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Hop Back Brewery

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Hop Back Brewery Plc
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded1986
FounderJohn Gilbert
Headquarters
Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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United Kingdom
ProductsBeer
Production output
16000 UK barrels (in 2005)
Websitehttp://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. As of 2010, Hop Back own eleven public houses around the south of England.

Beers

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  • 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

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

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