Hop Back Brewery Explained

Hop Back Brewery Plc
Foundation:	1986
Founder:	John Gilbert
Location City:	Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Location Country:	United Kingdom
Production:	16000 UK barrels (in 2005)
Homepage:	http://www.hopback.co.uk/

Hop Back, one of England's small breweries, brewers of Summer Lightning, Crop Circle, G.F.B. and other beers was founded by John and Julie Gilbert. Beer was first brewed in 1986 at the Wyndham Arms in Salisbury, and moved to larger premises in Downton six years later., Hop Back own eleven public houses around the south of England.

Beers

• Summer Lightning 5.0% ABV
• G.F.B. (Gilbert's First Brew) 3.5% ABV
• Crop Circle 4.2% ABV
• Entire Stout 4.5% ABV

CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2011^[1]

• Odyssey 4.0% ABV
• Taiphoon 4.2% ABV

Pubs

• The Dolphin
• The Duck
• The Gluepot
• The Hopleaf
• The Archer
• The Southgate
• The Sultan
• The Waterloo Arms
• The Wyndham Arms

External links

• Hop Back Brewery website
• Brewery profile from Ratebeer.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=cwbob CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain