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