Brewery hop garden blessed

Surrey-based Hogs Back brewery welcomed 200 guests to a blessing of its hop garden in Tongham by local vicar Claire Holt. Blessing of crops is a tradition dating back centuries in rural communities, as a way of encouraging plentiful harvests. Hogs Back’s 8.5-acre hop garden is home to 6,000 hop plants, which are currently climbing up posts and wires and expected to be ready to harvest in late August....