Record-breaking festival to celebrate milestone harvest in Tongham. <br />Hogs Back Brewery celebrated its 10th hop harvest with a record number of visitors alongside hop-laden hats beer, and bands. <br />The festival began on Friday when the Hop hangar was turned into a party venue on Friday, September 13 following two weeks of harvesting in the hop garden. <br /><br />The entertainment started with a sold-out ‘Roots’ concert of original music, headlined by Newton Faulkner. The weekend was filled with different entertainment from Brit Pop with Blurasis to blues from Wille and The Bandits. <br /><br />Hogs Back harvested three hop varieties this year: Fuggles, English Cascade, and Farnham White Bine, a traditional local variety. <br />Visitors also raised money for charity with over £3,300 collected for the British Heart Foundation. <br />
