English hop grower on course for record harvest

Despite reports of lower hop yields on the continent, one brewer has high hopes for this year’s English harvest. The Hogs Back Brewery, near Guildford, Surrey is on track for a bumper crop of hops as it enters the all-important final weeks before the 2017 harvest. The brewer is hoping to exceed the 1,100kg of hops that it harvested in 2016 from the 3.5 acre hop garden adjacent to the brewery in Tongham. ...