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Hogs Back Brewery, Tongham, Surrey - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 1 March 2013
Hogs Back Brewery was founded by Martin Hunt and Tony Stanton Precious in 1992
Branding extends to the weather vane
Two of the established brands following a recent design make over
There are nine bottled products in the family
The vehicle fleet is about to be rebranded as well
This is a bit quirky = 1992
Two new vans with cherished registration numbers
30 tonne malt silo by Bulk Storage and Process Systems clad to fit in with its agricultural surroundings
Sacks of specialist malt from Simpsons
The Alan Hubbard AR2000 two roller mill
Homemade grist case and grain chute to the mash tun
View showing the rather cramped brewery - mind your head! The plant is a 40 brl one by Moeschle.
The tiny underback to balance the flow of wort from the mash tun
Space is so tight that the wort heat exchanger is mounted on the wall
More space saving with a hinged cask conveyor and tanks at high level
There are two open 20 brl fermenters
The bucket used for harvesting the top crop of yeast
There are four enclosed 60 brl FVs under auto control with glycol
Another healthy yeast crop. The yeast originally came from Hook Norton
Conditioning and racking tanks in a cold room
Old cellar tanks in a cold room for lager experiments with Wadworths
Some wooden casks are filled for the shop - customer swear they can detect vanilla flavours!
All cask are identified using a bar code
The field across the road is earmarked for a hop garden
This custom built monster is based on a 1940 Harley Davidson pan head with a 1600cc V-twin engine and a Baker six speed gearbox with reverse.
Beers of the world as well as local products
The busy cellar attached to the shop which is the brewery's largest outlet. There are six 8.5brl bright tanks as well as casks
Head Brewer Miles Chesterman, Anthony Barrett and First Brewer Mo Zieher, who was the founder's first wife.
Proprietor Rupert Thompson bought Hogs Back in 2009. He was previously at Bass, Morlands, Refresh and Wychwood