brewery is hard to get by other means of transport if you do not have a car. But I was later to find if I had come by car I would not have been able to leave. The brewery is in a nice old school barn or farm yard in what seems to be the middle of nowhere. The shop was a fantastic surprise. Not only a good selection of Hogs Back beers but many from around the UK and a small selection or World beers. The tour is very interesting. The first brewery I have been too that changes the traditional tour format. The brewery is very generous with the beer tastings........glad I didn’t drive.

A homely store above the brewery - low ceiling beams are an additional hazard for the tall, besides the steep staircase! Reasonable selection of UK and Belgian beers, nothing rare but a few unusual items. Prices are rather high, but still worth a visit, particularly if you are after Hogs Back products.